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TCH 110 - Cross Cultural Teaching And Learning

Using NoveList

NoveList Plus is a database that helps you search for books that meet your needs as an educator. Using it is one of the easiest ways to discover multicultural children and YA Books. 

  1. To access NoveList Plus, select the link listed below. 
    • NoveList Plus: Full text book reviews for children's and young adult literature (fiction and non-fiction). Also includes reading level indicators (Lexiles) for readability.
  2. Log-in with your ULID and password if you are prompted to do so. 

Novelist Plus Overview

NoveList Plus is a database of literature that provides synopses and reviews of books, teaching ideas, and a Lexile Ranking (independent readability). Watch the NoveList Plus Overview video to learn about how to find NoveList on the Milner website and an overview of the main features on NoveList.

You can also open the NoveList Plus database directly using the link below.

Novelist Plus Basic Title Search

This video shows how to do a basic title search in NoveList.

Novelist Plus Advanced Searching

This video provides an overview of search limits (date, audience, grade, awards, etc.) and shows how to search for subjects with limit age 9 - 12, how to narrow results, find related lists and articles, and further limit results.

Find and Interpret the Text Complexity

Watch this video to learn about where to find a book's lexile number on NoveList Plus and how to convert that to an approximate grade level.