Reading counts search – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Cataloging

particular subject, or by a certain author, enter that information too. When you

are ready, click Search.

Click to open the

Lexile dialog, or use

the Search menu.

Any entries here

are optional.

Enter a Lexile

Measure. The

search can be

narrowed to plus or

minus 0, 50, or 100

Lexiles.

In addition to searching for Lexile measures, you can include Beginning Reader

and NonĆProse Titles. To include titles intended specifically for beginning

readers, select the Include Beginning Reader Titles check box. Selection of the

Include NonĆProse Titles check box displays items containing at least 50%

nonstandard prose that do not have Lexile measures. Examples of non-prose

materials include poems, plays, songs, and books with incorrect or no

punctuation.

Reading Counts search

The Reading Counts search allows you to search Scholastic Reading Counts!

titles by subject, author, reading level, and/or point values. The resulting list

includes a reading level number and the number of points a student can earn by

reading certain titles.
You must have Reading Counts! information in the 526 tag of your MARC

records for this search to yield results. To limit by reading level, the reading level

must be in the 526 subfield c. The search does not examine the 521 tag (Target

Audience Note). For more about cataloging the 526 tag, see page 635.
In Cataloging and the OPAC, the full MARC record display includes subfields a,

b, c, d, and z (at Union Catalog Plus sites, subfield 5 also appears) in the 526 tag.

The record display in the visual OPAC interface includes subfields a, c, d, and z.
To begin a search, enter a range of Reading levels, or select All. Reading levels

can range from 0.0 to 15.0.
Each title in the Reading Counts program is worth a certain number of points.

Point values can range from 0.0 to 130.0. To limit your search to titles that are

above or below a certain point value, enter a point value range.

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