Thursday, December 30, 2010

What Do I Read Next?

Have you ever gotten hooked on a series? You want to read the series in order so how do you find out what to read next? One of our patrons fell in love with the stories about Jacky Faber, a bold young girl from England who escapes dire circumstances by posing as a boy and enlisting in the Royal Navy. Our patron wanted to read the stories in the proper order. I showed her NoveList, our online reader's advisory service. NoveList is there to help you find out what you might to read next based on books you have enjoyed in the past. One of the things it allows you to do is a series search.

The patron wasn't sure of the name of the series, just the lead character's name so we typed in JACKY FABER in the search box at the top of the page and clicked on the series button. Voila! The next screen told us that this was the Bloody Jack series, and listed the books in order, with descriptions for each book.

You can try NoveList here on the Library computers by clicking on the ONLINE NOW tab of the catalog. You can also use NoveList at home by going to the Online Databases page of our website and clicking on EbscoHost databases. Have your library card ready as you will need to type in the entire barcode to log on.
Try it, I think you will enjoy this terrific resource.

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