[OPLINLIST] NOVELIST NOTES: NoveList Can Help with Harry Potter Mania (July 0
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Lynne Rohweder
LRohweder@epnet.com
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:41:14 -0400
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NoveList Notes
July, 2005
Please share by forwarding to any other colleagues who would benefit from
this content. Note that the searches in this Note apply to both NoveList and
NoveList K-8.
NOVELIST CAN HELP WITH HARRY POTTER MANIA
Harry Potter has become everyone's favorite teenaged wizard. Adults who
previously would not admit to enjoying fairy tales or fantasy have been
devouring the Hogwarts saga as fast as J. K. Rowling can turn out new
volumes. In fact, fans are inhaling the new episodes even FASTER than
Rowling is producing them. What do you do when you have read each volume
several times, studied the companion volumes (Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them; Quiddich Through the Ages), and seen all the movies? Since
Volume Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is due out July 16th,
the appetite will be briefly satisfied, but there is still one volume to go!
What are poor Muggles to do?
FINDING HARRY POTTER READ-ALIKES IN NOVELIST
Find Similar Books offers a way to match your favorite aspects of Harry
Potter with other titles.
1. At the Search Our Database tab, click Find a Favorite Title; type in
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and click Search.
2. Click the Find Similar Books button (below the book cover image).
3. Click "Clear" to remove all subject headings, then select Child wizards
in the "Required" column and Schools in the "Desired" column.
4. Select levels Young Adult and Children's.
5. Click Search.
6. NoveList retrieves over 30 titles, six of which are the Harry Potter
books. Click on each title to see more information about the books.
Tip: You can select other favorite aspects of Harry Potter, instead of Child
wizards and Schools. You can limit the search to any reading level or
levels you want.
USING A BOOLEAN SEARCH OF REVIEWS
Reviewers often pick up on Harry Potter similarities even when the subject
headings are not obvious connections. You can locate novels identified by
reviewers as Harry Potter read-alikes using a Boolean search of reviews
while excluding J. K. Rowling as the author.
1. Click the Search Our Database tab and choose Boolean search.
2. Choose "Reviews" from the first drop-down menu and type "Harry Potter" in
the adjacent Find box.
3. For the second box, choose "Not," "Author" and type in "Rowling."
4. Select Children's and Young Adult levels.
5. Click Search.
NoveList retrieves nearly 50 titles, some of which you might not have
anticipated, such as Isabel Allende's YA novel, City of the Beasts. Look at
each record and check the reviews to see if the title might fulfill your
desires.
Tip: One advantage to this kind of search is that the reviews will also
tell you which titles might be disappointing to Harry's adoring public,
despite apparently similar subject matter.
USE NOVELIST'S ARTICLE and LIST SEARCH TO FIND MORE BOOKS FOR YOUR HARRY
POTTER FANS
NoveList's fiction experts have created many annotated book lists especially
for readers who want more books like the Harry Potter series, and you can
easily access these lists using the Article and List Search. Here's how:
1. At the Search Our Database tab, click Article and List Search.
2. Type "rowling" in the Find box.
3. Change the drop-down menu from All Types to Annotated Book Lists (in
NoveList K-8, change it to Teaching with Fiction).
4. Click Search.
NoveList returns several annotated book lists for this search. Bonnie
Kunzel's "Beyond Harry Potter" gives synopses of three of these annotated
lists, so it is a good one take a look at first. Please note that because
the Article and List search is a full-text search of our editorial content,
some of the lists returned may be less relevant than others (e.g., "Our Man
at Noreascon" and "Rough Beasts: Apocalyptic Novels" both mention Rowling,
but these lists do not provide suggestions of further reading for Harry
Potter fans; the rest of the book lists returned by this search, however,
do).
For a broader range of ideas in the fantasy genre, you can do the same
search as above but type in "fantasy" instead of "rowling." You can also
search for "All Types" of NoveList's editorial content (including Awards
Lists and BookTalks) by changing the drop-down menu.
SUMMARY
No matter what the age of your patron, you know that the Muggles in your
district will be re-inspired by Harry Potter to enter the world of fantasy,
wizards, magic and sorcery. Let NoveList help find the right book for them!
