[OPLINLIST] NoveList Discussion Guide Supports NCTE Initiative

[Joel Husenits]

Dear Librarians and Media Specialists:
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As community leaders in supporting and encouraging our youth to read,
you 
may find the following information to be of value to you.
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<i><b>NoveList</i></b> continues to add valuable components to its
offering, 
with one of the most highly applauded being <b>Book Discussion
Guides</b>.  
Now <i>NoveList</i> offers a Book Discussion Guide as support for the 
Nationwide Reading and Discussion of the novel <i>Nineteen
Eighty-Four</i> 
by George Orwell, an initiative undertaken by the National Council of 
Teachers of English (NCTE).
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The NCTE is sponsoring a nationwide reading and discussion of George 
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for this fall, 2004.  They are asking for 
educators and students as well as the general public to read the book
and 
discuss it and what it might teach us about life in the contemporary
United 
States.
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In response to this request, <i>NoveList</i> has just added a Book 
Discussion Guide for Nineteen Eighty-Four.  If you have not had a chance
to 
look at or use a NoveList Book Discussion Guide previously, now is a
great 
chance to become familiar with them.  These robust guides provide an
author 
biography, a plot summary, several questions with thorough answers, and 
suggested further readings.  These guides are not only perfect to use
with 
book discussion groups, but they are also excellent aids for teachers in
the 
classroom or for readers looking for a way further to enhance their own 
reading experience.
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To access Book Discussion Guides (available only in <i>NoveList</i>):
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1. Access <i>NoveList</i> and click on the START button.
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2. Scroll down to the "Read about Popular Titles and Topics" section and

click on the Book Discussion Guides link.
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3. You will have the choice to click on the Adult Book Discussion Guide
link 
or the Young Adult Book Discussion Guide link. The Book Discussion Guide
for 
Nineteen Eighty-Four can be found at both locations.  Book Discussion
Guides 
are listed alphabetically by author.
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4. If you select YA Book Discussion Guides, scroll down to Orwell and
click 
on the link for Nineteen Eighty-Four. If you select Adult Book
Discussion 
Guides, either scroll down or select index listing "N-O" to go the alpha

listing for Orwell and click on Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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5. Note that you can click the Print Page link in the left hand margin
of 
any Book Discussion Guide to get a printer-friendly version.
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For more information on the NCTE inititiative and to find out how to get

involved, visit: http://www.ncte.org/about/press/key/116449.htm
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If you are not a current <i>NoveList</i> subscriber, and would like 
additional information, pricing and a free trial, please contact EBSCO 
Publishing via e-mail at: <b>information@epnet.com</b>
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Kind regards,
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Scott Bernier<br>
Communications Manager<br>
EBSCO Publishing<br>
sbernier@epnet.com