Lexile search – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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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

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