How to use Novelist Plus to find read-alikes

1. Finding Genre Titles in
NoveList Plus
LIBRA 1105 – Readers’ Advisory

2. Start at the Library’s homepage:
cod.edu/library
Click
“Databases”

3. On the Library Databases page, click the
“Databases By Title” tab

4. Scroll down through this alphabetical list
until you find “N”

5. Click the link for “Novelist Plus”

6. You will need your COD Library card to
access databases from off-campus
Enter your
barcode number
and click “Submit”

7. To find genre titles in NoveList, use the
“Search For” box
Enter the title of the
benchmark genre
book and click
“Search”

8. You can find read-alikes from this screen, but
let’s try a more general search
Instead of clicking Read-alikes,
click the title of the book

9. There are some read-alikes listed on the
right; scroll down to see more options

10. Use the “Search for More” options to find
more books in this genre
Don’t pick too many
options!
You want a book from the
genre, but not a read-alike

11. NoveList gives you plenty of suggestions-feel free to narrow your results!
Narrow
here
Limit here

12. Questions about using NoveList?
Contact the COD Library 7 days a week
http://www.cod.edu/library/research/askalib.htm
Questions about your assignments?
Contact your instructor!
Jennifer Kelley
kelleyj@cod.edu