H.W. Wilson's Senior High Core Collection (24th Edition, 2024) identifies the best, most highly recommended material available for high school libraries and young adult collections. It is a helpful guide to over 4,200 essential and recommended fiction and nonfiction titles for adolescents and young adults.

Librarians have relied on the expert recommendations in Senior High Core Collection for years for collection development guidance. It is an ideal tool for Purchasing & Title Selection, Readers’ Advisory, Curriculum Support, Collection Development & Maintenance and Professional Development.

Enhanced Features

Featured metadata in this edition includes precise genres, sub-genres, and subject headings that consistently include both location and time period where appropriate. Books are easy to find through the index, and the metadata associated with each record offers consistent insight into the contents of the book. Particular attention has been paid to expanding our resources for teachers and other educators, including books capturing best practices for teaching or managing a classroom.

Comprehensive Topical Coverage

Senior High Core Collection provides easy access to recommended titles in all subject areas of interest to adolescents and young adults. In this update, particular attention was paid to expanding coverage in computers, math and other STEM areas. In addition, librarians will find a wide array of recommended titles covering cultural diversity, careers, the arts, new technologies and social issues.

Easy-to-use Arrangement

1. Nonfiction books, provides immediate access to over 6,000 nonfiction titles, arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification.
2. Biographies. Arranged by subject, this section suggests hundreds of biographies on persons of interest to high school students.
3. Fiction, arranged by author, recommends the best fiction for young adult and adolescent readers. Coverage includes graphic novels too.

Bibliographic & Cataloging Data, Descriptions & Reviews

Individual entries provide a wealth of much-needed information at a glance.

Professional Development Materials

This edition continues to include recommended works for the librarian, including resources for the evaluation of materials, library management and programming, and the use of the internet in instruction.

In-depth Indexing

A highly detailed Author, Title, Series, and Subject Index provides easy navigation through the hundreds of subject areas, thousands of authors and titles, and numerous series in this informative resource. Whether searching by author, title, series, or one of the hundreds of subject areas found in the index, librarians can easily locate titles that will strengthen their collection.

Senior High Core Collection is a must-have tool for librarians and media specialists. Whether for title selection, collection maintenance or readers’ advisory support, this updated edition takes the guesswork out of collection development, so librarians can be assured that they are selecting the best materials for their collection, and making the most out of their book budget.