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Explore the resources below to find great fiction and nonfiction books you'd like to read, and to learn about the lives of authors whose books appeal to you.

//**Ask an**// **//IMC staff member to obtain the User ID and Password you'll need to search this database.//** NoveList is an outstanding resource through which readers can learn about books and authors. This searchable database includes information, including descriptions, suggested reading levels, reviews from high quality magazines and journals, and links to related full-text articles and web sites, about picture books, children's chapter books, young adult novels, and books for adult readers. NoveList is updated monthly, and adds about 10,000 new fiction records, along with descriptions, reviews and other information, to the database each year.

At the **NoveList homepage**, find the **Teens**, **Older Kids**, and **Younger Kids** categories, located on the left side of the screen. **Begin** **exploring** by:

​ **//To access this database, you will need to use your public library barcode.//** Begin your biographical research here! This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 380,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines. More than 450,000 biographies are included from 135 highly regarded Gale Group publications, as well as many full-text articles from magazines and newspapers. 
 * selecting the Teens, Older Kids or Younger Kids category, and clicking on the Award Winners or Recommended Reads link; or
 * entering a search at the top of the screen. To do this, type in the name of an author or title you'd like to learn more about. Do you like a particular genre (category) of fiction books - for example, adventure, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, science fiction, or sports? Try searching for that genre. ( **NOTE **: Remember to choose a general reading level by selecting Teens, Older Kids or Younger Kids.)

 **[|SIRS Discoverer] ** //**This full-text collection features encyclopedia, magazine and newspaper articles about many authors, as well as links to recommended web sites.  Stop by the IMC to obtain the User Name and Password you'll need to search this database. ** // 

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">**Author Web Sites** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 122%; text-align: left;">Can you find the author you are learning about in the table below? If so, click on his/her name to visit that author's web site. Are you unable to find the name of the author you are looking for? Let Mrs. O'Keefe know, and she will add your author to the list. (Be sure to check out our <span style="display: inline; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">[|Summer Reading List 2009] - it's loaded with great reading suggestions, and links to author web sites!)  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,fantasy; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> (Earl Manigault is the subject of the book **//Double Dunk: the story of Earl "The Goat" Manigault//**, by Barry Beckham.) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">(Also see **//Judy Blume on Censorship, Enjoying Life and Staying in the Spotlight for 25 Years//**, a **[|January Magazine]** interview.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|John Neufeld] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">**Collins Middle School Author Favorites** ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Authors A-L** ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Authors M-Z** ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laurie Halse Anderson] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Earl Manigault]
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">[|Avi] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||
 * =  ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Stephenie Meyer] ||
 * =  ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Walter Dean Myers] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">[|Judy Blume]
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Gennifer Choldenko] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Scott O'Dell] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Andrew Clements] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Gary Paulsen] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Robert Cormier] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Ann Rinaldi] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Darren Shan] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Paula Danziger] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jerry Spinelli] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Sarah Dessen] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Laurie Faria Stolarz] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Lois Duncan] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|John Steinbeck] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Eleanor Estes] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Cynthia Voigt] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jean Craighead George] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Paul Zindel] ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Julie Hearn] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Karen Hesse] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Susan E. Hinton ||  ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jeff Kinney] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Jean Lee Latham ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jack London] ||= <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> ||