Book Reviews

http://www.amazon.com

Amazon.com offers book reviews of many of the book titles it sells. Some reviews are by professionals; many are by readers. Find a book and scroll down its entry to read the reviews, where present.

https://complete-review.com/

Contains a selected listing of old and new book titles with reviews and links to more reviews.

https://www.goodreads.com/search?

Offers millions of book reviews contributed by its community members which include librarians, journalists, and many other readers.

https://www.slj.com/section/reviews

Features reviews from School Library Journal from the most recent twenty-four months. Browse by genre, grade level, award winners and other criteria.

Why is it important to critically evaluate information found on the Internet? Mainly because anyone can publish information on the Internet. The Internet does not have reviewers or editors; there is no quality control. There is no guarantee that the information you find is accurate. Many pages are not updated.

Here are two excellent sites that offer detailed guidance in evaluating Internet sources:

> Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Consider: Categories (from Cornell University)

> Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (from University of California – Berkeley)