This slide show is from the NoveList K-8 site and is designed to assist teachers and media specialist with understanding the benefits of using NoveList K-8.

1. NoveList K-8 Training

2. NoveList K-8 has 69,000+ titles that reflect
the collections in a typical library.
From Beowulf to
Christopher Paul Curtis
to Mo Willems, we’ve
got you covered.

3. 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)

4. NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000
Subject Headings
Genres Topics and Themes
Mysteries and even sub- Adventure Stories
genres such as boy Realistic Fiction
detectives Survival
Characters Identified By…
Name, Gender, Ethnicity/Nationality,
Age, Occupation, Relationship
African-American Teenagers
Vampires
Teachers
Clementine

5. NoveList K-8 has Over 36,000
Subject Headings
Time Periods Locations
Historical Events Southwest
World War II South Africa
Twentieth Century South Carolina
Civil War Southern States
Series
Alex Rider
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Sammy Keyes

6. Here are some of the robust features you’ll
find in NoveList K-8:
Author
Biographies
Book Award
Discussion BookTalks
Winners
Guides
Recommended
Reads

7. Here are some of the robust features you’ll
find in NoveList K-8:
Working with Kids
BookTalks
Curricular Connections
Picture Book Extenders
Grab and Go Book Lists

8. The Home Page

9. Getting to Know the Home Page
The Find Bar
Single Search bar allows you to do
searches like:
Find a Favorite Author
Title
Series Title
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.

10. 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
Spotlight the NoveList staff and contributors.
Highlights key content and informs you of
any enhancements or updates to the NoveList Newsletters:
product. 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.

11. Searching

12. Basic Search – Author Search
A reader asks you for a list of a specific author’s
works – what do you do?
Use the Find Box
for quick results.
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.

13. 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
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.
If you don’t have linking to your catalog, contact EPtech@ebscohost.com.

14. 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.

15. Basic Search – Author Search
Results
Remember all those tabs on the Result screen?
Let’s take a closer look at a few.
Author Award Winners Grab and Go Book
Biographies Contains any award Lists Recommended Series
Access a biography of lists that include Contains lists of in-print Reads Shows all the Series
Jane Yolen. We have Jane Yolen titles, on a variety of Contains lists of titles by Jane Yolen
biographies for about curriculum-related on a wide variety of
150 authors. subjects, that include genres/topics, great for
Jane Yolen. recreational
reading, that include
Jane Yolen.

16. 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 Results from a search with the
the Author button selected Author button selected

17. 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.
Let’s try a search for City of Ember.
Simply type city of ember in the Find Box and click Go.

18. 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
Within the Brief Record you’ll find
includes sections like:
links such as First Chapters and
Author Information
Table of Contents. Subject Headings
(NoveList K-8 contains 3,000 First Chapters)
Find Similar Books

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.
Let’s try a search for the Heartland series.
Simply type heartland in the Find Box and click Go.

23. 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

24. 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.
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.

25. 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?
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.

26. Basic Search – Describe a Plot Results
There are over 200 results
for books and several
feature content tabs that fit
this search criteria.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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
Choose a Field from the Select a Field drop-
page, under the Browsing section of Help.
down box (note that this is optional).

31. Getting to Know the Advanced Search Screen
Reading Level
Limit Your Results 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
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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. Additional Help

35. 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.

36. Need Help? We’ve got support!
Don’t Forget! Tour NoveList to access:
NoveList K-8 Video Tour
Quick Start Guide
Help Sheets
With new training
materials
added regularly!

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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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