Saturday, November 3, 2012

Marvelous Maine Invitational Week 5 NoveList

This has been my favorite feature so far in the 5 weeks. There are so many possibilities with this feature. It is incredible. I started by searching The Hunger Games series. I loved the Sort by feature which allows you to narrow the search more specifically by author, popularity, or by dates, ascending and descending.Also very useful was the Read-alike choices feature which gave 9 additional Read-alike titles for The Hunger Games series.  This was excellent. Under the 9-12 age group I specifically searched Historical Fiction which I love to use in my middle school social studies classes. This also allows searching by award winning authors in this genre. I have used historical fiction books by Anna Myers before and was able to find a fairly new book she has written for the age group 9-12. Awesome! Next I searched by authors for those that I enjoy and found titles I didn't realize existed, specifically a novel titled Blockade Billy by Stephen King, that I know my husband would love. Although I spent a lot of time searching through NoveList Plus, I feel there is so much more to explore! I anticipate using this a great deal both personally and professionally.

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