Wilson offers 16th Edition of Fiction Core Collection
Posted by: Sue Polanka
Formerly known as the Fiction Catalog, the 16th Edition of Fiction Core Collection is now available. This is a great resource for collection development and maintenance, readers’ advisory, and general reference.
According to a Wilson press release, “the new edition highlights more than 11,300 novels for adult readers, including analytic entries for novellas and novels published in composite works. Entries provide practical information for acquisitions librarians and collection managers: complete bibliographic data, price, descriptive annotations, and evaluative quotations from reviews when available. Both literary quality and popularity of the works were taken into account in preparing this up-to-date guide.”
Some facts about the 16th edition (gleaned from the press release):
- 11,300 titles
- nearly 2,700 are new books published in the four years since the last edition (or older titles recommended by Wilson advisors).
- highly recommended titles are now noted with an asterisk in the bibliographic record (following the ISBN)
- From 2011 through 2013, Fiction Core Collection, 16th Edition will be updated with three annual supplements (at no extra cost to subscribers), highlighting approximately 2,000 new titles.
- The titles in this volume have been selected with the help of experienced librarians from select public library systems across the U.S.
- Also available online as a WilsonWeb database, where it is continuously updated with new material.
