1. GALILEO Support Services September 2007

2. Reader’s Advisory for Adult Fiction
Quick Search from the home page or
choose a tab for more advanced searching
Reader’s Advisory for Adult Fiction

3. Find books by Author Title Series Plot
Tip: The Plot search can be helpful when patrons remember the story, but not the author or title, because you can search by
Genre - mystery, adventure, love stories, fantasy
Character - women detectives, eleven year old boys, African-Americans, mothers and daughters
Time Periods - sixteenth century, Victorian, colonial roman
Events - world war II, depression, gold rush
Themes/Subjects - courage, moving, survival, wilderness, awards (Newbery, YALSA, etc.)
Setting - south, Georgia, England, Boston, Africa, northwest

4. The Boolean Search provides a powerful search with many options for fields to search and ways to limit results
Tip: Limit by age level or Lexile rating to find books for K-12 students

5. Results can be sorted by Author Title Publication Year Popularity
Relevance
You can also view more information about each title…

6. Each item in the results list has additional information about the book and the author, such as publication information, summary, reviews, author read-alikes, author web sites, and more.
Tip: The Find Similar Books button is helpful when someone wants more books like one he or she has enjoyed reading.
Tip: Subject Headings can be used to search for additional books matching topics of interest.

7. Books can be added to a folder to be printed or emailed.
Items added to the folder will stay until you close the browser window. You can access them using the View List button.
OR…

8. My NoveList
You can also click Sign In to My NoveList on the left to create your own free account to save lists and searches or create alerts.
Tip: Save lists of books to share with patrons or to use for particular seasons, events, or displays. Lists can be of books for particular age/Lexile levels or topics of interest.
Tip: Click on Search History to save your searches.
Tip: From Search History, you can also save Alerts so that you receive s when a book matching your search is added to NoveList.

9. Article and List Search
Author Read-alikes
Book Discussion Guides
BookTalks
Feature Articles
School Curricular Materials
Readers' Advisory materials
Explore (genre) lists
Awards lists
Tip: The Article and List Search can be helpful for:
Teachers creating themed units
Creating themed displays
Book club planning

10. Browse Lists offers quick awards, genres, and topic lists

11. Book Discussion Guides
For Readers
Annotated Book Lists
Author Read-alikes
Book Discussion Guides
BookTalks
Tip: Author Read-alikes are wonderful to use when a patron has read everything by an author and is searching for more books like it.
Tip: Book Discussion Guides are great for book clubs and classroom discussions.
Tip: Use What We’re Reading to find out what Nancy Pearl and other book experts are reading.

12. The Readers’ Advisory tab includes several great resources for library staff members involved in all types of readers’ advisory.

13. The School Resources tab has many great resources for teachers, media specialists, and other school personnel.

14. The NoveList Training & Support Center has excellent support materials to help librarians learn how to get the most out of NoveList.

15. Additional Resources General Information
Search the EBSCO Knowledge Base for FAQs, Help Sheets, User Guides, Teacher Guides, and Marketing Resources
NoveList Training and Support Center
NoveList Lessons Plans for Middle and High School
Using NoveList with Young Readers (PowerPoint presentation)
NoveList Scavenger Hunt
NoveList Flyers
Bookmarks
Additional Readers’ Advisory Resources

16. Please use the Contact Us form on the GALILEO homepage if you have any questions or feedback.