Lynne Rohweder
Manager, Marketing & Editorial Services - NoveList
919-489-9412 x203
lrohweder@epnet.com
NoveList is a product of EBSCO Publishing
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT size=+0>NoveList
Notes<BR></FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2>July, 2005</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>Please share by forwarding to any other
colleagues who would benefit from this content. Note that the searches in this
Note apply to both NoveList and NoveList K-8.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=3><STRONG>NOVELIST CAN HELP WITH HARRY
POTTER MANIA</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry Potter has become everyone's favorite
teenaged wizard. Adults who previously would not admit to enjoying fairy
tales or fantasy have been devouring the Hogwarts saga as fast as J. K. Rowling
can turn out new volumes. In fact, fans are inhaling the new episodes even
FASTER than Rowling is producing them. What do you do when you have read
each volume several times, studied the companion volumes (Fantastic Beasts and
Where to Find Them; Quiddich Through the Ages), and seen all the movies?
Since Volume Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is due out July 16th,
the appetite will be briefly satisfied, but there is still one volume to
go! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What are poor Muggles to do?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>FINDING HARRY POTTER READ-ALIKES IN
NOVELIST</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Find Similar Books offers a way to match your
favorite aspects of Harry Potter with other titles.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. At the Search Our Database tab, click Find
a Favorite Title; type in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and click
Search.<BR>2. Click the Find Similar Books button (below the book cover
image).<BR>3. Click "Clear" to remove all subject headings, then select
Child wizards in the "Required" column and Schools in the "Desired"
column.<BR>4. Select levels Young Adult and Children's.<BR>5. Click
Search.<BR>6. NoveList retrieves over 30 titles, six of which are the Harry
Potter books. Click on each title to see more information about the
books.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip: You can select other favorite aspects of Harry
Potter, instead of Child wizards and Schools. You can limit the search to
any reading level or levels you want.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>USING A BOOLEAN SEARCH OF
REVIEWS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reviewers often pick up on Harry Potter
similarities even when the subject headings are not obvious connections.
You can locate novels identified by reviewers as Harry Potter read-alikes using
a Boolean search of reviews while excluding J. K. Rowling as the author.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Click the Search Our Database tab and
choose Boolean search.<BR>2. Choose "Reviews" from the first drop-down menu
and type "Harry Potter" in the adjacent Find box.<BR>3. For the second box,
choose "Not," "Author" and type in "Rowling."<BR>4. Select Children's and
Young Adult levels.<BR>5. Click Search.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NoveList retrieves nearly 50 titles, some of which
you might not have anticipated, such as Isabel Allende's YA novel, City of the
Beasts. Look at each record and check the reviews to see if the title
might fulfill your desires.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tip: One advantage to this kind of search is
that the reviews will also tell you which titles might be disappointing to
Harry's adoring public, despite apparently similar subject matter.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>USE NOVELIST'S ARTICLE and LIST SEARCH TO
FIND MORE BOOKS FOR YOUR HARRY POTTER FANS</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NoveList's fiction experts have created many
annotated book lists especially for readers who want more books like the Harry
Potter series, and you can easily access these lists using the Article and List
Search. Here's how:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. At the Search Our Database tab, click
Article and List Search.<BR>2. Type "rowling" in the Find
box.<BR>3. Change the drop-down menu from All Types to Annotated Book Lists
(in NoveList K-8, change it to Teaching with Fiction).<BR>4. Click
Search.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NoveList returns several annotated book lists for
this search. Bonnie Kunzel's "Beyond Harry Potter" gives synopses of three
of these annotated lists, so it is a good one take a look at first. Please
note that because the Article and List search is a full-text search of our
editorial content, some of the lists returned may be less relevant than others
(e.g., "Our Man at Noreascon" and "Rough Beasts: Apocalyptic Novels" both
mention Rowling, but these lists do not provide suggestions of further reading
for Harry Potter fans; the rest of the book lists returned by this search,
however, do).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a broader range of ideas in the fantasy genre,
you can do the same search as above but type in "fantasy" instead of
"rowling." You can also search for "All Types" of NoveList's editorial
content (including Awards Lists and BookTalks) by changing the drop-down
menu.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>SUMMARY</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No matter what the age of your patron, you know
that the Muggles in your district will be re-inspired by Harry Potter to enter
the world of fantasy, wizards, magic and sorcery. Let NoveList help find
the right book for them! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lynne</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>Rohwe</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>der</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Manager, Marketing & Editorial Services -
</FONT> <EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>NoveList</FONT></EM> <BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>919-489-9412 x203</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>lrohweder@epnet.com</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial> </FONT>
<BR><I><FONT face=Arial size=2>NoveList is a product of EBSCO
Publishing</FONT></I> </P>
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