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NoveList and GPS
An overview of NoveList K-8, a fiction advisory
database available to Georgia schools and
libraries through GALILEO A look at how NoveList
K-8 and NoveList help educators meet Georgia
Performance Standards
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NoveList and NoveList K-8 Available in GALIELO
to Georgia schools and libraries
NoveList is the complete fiction advisory database
NoveList K-8 is a subset of NoveList that
includes only titles appropriate for grades K-8
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NoveList K-8 has 64,000 titles that reflect the
collections in a typical library.
From Beowulf to Christopher Paul Curtis to Mo
Willems, NoveList has you covered.
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NoveList K-8 Has Books For Readers of All Ages
13,817 Teen Titles (13 18 years old)
27,625 Older Kid Titles (9 12 years old)
22,792 Younger Kid Titles (up to 8 years old)

• See NoveList for Adult Books

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NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000 Subject Headings
Topics and Themes Adventure Stories Realistic
Fiction Survival
Genres Mysteries and even sub-genres such as
boy detectives
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NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000 Subject Headings
Locations Southwest South Africa South
Carolina Southern States
Time Periods Historical Events World War II
Twentieth Century Civil War
Series Alex Rider Perry Jackson and the
Olympians Twilight
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Here are some of the robust features youll find
in NoveList K-8
Author Biographies
Book Discussion Guides
Award Winners
BookTalks
Recommended Reads
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Here are some of the robust features youll find
in NoveList K-8
Working with Kids
BookTalks
Curricular Connections
Picture Book Extenders
Grab and Go Book Lists
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Finding NoveList K-8 in GALILEO
http//www.galileo.usg.edu
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Default GALILEO interface for K-12

• Choose the Databases A-Z Tab
• Type in the search box
• Select NoveList or NoveList K-8

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The NoveList K-8 Home Page
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Getting to Know the Home Page
The Find Bar Single Search bar allows you to do
searches like Find a Favorite
Author Title Series Describe a Plot You 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.

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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.
Spotlight Highlights key content and informs you
of any enhancements or updates to the product.
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Searching
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Basic Search Author Search
A reader asks you for a list of a specific
authors works what do you do?
Use the Find Box for quick results.
Lets 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-8s Relevancy ranking will bring
Yolens titles to the top of your Result List.
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Basic Search Author Search Results
You get a Results List with a variety of tabs
indicating where Jane Yolen is referenced.
Heres a closer look at a brief record
NoveList Best indicates that a book has been
selected for any of our feature content or is an
award winner.
The Brief Record contains a book jacket,
annotation, links to reviews, a link to your
library catalog and other helpful information.
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Basic Search Author Search Results
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.
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Basic Search Author Search Results
Remember all those tabs on the Result
screen? Lets take a closer look at a few.
Award Winners Contains any award lists that
include Jane Yolen
Author Biographies Access a biography of Jane
Yolen. We have biographies for about 150
authors.

• Grab and Go Book Lists
• Contains lists of in-print titles, on a variety
  of curriculum-related subjects, that include Jane
  Yolen.

• Recommended Reads
• Contains lists of titles on a wide variety of
  genres/topics, great for recreational reading,
  that include Jane Yolen.

Series Shows all the Series by Jane Yolen
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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?
Use the Find Box for quick results.
Lets try a search for City of Ember. Simply
type city of ember in the Find Box and click Go.
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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 Information Subject Headings Find
Similar Books
Within the Brief Record youll find links such as
Reviews and First Chapters. (NoveList K-8
contains 3,000 First Chapters)
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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.
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Basic Search Title Search Results
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
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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 youre 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.

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Basic Search Series Search
A reader asks you for the latest in the Heartland
series what do you do?
Use the Find Box for quick results.
Lets try a search for the Heartland series.
Simply type heartland in the Find Box and click
Go.
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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
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Basic Search Printing Series Search Results
If your reader wants a copy of the series to take
with them, simply click on Quick Print for a
printer-friendly version of your list in reading
order.
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Basic Search Describe a Plot Search
A reader asks you where to find the book they are
looking for but can only remember that its about
a boy and a girl that travel through time what
do you do?
Use the Find Box for quick results.
Simply type time travel boy girl in the Find Box,
select Describe a Plot, then select Older Kids,
and click Go.
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Basic Search Describe a Plot Results
There are over 200 results for books and several
feature content tabs that fit this search
criteria.
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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.
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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?
Use the Find Box for quick results.
Simply type Civil War in the Find Box, select
Describe a Plot, and click Go.
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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.
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Getting to Know the Advanced Search Screen
Enter your search terms in the Find Box.
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.
Choose a Field from the Select a Field drop-down
box (note that this is optional).
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Getting to Know the Advanced Search Screen

• Reading Level
• Adults (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 Identity
• Identification with, or membership in, a
  particular ethnic, cultural, or national group,
  sharing language and customs. 
• Review Available

Limit Your Results
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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.
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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.
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Persistent Folders
Save book lists indefinitely in multiple folders.
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Persistent Folders

• Links to
• American Revolution, 500-700
• Picture books about Franklin, Jefferson,
  Roosevelt
• Immigration, 750-950

Persistent links to searches let you re-execute a
search by clicking a URL. Links can be e-mailed
or embedded in any HTML document.
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NoveList and the GPS
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NoveList and the GPS
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Reading in All Curriculum Areas

• Read a minimum of 25 grade-level appropriate
  books per year from a variety of subject
  disciplines and participate in discussions
  related to curricular learning in all areas.
• Read both informational and fictional texts in a
  variety of genres and modes of discourse.

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One Suggestion.

• Language Arts 40
• Social Studies 30
• Science 20
• Math 10

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Discussing Books

• Discuss messages and themes from books in all
  subject areas.
• Respond to a variety of texts in multiple modes
  of discourse.
• Relate messages and themes from one subject area
  to messages and themes in another area.
• Evaluate the merit of texts in every subject
  discipline.
• Examine authors purpose in writing.

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Building Vocabulary

• Demonstrate an understanding of contextual
  vocabulary in various subjects.
• Use content vocabulary in writing and speaking.
• Explore understanding of new words found

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