Websites to help you find the right book: Part 1

Welcome to the summer term! Hopefully you have found some books to read for fun and have picked up books you need for classes. We know finding the right book to help you with an assignment or to read during your homework breaks can be challenging when there are so many options. Ask one of the SWFC librarians for recommendations or research help and don't be afraid to look outside-the-box!

This week, we're going to look at an easy, fun way to continue your research when you have found an author you like: Literature Map.
You simply type in the name of an author and it will bring you to a "map" of related authors. The closer the name is to your search term, the more relevant the person. You can also click on the author to pull up more information or run a new search.

To demonstrate how it works, we ran a search on an author a student who is interested in business or leadership may look up: John C. Maxwell (SWFC also has several of his books).
Our search provided us with this map:

You can see that it suggested Anthony Robbins, Andy Stanley, and John Eldredge as the closest matches.

Go to http://www.literature-map.com/ to try it yourself!