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I commented earlier about the difficulty of finding non-fiction books
published for YA's in the last 2 or 3 years.  Many folks suggested
Follett Titlewave & Mackin.  I have not tried Mackin yet - but I have
been using Follett & Wilson.  I just noticed another road-block....
 
Follett:
The majority of the books I find are published by Greenhaven press. 
They are good books - but I have enough viewpoint essays via my Gale
databases.  Gale  appears to be thriving - but I wonder about other
publishers.  Here is a typical example:
 
Looking for books with the keyword Adoption
Limits:  
2006-2009
YA
Non-fiction
 
Total Titles:  12 
 
Total Unique Titles: 8 (others are alternative formats of the same
title)
 
Number only partially referencing adoption: 2 
 
Total from Greenhaven: 6
 
Total by other companies: 2 (about adopted teens. I am looking for a
book about adoption in general)   
 
Total of general books about adoption NOT by Greenhaven Press: ZERO 
 
I have had very similar results with searches for gun control,
homelessness, world hunger, censorship and many more topics. 
 
Hmmmmm.....
 
 
Jacquie
 
"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
employing wild animals as librarians...."   (Monty Python)

"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
way." ~ The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
 
“Education is not about filling a pail, it’s about lighting a fire."  ~
William Butler Yeats
 
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY  14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org 
Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/ 
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