NoveList, a division of databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has introduced new features to Novelist Select, its catalogue enrichment resource. The new features seek to improve the user experience, as well as offer new upgrade options, including book jackets, professional book reviews, sample excerpts and tables of contents, from Content Café, a database offered by Baker & Taylor.
NoveList Select is the catalogue enrichment component of NoveList readers’ advisory resources. This component pulls NoveList content into a library’s catalogue. The tool makes reading recommendations, series information, book discussion guides, reviews, library newsletters and events available to library patrons from within the catalogue record. Patrons can expect to find similar titles and authors based on their searches, and discover more of the library’s collection and sign up for library newsletters and upcoming events.
Improvements to the display and usability of the NoveList content within the catalogue records will reportedly make it easier for users to access the information. Recommendations for similar series in the library catalogue will also be easier to find with a list of series titles added to the existing title and author recommendations that have always been part of NoveList Select in the You might Like These section. Lexile reading levels are also being added where appropriate. These will primarily be available in juvenile records to help determine whether a title is appropriate for a child’s age and reading level.
Content Café now available through NoveList Select as well, is projected as a comprehensive database with more than 22 million data elements, with new additions made daily.
