Browsing Collection
The Browsing Collection offers students and staff comfortable seating in a quiet spot where they can enjoy recently published books and current top-quality magazines.
Books are drawn from the Libraries’ regular acquisitions flow and include fiction and poetry, plus a wide selection of nonfiction in subject areas such as art, biography, current events, education, the social sciences, and science and technology. The approximately 800 titles in the collection are arranged according to Library of Congress classification which allows easy browsing by subject. New books are added regularly and remain in the browsing area for three to four months.
Magazines are selected from the general journal collection and provide readers with up-to-date information in the arts and popular culture, news and current events, and science and technology. Magazines are updated weekly.
The browsing area is located in the Media Library, lower level, west wing and is open all posted library hours. Browsing Collection books can be checked out at the Media Library desk and circulate under standard library policies.
Recent Additions to the Browsing Collection
- September 4, 2009
- August 28, 2009
- August 14, 2009
- July 31, 2009
- July 24, 2009
- July 17, 2009
- July 3, 2009
- June 19, 2009
- June 5, 2009
Learn More About Writers and How to Find Book Reviews
Books in Print Current; consists of bibliographic records for over 5 million book, audio, and video titles. Selected titles have author biographies and full-text reviews. Also includes data on publishers, awards, and upcoming titles.
Contemporary Authors Biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Guide
Keep up with New and Award Winning Books
These publications are good sources for new books and are available in Current Periodicals:
- AP 2 .B59x Bloomsbury Review
- AP 4 .T45 TLS (Times Literary Supplement)
- HQ 1101.W635x Women’s Review of Books
- PS 1 .N4x New York Times Book Review
- Z 1007 .B717 World Literature Today
- Z 1007 .N4 New York Review of Books
- Z 1035 .A49 Booklist
- Z 1219 .P98 Publishers Weekly
Online access only:
Note: Some of these websites may have limited access. A subscription or registration may be necessary for full content.
Major book awards:
- Américas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
- Banta Award (Wisconsin writers)
- BCALA Literary Awards (African-American writers)
- Children's Literature Awards
- Edgar Allen Poe Awards
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- Lambda Literary Awards
- Man Asian Literary Prize
- Man Booker Prize
- National Book Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Awards
- Native Writers Circle Award
- Nebula Awards (science fiction and fantasy)
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
- O. Henry Prize (short fiction)
- Orange Prize for Fiction
- PEN/Faulkner Award
- Pen/Malamud Award for Short Fiction
- Pulitzer Prize in Letters and Drama
Book-related Blogs, Pages and Electronic Resources
- NoveList An electronic readers' advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.(Can be accessed via UWM or BadgerLink.)
- Books and Publishers (sites recommended by the UWM Libraries reference staff)
- LibraryThing Blog
- Suggestions from the National Book Critics Circle
- The Online Books Page
Suggestions and Recommendations
The Libraries browsing area was developed in response to student requests for comfortable seating and study areas and a place where they could find “something to read.” Comments and recommendations from the campus community are welcome and appreciated. Please use our online suggestion form.