NoveList

Bibliographic Information: (2013). Novelist [Database]. EBSCO. Website URL: http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist

Summary and Evaluation: Novelist provides users with 24/7 remote access and recommends read-alikes—two aspects that shy teens will love. Users can browse by genre, age range, best-of lists, and results display book reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly and School Library Journal. Each book also has a “more about this book” tab that gives useful details like the tone and writing style. Best of all, there is a direct link to any lists the book may appear on, like YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. The search field allows users to search by author, title, or series in its basic function, but the advanced search expands into many more fields, like a checkbox for “award winner.”

Reason for Selection: Novelist is the perfect digital resource for avid readers, and for those shy teens that are afraid to come up to the reference desk and ask for recommendations, this will become immensely helpful to them.