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NoveList K-8 Training

From Beowulf to Christopher Paul

Curtis to Mo Willems, we’ve got you

covered.

NoveList K-8 has 69,000+ titles that reflect the collections in a typical library.

NoveList K-8 Has Books For Readers of All Ages

15,802 Teen Titles(13 – 18 years old)

29,292 Older Kid Titles

(9 – 12 years old)24,157 Younger Kid Titles (up to 8 years old)

NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000 Subject Headings

Genres Mysteries and even sub-genres such as

boy detectives

Topics and Themes

Adventure Stories Realistic Fiction

SurvivalCharacters Identified

By… Name, Gender,

Ethnicity/Nationality, Age, Occupation, Relationship

African-American Teenagers VampiresTeachers

Clementine

NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000 Subject Headings

Locations Southwest

South AfricaSouth CarolinaSouthern States

Time PeriodsHistorical

Events World War II

Twentieth Century Civil War

Series Alex Rider

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Sammy Keyes

Here are some of the robust features you’ll find in NoveList K-8:

Author Biographie

s Book

Discussion Guides

BookTalks

Recommended Reads

Award Winners

Here are some of the robust features you’ll find in NoveList K-8:

Working with KidsBookTalks

Curricular Connections

Grab and Go Book Lists

Picture Book Extenders

The Home Page

Getting to Know the Home Page

The Find Bar Single Search bar allows you

to do searches like: Find a Favorite Author

TitleSeries Title

Describe a PlotYou can also limit searches by

level.

The Browse Panel All of the customized feature content

in NoveList K-8 is grouped by audience and right here at your

fingertips.

For more information about the different types of content, click on found at the top right corner of the

panel.

Getting to Know the Home Page

My NoveList

Tour NoveList Links you to a short video tour of NoveList K-8,

designed to assist you in learning how to navigate NoveList K-8. This tour covers the basic features of the database. This link also contains a Quick

Start Guide, PowerPoint, and Help Sheets.

My Folders & Alerts Quickly access your folder and alerts.

About NoveList Find out more about the NoveList K-8 product as

well as the NoveList staff and contributors.

NoveList Newsletters:Sign up for one of our three newsletters, such as

School News which is filled with NoveList practical advice, professional resources, best

practices and more all geared toward those who work with children.

SpotlightHighlights key content and informs

you of any enhancements or updates to the product.

Searching

Basic Search – Author Search

A reader asks you for a list of a specific author’s works – what do you do?

Let’s try a search for Jane Yolen. Simply type jane yolen in the Find Box and click

Go. This is a keyword search for “jane” and “yolen.” NoveList K-8’s Relevancy ranking will bring Yolen’s

titles to the top of your Result List.

Use the Find Box for quick

results.


results.

Basic Search – Author Search Results

You get a robust Results List with a variety of tabs indicating where Jane Yolen is referenced.

Here’s a closer look at a brief record

Here’s a closer look at a brief record

The Brief Record contains a book jacket, annotation, links to reviews, a link to your library catalog and other

helpful information.

If you don’t have linking to your catalog, contact [email protected].

NoveList Best indicates that a book has been selected for

any of our feature content or is an award winner.

Clicking on the title in the Brief Record will take you

to the Title Record

The Title Record contains rich data like

Author Information Pseudonyms

Subject Headings Reviews

(found at the bottom of the screen), links to Find Similar Books and

All Books by the author.



Remember all those tabs on the Result screen?

Let’s take a closer look at a few.

Author Biographies

Access a biography of Jane Yolen. We have biographies

for about 150 authors.

Award WinnersContains any

award lists that include Jane

Yolen

SeriesShows all the Series by Jane

Yolen

Recommended Reads

Contains lists of titles on a wide

variety of genres/topics, great

for recreational reading, that

include Jane Yolen.

Grab and Go Book Lists

Contains lists of in-print titles, on a

variety of curriculum-related subjects, that include

Jane Yolen.

Basic Search – Author Search

In addition to the All Titles by this Author link from the title record, you can select the Author button

from the Search box and enter the author’s name in the Find box. The

search will be limited to only the author field for the name you

entered.

Results from a search without the Author button

selected

Results from a search without the Author button

selected

Results from a search with the Author button selected

Results from a search with the Author button selected

Basic Search – Title Search

A reader asks you for specific information about a particular title or wants to find

more books like a particular title – what do you do?

Let’s try a search for City of Ember. Simply type city of ember in the Find Box and click

Go.


results.


results.

Basic Search – Title Search Results

Once again, you get a robust Results List.

Clicking on City of Ember takes you to

the Title Record.

Notice that this record includes sections like:Author InformationSubject Headings

Find Similar Books

Within the Brief Record you’ll find links such as First Chapters and Table of

Contents. (NoveList K-8 contains 3,000 First

Chapters)


Clicking on Find Similar Books takes you a separate screen that allows you to find

books based on similar aspects.

For example, when looking for books similar to City of Ember, your reader might be most interested in Dystopia

and Survival stories on the Teens reading level. This selection would

give you results like these


Basic Search – Title Search

●Additional Title Search Tips •If the title is a one word title or has a lot of common words, enter the title with the author. For example, if you’re looking for Little Brother by Cory Doctorow enter “little brother Doctorow” for better results.

•If you cannot remember the author and need to make sure that only the title field is being searched, select the Title button (next to Search) and type your title in the Find box. Doing this ensures that NoveList will search only titles.

