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Description automatically generated" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Patrons
often have questions about what to read next. </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-novplus"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NoveList Plus</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
an eResource from </span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, is a tool that can help provide readers’ advisory. Though
library staff become familiar with their collections over time, no one can read as widely or deeply as we would like. NoveList Plus can help broaden library workers’ ability to recommend the right book and create engaging displays that will draw attention
to hidden gems in any collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Premade Lists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Premade lists are a quick way to find books with a particular genre or theme. On the NoveList Plus home page, the left menu provides over 100 recommended reading lists, both
fiction and nonfiction, divided by age level (Adult, Teen, Ages 9-12, Ages 0-8). These lists are diverse in topic and scope. For example, the adult mystery category has 15 lists including
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=419438&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cooking
Up Crime</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=419429&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Vacation
Interrupted</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, and
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=428988&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Historical
Mysteries</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Lists can be printed for patrons or used as a starting point for a book display or programming idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Readers’ Advisory Toolbox<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Across the top of the home page, the
<b>Especially For</b> menu includes a <b>Readers’ Advisory Toolbox</b> designed to help library staff become more proficient at understanding genre and theme, recommending books, and creating booklists and displays for their libraries and patrons. This menu
also includes <b>Working with Youth</b>, a page of specialty resources designed for those who provide youth services. The articles are based on age range and provide programming ideas and information about diverse books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Basic and Advanced Searches<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NoveList Plus includes basic and advanced searches to find just the right book. The basic search box is on the home page along with a link to an advanced search page. In order
to perform better searches, NoveList Plus has a story elements guide called </span>
<a href="https://www.ebsco.com/sites/g/files/nabnos191/files/acquiadam-assets/NoveList-Guide-to-Story-Elements.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Secret Language of Books</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
that library staff can use to learn more about the best search terms to find books. The idea center also has
</span><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/novelist/idea-center/improve/story-elements"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">videos</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to help staff learn about the story
elements of appeal, theme, and genre and how to use them in a search.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Catch Reader Attention with Amazing Displays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Making a display of books to increase circulation takes time. The
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&bquery=DE+Book+display+AND+ND+Readers%26%2339%3b+Advisory&type=0&searchMode=And&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Book
Display Ideas</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in the
<b>Quick Links</b> menu not only provides lists that can help library staff get started, but each list also includes a premade Library Aware poster that can be printed and used with the display. NoveList Plus has also a curated
</span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customlink/proxify/proxify.php?count=1&encode=1&proxy=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=&target=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=neh&tg=UI&an=440980&site=novp-live"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Books
to Movies</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> list which would make a great display to help patrons find stories they can read and then watch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebscoprofile-novplus"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NoveList Plus</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
is a powerhouse eResource for readers’ advisory. From pre-made booklists to vast searching capabilities, library staff will find NoveList the perfect
</span><a href="https://mel.org/welcome"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> eResource for helping patrons discover that just right book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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