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STAT!Ref Titles on Doody's Core Title List

Doody Enterprises, Inc. has produced an annual replacement for the discontinued Brandon and Hill Select Lists. The 2009 Edition of Doody’s Core Titles represents entirely new Core Title selections and Essential Purchase recommendations. This collection development tool for libraries of all sizes distills the perspectives of academic healthcare professionals (Content Specialists) and health sciences librarians (Librarian Selectors) into a core list that is updated every year.

Many of the titles on the Doody Core Titles and Essential Purchase Titles lists are available through the STAT!Ref Online title collection. The designations and ratings are defined as follows:

  • Doody's Core Title Doody's Core Titles: A core title is a book or software title that represents essential knowledge needed by professionals or students in a given discipline and is highly recommended for the collection of a library that serves health sciences specialists.

  • Essential Purchase Title Essential Purchase Title: Recommendations from the Essential Collection Development Tool for Libraries of All Sizes.

  • Doody's Star Rating® System: Each group of stars represents a numerical range. A title is assigned a numerical value during the review process which then determines it's star rating.
5 Stars
(97-100) Exceptional title with nearly flawless execution
4 Stars
(90-96) Outstanding title, with minor problems in execution
3 Stars
(69-89) Very good title, but usually with one or more significant flaws
2 Stars
(47-68) Average title, usually with several flaws (or one major flaw)
1 Star
(<47) Substandard title

Doody's Core Title List is compiled by Doody Enterprises, Inc. For more information about this database, go to www.doody.com.

For assistance selecting titles, or to request a quote, please contact your STAT!Ref representative or call 800.901.5494.

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