![]() Online-only journals, such as Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow: An Online Current Awareness Journal, are also a source of book reviews. ![]() Examples include the Task Force for Veterinary Science Website that publishes reviews of alternative veterinary medicine books and the Society for General Microbiology that compiles critical reviews of new books in microbiology from two of their journals. Websites are also used to display book reviews on specific topics by individuals or associations. Other resources are freely available on the Internet for example, publishers use their Websites to link their books to favorable reviews. ![]() Reviews written by subject specialists-considered to be the gold standard-were consulted in print and electronic academic journals, as well as in reviewing tools such as the subscription database Global Books in Print. Reviews of popular nonfiction books in science and medicine are common however, it is more difficult to find high-quality reviews of scientific, technical, and medical books. Critical reviews from expert users were helpful as a selection criterion in addition, titles were ranked according to frequency of their occurrence in subject bibliographies, recommended reading lists, and library catalogs. Titles were initially selected by the author after examining a variety of sources such as book reviews, subject bibliographies, recommended reading lists prepared by subject specialists, and library catalogs.
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