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Sample Searches (Scenarios)
Used in NoveList Training & Support Center
(including screen shots )
The scenarios listed in the table below
are covered in the NoveList Training & Support Center with step-by-step solutions
and highlighted screen shots of NoveList for each step. To go directly
to the solution for each scenario, click on the scenario's associated
link. If you want to return to this page, use your Browser's back button. For additional search ideas such as how to sort by popularity, search reviews (fast paced, read alouds, starred reviews, etc.), check out search strategies. There are also additional ideas on how to use personal lists, saved searches and alerts in both the Readers' Advisory setting and the school setting.
If you would like
a printout of all of the searches used in this Training & Support Center, click
here.
- My mother really enjoys books by Carolyn G. Hart because they are not violent or racy. Can you help me find some other "gentle" mysteries like Hart's? (Author Read-alike and Find a Favorite Author;
1-Minute NoveList)
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- A friend
of yours has told you about a romance author that she really enjoyed.
The author wrote a series of titles that involved time travel
in Scotland. The author's first name is Diana and the last name
is Gaba something. Your friend said the books came out about 10
years ago.
(Find a Favorite
Author; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A reader
has come in looking for a mystery that she read last year. It
was by a woman author and she thinks the title was Track of the
Storm or at least had some of those words in the title. She would
like to read the book again and also find some other similar titles.
(Find a Favorite
Title; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A friend
has heard about a series of books called the House of Niccolo.
The books are set in Europe during the 15th century. You read
the series a while ago and do not remember all the titles in it
(and there may be additional titles that you have not read). You
would like a list of the series titles in publication order, if
possible. (Find
a Series Name; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A young reader comes to the reference desk looking for a book he has read before and wants to read again – but he can't remember the title or author of the book. He describes the story to the librarian: it is about a boy living on his grandfather's farm who tries to save the farm with winnings from a dog sled race he enters. (Describe
a Plot; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A patron would like a list of some of the most popular mysteries written in 2004. (Boolean Search; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- After running a search in NoveList to find mysteries by British authors, Sue sorts her search results by popularity and decides she would like to create a list of the most popular British mysteries to refer to later. (Saving Lists; Optimizing NoveList)
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- Mary Cassell, a librarian, is frequently asked to find mysteries by British authors. Based on a FAQ, she creates the search that will find authors by their nationality and find mysteries. She decides to save it so that she can refer to it later because this combination of topics is popular with her readers. She also decides to create an Alert for this search so that she knows when other mysteries by British authors are added to the NoveList database. (Saving Searches/Creating Alerts; Optimizing NoveList
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