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Entries from December 19, 2019

??? mooks

December 19, 2019 by Sharon Domier · No Comments · Uncategorized

A mook is a morph of a magazine+book. Mooks get ISBN but they also sometimes get ISSN as well. It gives librarians the opportunity to add them to their collections as a magazine or do subject analysis on each one like a book. For readers interested in science, a well known publisher/title is Newton. In […]

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?? Shinsho and their value to L2 readers

December 19, 2019 by Sharon Domier · No Comments · Uncategorized

Shinsho ?? are an amazing resource for people who are looking to gain a generalist’s knowledge of a particular topic. The regular shinsho are written at a level that a high school graduate can read and understand. The prices of shinsho are entirely reasonable (currently 600-900 yen) and pocket-sized so they are light and convenient […]

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