New in the WilsonWeb Core Collections family of databases, Nonbook Materials Core Collection: A Selection Guide highlights more than 2,300 electronic resources, videos, sound recordings, audiobooks, educational games and periodicals recommended for various types of libraries. The database also presents an abundance of professional materials. All resources highlighted in Nonbook Materials Core Collection have been selected by a team of experts.

Valuable for collection development, readers' advisory and curriculum support, Nonbook Materials Core Collection allows searching (and cross-searching) for materials by a wide range of useful parameters including media type, reading level, subject, title, publication year, author, publisher, keyword and more.

Users can limit any search to a short list of the most highly recommended titles. Special limiters also allow users to retrieve just entries for fiction, nonfiction or biography, and – since the database grows with frequent updates – a What's New limiter lets you find only what's been added in the last week, month, year or since the last time you checked.

Entries include descriptive and critical annotations that offer insight into both quality and content of resources, and cover art (if available) gives librarians a first-person feel for the work. Strict standards are applied to rating materials by age appropriateness. Review excerpts are featured and entries note any awards the work has won. Cataloging records are provided for all items.

The database can link to the library's OPAC for an instant check of holdings for any item cited. Nonbook Materials Core Collection searches seamlessly with other Wilson Core Collections and other Wilson databases.

Free 30-day trials of Nonbook Materials Core Collection are available. Register at www.hwwilson.com/trial/. For more information contact Maura Dunn (mdunn@bcr.org).