Basic Search – Series Search

A reader asks you for the latest in the Heartland series – what do you do?

Let’s try a search for the Heartland series. Simply type heartland in the Find Box and click Go.


results.


results.

Basic Search – Series Search Results

You can access the complete Heartland series by either selecting

the Series tab at the top of the Results List, or by clicking on the

Heartland link in the Brief Record

Basic Search – Printing Series Search Results

If your reader wants a copy of the series to take with them,

simply click on the Print link.

If your reader wants a copy of the series to take with them,

simply click on the Print link.

At the Print Manager select Detail Citation and Abstract from the Standard Field Format field. Click the Print button for a printer-friendly version of your list

in reading order.

At the Print Manager select Detail Citation and Abstract from the Standard Field Format field. Click the Print button for a printer-friendly version of your list

in reading order.

Basic Search – Describe a Plot Search

A reader asks you where to find the book they are looking for but can only remember that it’s about a

boy and a girl that travel through time – what do you do?

Simply type time travel boy girl in the Find Box, select Describe a Plot, then select Older Kids, and

click Go.


results.


results.

Basic Search – Describe a Plot Results

There are over 200 results for books and

several feature content tabs that fit this search

criteria.


At the Results List screen you can use the Sort by drop-

down box to sort your list by Popularity as well as

Relevance, Author, Title, Date Descending, Date Ascending, and Volume

You can also narrow your results by subject. Narrow

Results by pulls the subject headings that appear the most

for the titles in your list.

Basic Search – Describe a Plot Search

A teacher asks you to find books on the Civil War to complement a lesson – what do you do?

Simply type Civil War in the Find Box, select Describe a Plot, and click Go.


results.


results.


There are over 500 results for books. The

feature content tabs will help you find

professionally prepared materials on the topic.

There are over 500 results for books. The

feature content tabs will help you find

professionally prepared materials on the topic.

Getting to Know the Advanced Search Screen

Select the Document Types that you want. If you want to find results for all

document types be sure they are all checked. If you want only specific

document types check only the type that you want.

For information about the different document types, see the

About Our Articles and Lists page, under the Browsing section of Help.

Enter your search terms in the Find Box.Enter your search terms in the Find Box.

Choose a Field from the Select a Field drop-down box (note that this is optional).

Getting to Know the Advanced Search Screen

Reading LevelAdults (19 and up), Teens (13-18), Older Kids (9-12), Younger Kids

(birth to 8) Grade Level

Range from “Babies/Toddlers" to "Adult." Lexile Reading Level

Choose from preset Lexile ranges. Lexile Range Search

Enter a Lexile rating in this field. Publication Year

Enter a range of publication years in the boxes. Number of Pages

Limit book results to a number of pages, or more/less than the number entered. Author's Gender

Limit your search to Male, Female, or All authors. Author's Nationality

The name of the country (or countries) where the author claims nationality, lives now, and/or has lived for a significant time.

Author's Cultural IdentityIdentification with, or membership in, a particular ethnic, cultural, or

national group, sharing language and customs. Review Available

This option will search only titles that include one or more reviews. Award Winner

This option will search only titles that have won awards. Dewey Range Search

Use this limiter to search for books with an assigned Dewey number in the ranges specified.

NoveList Best Limit your search to titles that are referred to in NoveList feature

content, award winners, and titles that have received starred reviews.

Reading LevelAdults (19 and up), Teens (13-18), Older Kids (9-12), Younger Kids

(birth to 8) Grade Level

Range from “Babies/Toddlers" to "Adult." Lexile Reading Level

Choose from preset Lexile ranges. Lexile Range Search

Enter a Lexile rating in this field. Publication Year

Enter a range of publication years in the boxes. Number of Pages

Limit book results to a number of pages, or more/less than the number entered. Author's Gender

Limit your search to Male, Female, or All authors. Author's Nationality

The name of the country (or countries) where the author claims nationality, lives now, and/or has lived for a significant time.

Author's Cultural IdentityIdentification with, or membership in, a particular ethnic, cultural, or

national group, sharing language and customs. Review Available

This option will search only titles that include one or more reviews. Award Winner

This option will search only titles that have won awards. Dewey Range Search

Use this limiter to search for books with an assigned Dewey number in the ranges specified.

NoveList Best Limit your search to titles that are referred to in NoveList feature

content, award winners, and titles that have received starred reviews.

Limit Your Results

Performing an Advanced Search

For example, a teen reader is looking for titles that have a Lexile score between 300

and 500.

You can search using just the limiters,

without entering a search term. From the Reading Level limiter select Teens and from

the Lexile Reading Level limiter select

300-500.

Performing an Advanced Search

There are over 80 titles that have Lexile scores between 300 and 500 and are geared towards teen readers. You can now sort your list by

Popularity or Date Descending.

To learn more about the Advanced Search, sign up for one of our Advanced Search training sessions at

http://training.ebsco.com/training_request.asp.

Additional Help

Need Help? We’ve got support!

Access our complete online Help by clicking the Help link from any screen in NoveList K-

8.

And you can always send us your questions

or concerns via the Send Feedback link.

Don’t Forget! Tour NoveList to access:NoveList K-8 Video TourQuick Start GuideHelp Sheets

With new training materials

added regularly!

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Please feel free to contact us using the Send Feedback link if you have any questions!

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