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Using Additional Content in NoveList |
Getting Around in NoveList showed you what searches, lists and features were available at each tab. It also introduced you to the basic pages in NoveList.
Searching the NoveList Database provided you with step-by-step examples for each database search (at the Search Our Database tab).
In addition to the NoveList database (which consists of over 140,000 records), NoveList has assembled a group of over 50 experts in their field to provide customized content to support the fiction database. Our contributors include Joyce Saricks, Nancy Pearl, Merle Jacob, Mary K. Chelton, Patrick Jones, Bonne Kunzel and many more.
This module of the Training & Support Center will provide some basic information about this rich and supportive content. This content, although voluminous, can be searched using the Article and List Search. For a brief overview of each type of content, select one of the links below for more information.
When you click this tab in NoveList, you will find links to Best Fiction (awards lists), Explore Fiction (genre and topic lists) and All Authors, Titles, Series Names and Subjects (lists used in NoveList for the database). Click the "Browse Lists" link here to learn more about Best Fiction and Explore Fiction.
Click the above link to learn more about the contents at the "For Readers" tab. When you click this tab in NoveList, you will find links to Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and a selection of articles written by experts in the field (under the link "Annotated Book Lists," known as "Feature Articles" in previous versions).
Resources for Readers' Advisory Staff 
Click the above link to learn more about the contents at the "Readers' Advisory" tab. When you click this tab in NoveList, you will find links to NoveList Notes, RA-101 Lite training materials, Talking with Readers guide book, as well as an assortment of articles written by experts in the field of Readers' Advisory (under the link of "More RA Staff Support").
Click the above link to learn more about the content at the "School Resources" tab. When you click this tab in NoveList, you will find links to Articles with Curricular Connections, BookTalks, Picture Book Extenders, and YA Book Discussion Guides. All of these links were accessed when you clicked on the "Features for Teachers" button in previous versions of NoveList.