For many patrons, finding a book that interests them can be time-consuming. Match their reading interests with Gale Books and Authors, a reader’s advisory database that makes finding a great read much less challenging. With fun ways to browse, an intuitive design, read-alikes, reviews, award winners and themed book lists, and more this resource answers the age-old question, “What do I read next?”
Gale Books and Authors provides a set of predefined search and browsing options. You may enter terms in a single field, in several fields, or in all of the fields present or simply click through items on a page to browse. For most of the searches, if you enter terms in more than one field, the search automatically uses the AND search operators, looking for entries that contain each of the terms in the specific fields.
Title or Series Search
There are two different ways to search for specific titles:
You can click on the "Author Search" link and enter a complete name or any word or combination of words known to be part of the author's name in the search box.
Not sure what title you're looking for? Have fun browsing for titles using the "Browse Genres" or "Book Lists."
There are two different ways to conduct a keyword search.
Upon clicking Search, a list of titles will appear that have this term or phrase within the author, title or subject guides. Clicking on any of these titles will take you to the entry for that book.
One or more fields may be filled in to create a customized search. You can search a combination of any of the following search types by selecting them from the drop-down lists to the right of the search boxes: Title, Author, Keyword, Series, and Gale Document Number. You can add more search boxes by clicking the "Add a Row" hyperlink located below the standard three boxes. Fields can be connected by "And" operators (default) or you can change that option to "Or" or "Not".
Below the search boxes, there are more options to search. Any of these options may be selected without a search term being entered in the main search box. All of the search boxes in this section employ the "And" search operator:
There are three different ways to search for authors:
For any of the above searches, upon clicking Search, a list of authors with occupation and date of birth/date of death will appear. Clicking on any of these will take you to a listing of works by that author that are in Gale Books and Authors. Illustrators and other creators are also searchable as part of the Author Name index.
You can access a biography about the author by clicking on the hyperlinked author's name on the search results page or within the book record.
The Browse Genres feature allows you to find a book based on its associated Genre and Story Type/Subgenre.
There are two different ways to browse genres:
Clicking on a genre in either case will show a list of titles and their associated book covers for you to browse. You can navigate through the pages of results at this point or dig a little deeper into the genre by then selecting one of the story types or subgenres that appear to the left of your browse results. Once a term is selected, the book jackets and titles will change to match the genre/subgenre combination you've chosen. Clicking on a book jacket or title will then take you to the full entry for that book. You can also filter your results to age-appropriate titles by clicking on the "Children", "Yount Adult", or "Adult" buttons at the top of the results.
Clicking on the "Book Lists" button allows you to access various lists that have been created by the Gale Books and Authors editors. You can select lists from three different categories, which are hyperlinked at the top of the Book Lists section: Award Winners, Expert Picks, and Librarian Favorites.