What's it about?

A few days ago, I wrote how you may find the new titles added to our catalog by:
...going to Chattahoochee's main page
.... selecting Quicklinks
......selecting Library
....... selecting Find Books
.........clicking on the blue New Books box in the top left corner

Some of our fiction titles do not have a complete description. The title, author, publisher and a few subject descriptions are displayed - but what about the plot?

If you go to GALILEO
....select Databases A-Z
......select N
.........go to NoveList where you'll find more information about many fiction works!

NoveList is an online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested. NoveList provides enhanced subject access to over 125,000 fiction titles and more than 90,000 full-text book reviews or annotations.

As an experiment let's look for one of our newest books which was mentioned in the PeachBuzz in Sundays AJC [link from NewsBank], The Help by Kathryn Stockett. We have a brief description of the story in our catalog

In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.

That might give me enough of a clue on whether I wanted to read this book but what if it wasn't quite enough.

A search for The Help in NoveList limited to title and adult pulled up 6 titles. The Help I was looking for was on this list.

NoveList has a slightly different summary

Limited and persecuted by racial divides in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, three women, including an African-American maid, her sassy and chronically unemployed friend, and a recently graduated white woman, team up for a clandestine project.

There are two book reviews, three study guides, a Find Similar Books link and the World Cat link which allows me to see the closest library to my IP address that carries this book!

If you aren't getting enough information in any catalog about a fiction title - open a second internet tab and go to NoveList in GALILEO.


-kls