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Series review criteria

In addition to the core selection criteria, the following points are to be considered when reviewing resources of a series. The evaluation and review of a series should also take into consideration the same criteria as the Fiction and Non-fiction criteria, however the format of the review is to be structured to acknowledge the complete series.

Fiction

• Structured Fiction (for example reading schemes)
• Individual review of one title followed by a short series statement listing other titles in the series.
• Non-structured Fiction (for example Mission top secret series)
• Individual review of each title followed by a series statement.

Non-fiction

• Series of consistent quality and coherence in topics (for example A Taste of …)
  - Individual review of one title followed by a series statement and a list of other available titles in the series
• Series of non-consistent quality and diverse topics (for example The World's disasters …)
  – Individual review of one title followed by a short series statement.

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