Resources for College Libraries (RCL)

Resources for College Libraries (RCL) serves as a basis for undergraduate curriculum development, student research, reference, bibliographic instruction, and collection development. The result of a unique collaboration between Choice, a publishing division of ACRL, and bibliographic authority Bowker, it also serves as core list of book collections recommended for academic libraries. RCL covers 58 curriculum- specific subject areas and includes reviews that have appeared in Choice magazine. The database is searchable by RCL subject, LC Classification Range, Dewey # Range, Audience, Format, Awards, and date added to the database.

RCL is the successor to the print edition of Books for College Libraries, last published in 1988.

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Continuous coverage beginning in November 2006.

Quarterly.

Books, as well as a variety of electronic resources including e-books, CDs/DVDs, subscription databases, and websites.

Books in Print type information plus class numbers, subject headings, audience levels, and related information. Also includes full-text reviews from Choice, and is linked to the Library Catalog so that searchers can ascertain whether Rutgers owns listed titles.

Although there is a 7 volume print edition available, it is not owned by Rutgers University Libraries. RCL's predecessor, the 3rd edition of Books for College Libraries: a Core Collection of 50,000 titles (six volumes) may be found at ALEXANDER, DANA, DOUGLASS, LSM, ROBESON REF Z1039.C65B67 1988.

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Bowker

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Bowker

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