How to search for books and get the Lexile info … and also how to search by Lexile. MVHS Media...

How to search for books and get the Lexile info … and also

how to search by Lexile.

MVHS Media Center

November 2009

Click on “Novell-delivered Applications” . . .

Then, click on “InfoCentre Search”.

Close-up of the Icon:

InfoCentre Search:

• Can use check the Lexile level of a particular book …

• Can search for all books in a particular Lexile range … search is configured for 100 above and below:

• Search for 500 … will select books from 400 to 600.

• Search for 300..400 … will find books from 200 to 500.

InfoCentre Search

Results: Click on Title of Book

Lexile is in description

Close-up:

“But I want to find all the books in a particular Lexile range!”

-- No Problem.

Click “Reading Program Search”

Close-up:

Enter the range you wish to search:

Put “..” between values

Or, a single value is OK.

The search is configured to search for 100 points above and

below your values.

654 Results!

How your students can create a list of the books they’re interested in…

Click “Add” for the books you want on your list …

Select “My List” …

Select “sort by call number”, then “print”

Select “Brief”, then “Print” …

List includes call number: