Books and their reviews: Threshold concepts, Google Scholar; Undergraduate research

I don't usually include the book reviews when I list new journal articles, so I thought for a change I would pick out three of the books reviewed in the issue of Journal of Academic Librarianship (JAL) that I posted yesterday. Since JAL is a priced publication, I set myself the challenge of finding an open access review for each book as well. Here they are.
- Francis, M. (2017). The fun of motivation: Crossing the threshold concepts. Association of College and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL (2017), 168 pp. $48.00. ISBN 978-8389-8933-3. Information available here.  Reviews of the book: JAL review (priced article); C&RL review (open access)
- Alfonzo, P. (2016). Teaching Google Scholar: A practical guide for librarians. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD, 188 pp. $65.00. ISBN 978-1-4422-4358-3. The site with information on the Practical Guides series is here.  Reviews of the book: JAL review (priced article); Library Quarterly review (priced, but the first page free); Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship review (open access version here)
-  Hensley, M. & Davis-Kahl, S. (2017). Undergraduate research and the academic librarian. Association of College and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL, (348 pp. $65.00. ISBN 978-0-8389-8908-1). Available here and as an open access edition. Reviews of the book: JAL review (priced article); C&RL review (open access)
Photo by Sheila Webber: winter branches, Brunswick Square, December 2018.