About the Novelist

Access Options:

This database can be accessed from any of Thrall Library's public Internet or research computers. Concerning access outside the library: Members of Middletown Thrall Library may log in to this service using their library barcode.

Some helpful hints:

When searching, you can check one or more of the following reading age limits: Adults, Teens, Older Kids, or Younger Kids.

After searching, several tabs appear over the search results: All Results, Books, Author Biographies, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, Feature Articles, Recommended Reads, What We're Reading, Series.

You can click any of these search tabs to view only those search results.

To the left of search results is a "Narrow Results" panel where you can click on groups of search results by subtopics.

For total control over your search, click the "Advanced Search" link at the top of the database page. Once you do that you will see a new search page with numerous options you can select, such as Reading and Grade Levels, Year of Publication, Number of Pages, an Author's Cultural Identity, whether or not you want only "Award Winning" titles provided, and more.

The Advanced Search mode also lets you search multiple fields simultaneously, including Author names, titles, series title (if a book is part of a larger series), ISBN, subject, or genre.

If you ever wanted to locate other titles in a series and find out the order of those titles, Novelist can help you do that. Just enter the author or title of a series or the name of a series and click on one of the titles listed in the search results. In the title's record there should be a "series" link you can click.

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Technical Considerations:

Before printing, be sure to click the Printer icon located at the top of any article page. This will reformat the page in a "printer friendly" format, enabling you to print more on fewer pages.

Printing at the library costs $ .20 per page. Please inquire at the Reference Department if you are not sure how to print.

This database also allows you to e-mail articles you find to your own e-mail account. To do so, look for the e-mail icon at the top of a newspaper article page, click the icon, and carefully enter your e-mail address on the next web page that appears.

There is no cost for e-mailing articles, and you may e-mail as many articles to yourself as you like!

Some documents are available in the PDF format. These documents can be viewed at home if your computer has the free Adobe Reader software installed.