GALILEO Support Services

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• GALILEO Support Services
• September 2007

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• Grades K-8
• Subject headings to find fiction titles to
  support any theme or unit
• Lexile readability indicators
• Over 35,000 fiction titles
• Full text reviews from respected sources
• Teacher Resources page

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Quick Search from the home page or choose a tab
for more advanced searching
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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 level to find
  books for students. A chart with Lexile ranges is
  provided on the left for assistance.

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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 web sites, book talks, 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
Award Lists Explore Fiction Lists Feature
Articles Picture Book Extenders Teaching with
Fiction

• Tip The Article and List Search can be helpful
  for
• Teachers creating themed units
• Creating themed displays
• Collection development

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

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

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• The NoveList K-8 Training Support Center has
  excellent support materials to help you learn how
  to get the most out of NoveList.

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Additional Resources

• General Information
• http//www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?marketID6top
  icID17
• 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 K-8 Training and Support Center
• http//support.epnet.com/training/novelist/NLC_K8
  /Home.htm
• NoveList K-8 Lessons Plans for Elementary and
  Middle School
• http//support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/elemlessonpla
  n_k8v52a.pdf
• http//support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/mslessonplan_
  novelistk8v52.pdf
• Using NoveList K-8 with Young Readers (PowerPoint
  presentation)
• http//support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.ph
  p?id2850
• NoveList and NoveList K-8 Scavenger Hunt
• http//support.epnet.com/uploads/kb/novelistscave
  ngerhunt20070612.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