GALILEO Support Services

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• GALILEO Support Services
• September 2007

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Quick Search from the home page or choose a tab
for more advanced searching

• Readers Advisory for Adult Fiction

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• Find books by
• Author
• Title
• Series
• Plot

• Tip The Plot search can be helpful when patrons
  remember the story, but not the author or title,
  because you can search by
• Genre - mystery, adventure, love stories,
  fantasy
• Character - women detectives, eleven year old
  boys, African-Americans, mothers and daughters
• Time Periods - sixteenth century, Victorian,
  colonial roman
• Events - world war II, depression, gold rush
• Themes/Subjects - courage, moving, survival,
  wilderness, awards (Newbery, YALSA, etc.)
• Setting - south, Georgia, England, Boston,
  Africa, northwest

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The Boolean Search provides a powerful search
with many options for fields to search and ways
to limit results

• Tip Limit by age level or Lexile rating to find
  books for K-12 students

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Results can be sorted by Author Title Publication
Year Popularity Relevance

• You can also view more information about each
  title

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Each item in the results list has additional
information about the book and the author, such
as publication information, summary, reviews,
author read-alikes, author web sites, and more.

• Tip The Find Similar Books button is helpful
  when someone wants more books like one he or she
  has enjoyed reading.
• Tip Subject Headings can be used to search for
  additional books matching topics of interest.

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• Books can be added to a folder to be printed or
  emailed.

Items added to the folder will stay until you
close the browser window. You can access them
using the View List button. OR
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My NoveList
You can also click Sign In to My NoveList on the
left to create your own free account to save
lists and searches or create alerts.

• Tip Save lists of books to share with patrons or
  to use for particular seasons, events, or
  displays. Lists can be of books for particular
  age/Lexile levels or topics of interest.
• Tip Click on Search History to save your
  searches.
• Tip From Search History, you can also save
  Alerts so that you receive emails when a book
  matching your search is added to NoveList.

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Article and List Search
Author Read-alikes Book Discussion Guides
BookTalks Feature Articles School Curricular
Materials Readers' Advisory materials Explore
(genre) lists Awards lists

• Tip The Article and List Search can be helpful
  for
• Teachers creating themed units
• Creating themed displays
• Book club planning

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• Browse Lists offers quick awards, genres, and
  topic lists

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For Readers Annotated Book Lists Author
Read-alikes Book Discussion Guides BookTalks

• Tip Author Read-alikes are wonderful to use when
  a patron has read everything by an author and is
  searching for more books like it.
• Tip Book Discussion Guides are great for book
  clubs and classroom discussions.
• Tip Use What Were Reading to find out what
  Nancy Pearl and other book experts are reading.

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• The Readers Advisory tab includes several great
  resources for library staff members involved in
  all types of readers advisory.

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• The School Resources tab has many great resources
  for teachers, media specialists, and other school
  personnel.

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• The NoveList Training Support Center has
  excellent support materials to help librarians
  learn how to get the most out of NoveList.

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Additional Resources

• General Information
• http//www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID6top
  icID16
• Search the EBSCO Knowledge Base for FAQs, Help
  Sheets, User Guides, Teacher Guides, and
  Marketing Resources
• http//support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/index.php
  
• NoveList Training and Support Center
• http//support.epnet.com/training/novelist/NLC/Ho
  me.htm
• NoveList Lessons Plans for Middle and High School
• http//support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/mslessonplan_
  novelistv52a.pdf
• http//support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/hslessonplan_
  v52a.pdf
• Using NoveList with Young Readers (PowerPoint
  presentation)
• http//support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.ph
  p?id2849
• NoveList Scavenger Hunt
• http//www.epnet.com/uploads/thisTopic-dbTopic-83
  1.pdf

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• Please use the Contact Us form on the GALILEO
  homepage if you have any questions or feedback.
• http//www.galileo.usg.edu