Search Tools for Readers
This page is designed to assist book lovers in their search for information in the library and online.
All books listed here are available at the Brewster Ladies Library.
The CLAMS Catalog
"CLAMS" is the Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing online resource. Search and request across any participating Cape Cod library, and also across a huge number of libraries around the state.
Use this link to search the CLAMS Catalog
Book Club Web Resources
General
Bookreporter.com - http://www.bookreporter.com offers new book information, reading lists, book news, and literary events.
BookSpot.com - http://www.bookspot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for book related content on the web. It is a well-organized site. Categories include What to Read, Genre Corner, Where to Buy.... Find book reviews, author information, publishers and much more.
eSequels is a reader's guide to novels in series with brief annotations so you can find the newest title by your favorite author.
NoveList - NoveList
is a fiction database that can help you find book to read.
You can search by author, title, series name and subject.
You will need your library bar code, found on the reverse of your CLAMS card, to
access this database.
Overbooked - http://www.overbooked.org features fiction and non-fiction titles that have received starred reviews. Some are linked to a read-a-likes or booklists. This site is useful for avid readers and book clubs because it offers access to many other book related links.
Reading Group Choices Online - http://www.readinggroupchoices.com includes a directory of guides available from publishers as well as guides that can be printed directly from the site.
Book Stores
Amazon. com - http://www.amazon.com is an online bookstore that includes both in -print and out -of -print books.
Barnes & Noble - http://www.bn.com is the chain's online counterpart.
Borders - http://www.borders.com is the chain's online counterpart.
Bibliofind - http://www.bibliofind.com has old, used and rare books from booksellers around the world.
Publishers
Publishers' Catalog - http://www.lights.com/publisher/ includes links to publishers worldwide. Search alphabetically or by topic.
Book Reviews
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/books has an extensive archive of reviews, bestsellers, discussions, first chapters and more.
The New York Review of Books - http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/index.html offers selections from its literary review.
Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/books/ includes reviews, first chapters, bestseller lists, and other resources.
Book Awards
National Book Awards - http://www.nationalbook.org includes award winners from 1950 to the present in fiction, non -fiction, young people's literature and poetry.
Nobel Prize - http://www.nobel.se is the official site of the Nobel Foundation. It offers biographical information for all winners.
Pulitzer Prize - http://www.pulitzer.org contains profiles of recent winners and a list of past recipients.
Newbery Medal - http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html offers information on current and past Medal winners for their contribution to children's literature.
Caldecott Medal - http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html is awarded for the most distinguished American picture book for children. Find current and past winners.
Authors
BookPage - http://www.bookpage.com is the online version BookPage a monthly book review. Free copies are available at the library. Find author interviews and book reviews beginning with the January 1996 issue.
Gale Infotrac Databses - http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl is an online database offering book searches, magazines and newspapers, and e-books. You will need your CLAMS card pin number to access this site.