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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.
Use the Find Box for quick
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.
Basic Search – Author Search Results
Basic Search – Author Search Results
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.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Use the Find Box for quick
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)
Basic Search – Title Search Results
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 Results
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.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Use the Find Box for quick
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.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Basic Search – Describe a Plot Results
There are over 200 results for books and
several feature content tabs that fit this search
criteria.
Basic Search – Describe a Plot Results
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.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Use the Find Box for quick
results.
Basic Search – Describe a Plot 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!
Need Help? We’ve got support!
What you do every day makes a difference in peoples’ lives and we
thank you for letting us be a part of your work.
Please feel free to contact us using the Send Feedback link if you have any questions!
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