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Sample Searches (Scenarios)
Used in NoveList K-8 Training & Support Center
(including screen shots )
The scenarios listed in the table below
are covered in the NoveList K-8 Training & Support Center with step-by-step solutions
and highlighted screen shots of NoveList K-8 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. Click here for additional ideas on how to use personal lists, saved searches and alerts.
If you would like
a printout of all of the searches used in this Training & Support Center, click
here.
- After studying immigration to the United States with his class, the seventh grade teacher hopes to make the topic more realistic to his students by reading a book from a young immigrant's point of view. (Describe a Plot, Topic or Unit;
1-Minute NoveList)
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- 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.
(Find a Favorite
Author; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A seventh grade student has just finished reading Kate DiCamillo's Because of Winn-Dixie. She tells the school librarian that she really enjoyed reading it and would like to read another book like it.
(Find a Favorite
Title; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A student wants a complete list of titles in a series by Tamora Pierce, and wants to know their order in the series. She is not certain of the series name but thinks it includes the word "circle." (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, Topic or Unit; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- Your middle school language arts program uses themes to enhance their reading program. The entire eighth grade class reads White Lilacs as the core novel and then students are asked to read another novel on the theme of racism to further expand discussions on the topic. You have been asked to put together a reading list for the students. In order to narrow the search, you decide to collect titles that have been noted as a "Starred Review" (which indicates that at least one reviewing journal has indicated that the quality of the title sets it apart from similar titles). (Boolean Search; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- A teacher is working up a unit for her class on bullying and wants to see what NoveList has on the topic. (Article and List Search; Searching the NoveList Database)
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- After running a search in NoveList to find picture books that use watercolor illustrations, our librarian sorts her search results by popularity and decides she would like to create a list of some of these picture books. (Saving Lists; Optimizing NoveList)
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- A teacher had just finished reading The Diary of Anne Frank with her class. Since her students frequently asked for more books about the topics covered in this book, she wanted to keep a list of these titles as well as stay current about new books that relate to this topic. (Saving Searches/Creating Alerts; Optimizing NoveList
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