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Find a Favorite
Author: Step-by-Step
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Using a Favorite Author to Find New Books to Read
When do I use this
search?
If you have a favorite author, use these steps in NoveList to find out if there are any of her titles you haven't read. You can also select one title from the list this search generates and use that title to find new books like it.
Scenario
A student comes into the media center and says that he just read Crash by Jerry Spinelli and wants to read another of Spinelli's books. You decide to use NoveList to view the titles by Spinelli and search for other titles this student might enjoy.
Here's How in NoveList:
- From the home page, click on the "Search Our Database " tab.
- Select a search strategy - "Find a Favorite Author" in this case - by clicking on its link (circled in the picture above).
- Enter the search criteria in the find box and limit your results, if desired, before clicking the "Search" button. In this scenario, you may be unsure of the spelling of the author's name, so you can use an asterisk as a wildcard like this: jerry spin*. [Show me a picture] Click the SEARCH button to perform the search.
 For
more information about step 3: Tips to Enter AuthorsTips for Limiting Your Results |
What You See (the
search results):
NoveList displays all the titles by the author you entered at the level(s)
selected. [Show me a picture]
- Select a title from the list by clicking on the title link. For this scenario, select Crash.
What You See (the
title record):
The title record for the book displays. [Show me a picture] This is everything
NoveList "knows" about your title.
Where You Can Go from Here:
From this point there are many directions you can take your search. You can:
- read the subject headings and reviews in the title record to confirm that this is the title you are looking for
- return to the original search results (all titles by this author) to let your reader browse through other titles by Spinelli and choose the ones that interest him,
- view and select subject headings from Crash (at the title record) and search on those subject headings to find additional books of interest,
- or, to find other books like Outlander, click the "Find Similar Books" button at the top of the title record page (more detail about the "Find Similar Books" feature is available in Find a Favorite Title: Step-by-Step; steps 6-8).