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Resources for College Libraries (RCL)
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- Description
- 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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- Dates covered
- Continuous coverage beginning in November 2006.
- Updating frequency
- Quarterly.
- Sources
- Books, as well as a variety of electronic resources including e-books, CDs/DVDs, subscription
databases, and websites.
- Type of coverage
- 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 IRIS so that searchers can
ascertain whether Rutgers owns listed titles.
- Print Counterpart or related resources
- 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.
- Producer/content provider
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Bowker
- Vendor/electronic presentation provider
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Bowker
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