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Product Name: Novelist
Vendor Name:Ebsco
Product Description: From the vendor:
For many libraries, over half their circulation comes from fiction readers, and NoveList® can help you provide the best possible service for these readers. NoveList, a readers' advisory service, not only provides access to a database, but it also offers a wide range of resources that will expand your staff's ability to serve fiction readers of all ages and increase the reach of your library's program.

Robust Database of Fiction Titles
NoveList gives you both the flexibility and power you need to address even your most discriminating readers' questions. Use the product's "Find a Favorite Author" feature to locate a list of John Grisham's titles, and then use one of these titles to find more than 200 other legal thrillers for your John Grisham fans with the Find Similar Books feature. With the "Describe a Plot" search, you can use natural language to search the product's full-text reviews for "fast-paced" books or books that make good "read aloud" titles for a day-care center. And in response to customer requests, NoveList's "Find a Series Name" search now displays complete lists of series titles in reading order.

Results lists in NoveList can be sorted multiple ways, including by author, title, publication year, relevance and--one of our new features--by popularity.

Additional Customized Content:


Author Read-alikes: NoveList has read-alike lists like no other read-alikes you have seen! In addition to suggesting additional authors and titles, our experts give a brief description of the author's writing style and the appeal factors that keep their fans coming back for more. Read-alikes for several new authors are added monthly and can be accessed at the "For Readers" tab.

What We're Reading: Also accessed at the "For Readers" tab, this features the current reading lists and favorite author lists of nationally-known readers' advisors like Nancy Pearl, Joyce Saricks, Patrick Jones and many others.

Additional customized content includes Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Annotated Book Lists and much more.


Link to Your Catalog
You can now link NoveList to your catalog so that when library users find books in NoveList, they can check your catalog to see whether your library owns them. Be sure to ask about our linking capabilities when you contact us for your free trial of the product.

If you are looking for a way to bring your collection and your fiction readers together, NoveList is your solution. With the product's comprehensive database and customized content, NoveList is the best way you have to ensure that your library's readers' advisory services thrive.

Database includes:
More than 135,000 Fiction Titles
More than 36,000 Subject Headings
110,000 Annotations
100,000 Full-Text Searchable Reviews
110,000 Titles with Popularity Ranking

NoveList also contains:
More than 225 Author Read-alikes, with new ones added monthly
More than 300 Book Discussion Guides for Book Clubs
More than 300 Annotated Thematic Bibliographies
More than 500 Genre- and Theme-Based Lists (Explore Fiction)
More than 350 different award lists (Best Fiction)
More than 500 BookTalks
More than 14,000 First Chapters
Lexile Scores
Downloadable Training and Support Materials for Readers' Advisory staff development (Readers' Advisory tab)
Customized Classroom Content for Students and their Parents and Teachers (School Resources tab)
On-Line Learning Center with Tutorials, Sample Searches and Printable Search Aids
Type of Access: Unlimited and remote access
Vendor URL: http://www.ebscohost.com/thisTopic.php?marketID=6&topicID=16
Subscription Period: January 1 to December 31
Vendor Contact:Shawntel Remy-Collum Account Executive EBSCO Publishing Phone: 1-800-653-2726 ext. 502 Fx:978-356-5640 Email: sremy@ebscohost.com
Contacts: Technical Contact
Support Website:
http://support.ebsco.com
800-758-5995

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dlintner@sols.org
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