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To begin a search, enter a range of Reading levels between 0.0 and 15.0, or select
All. Each title in the Accelerated Reader program is worth a certain number of
points, ranging 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. If you want to find a title
about a particular subject, or by a certain author, make sure you enter that
information too. When you're ready, click Search.
Any entries
here are also
optional.
To narrow the search,
select the reading level,
and/or the point value.
Click to open the
AR dialog, or use
the Search menu.
Lexile search
Lexile measures refer to numeric ranges from 1 to 2400 of the Lexile Framework
for ReadingĊan educational tool that links text and readers under a common
metric without subjective evaluation.
You must have Lexile information in the 521 tag of your MARC records for this
search to yield results. To learn more about cataloging Lexile information in the
521 tag, see page 634.
To begin a search, enter a Reading level. To limit your search to your reading
level, select 0 in the Search for titles above and below box, or select 50 or 100
above and below for a broader search. If you want to find a title about a