Glencoe BookLink (Revised Edition)

Insert the Glencoe BookLink CD into your CD-ROM drive.
The Glencoe BookLink setup wizard will launch itself. If it does not, browse to the CD-ROM and double-click Setup.exe.
Follow the prompts in the setup program.

Macintosh:

Insert the Glencoe BookLink CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Double-click on the CD icon.
Double-click on the Glencoe BookLink install icon.
Follow the instructions.

ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS:

Issue: How do I create a customized reading list?

Solution: Use the information in Glencoe BookLink Revised Edition to create summer or holiday reading lists for your class--or make a customized reading list for each student in your classroom to draw from when engaging in independent reading.

To activate the Create Reading List feature, click on Create Reading List on the opening screen or click the first icon, Search, on the main window tool bar.

The Create Reading List screen will appear. You can define and limit your search by using one or all of the following parameters:

General Interest Area
Special Interest Area
Glencoe Theme
DRP or Lexile Value/Range
Interest Level (age-appropriateness of content, not text difficulty)
Genre (Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Poetry)
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill and Jamestown Education/McGraw-Hill products
Oldest Copyright Year
Award Winners

To mark or unmark a selection on the Create Reading List screen, use the mouse to click in the appropriate box.

Issue: How do I find information on a specific title?

Solution: Click on Find Specific Title on the opening screen or on the magnifying glass icon in the toolbar to bring up the Find Specific Title feature. This feature allows you to find readability values and other information about a specific work if you know its title, author, publisher, or ISBN.

On the Find Specific Title search screen, enter the title or a key phrase from it, the author's name, the publisher, and/or the ISBN. Use the tab key or the mouse to move from one field to the next. If you are unsure of the author's first name, leave that field blank. Although your search results may include works by other authors with the same last name, it should also include works written by the author you're looking for. To begin the search, press Enter or click OK.

For example, to find The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you can:

type Huckleberry Finn in the title space, or
type Adventures of Huckleberry in the title space, or
type Mark Twain in the author space

You may omit "The" or "A" from the beginning of a title, and do not worry about capitalization; the search is not case sensitive.

Issue: How do I view annotations and mark titles?

Solution: Most titles in this database include a brief annotation, or summary, that can help you decide whether to recommend a title to a student or to include it on a reading list. (Teachers are encouraged to carefully review all works for appropriateness before recommending them to students.) To review the annotations for titles found during a search, either click on or scroll down to the title of interest. The annotation for that title will appear at the bottom of the screen. For more information about that title, click on the Details (blue book) icon or select the View menu and then select Details. The details, which can include the title, author, publisher, copyright date, number of pages, ISBN, genre, interest level, general interest areas, special interest areas, awards won, and readability values of the work, appear above the annotation. For many works, you'll also find correlations to the thematic units in Glencoe Literature: The Reader's Choice.

To view another title in the set, click on the desired title or use the up or down arrows to go to the title. You'll be able to view the details and annotations associated with each title at the bottom of the screen.

Mark the titles you would like to add to a retrievable reading list by clicking on the box to the left of the title, or move to the title and press the spacebar. When you do, you'll see a checkmark appear in the box. To unmark a title, repeat the action.

Issue: How do I save results to a reading list?

Solution: To save titles to a retrievable reading list, click on the Reading List menu and select Save to New List, or simply click on the Save to New Reading List icon in the tool bar. The Add Title(s) to New List screen is displayed.

Enter a unique identifying name for the list in the List Name field. This list name is limited to 15 characters. Additional information about the list may be entered in the Description field. Enter your name or initials (optional) in the Created By field.

Three options are available for choosing which titles to save to a list:

· Current Title saves just the highlighted work.

· Marked Titles saves only those works with a check mark in the box to the left of the title.

· All Titles saves all of the works found and listed on the results list.

Other works can also be added to an existing list using the Append to Existing Menu command.

Issue: How do I view and manage reading lists?

Solution: To view a list you have saved, use the Reading List menu and select View Directory or click on the View Reading List Directory icon.

· To view the list, scroll down to the desired reading list and either double click on the name or click the View command at the top of the window.

· The Edit command allows you to change the description of the reading list.

· The Close command closes the Reading List Directory window.

Using the right mouse button on the Reading List Directory window brings up a pop-up menu. The commands shown can be used to view the highlighted reading list, delete the list, change the list's description, or close the Reading List Directory.

Issue: How do I print and export search results?

Solution: Using the Output menu, select Report to print or export the current search results or reading list. When the Report Options dialog box opens:

In the Title field, enter the name or title that you want to appear on the report.
Select the type of report you want to use.
To preview how the report will look, check the Preview Report box and click the Print button.
To export the results to a text file, click on the Export button.
To print the results to the selected printer, click on the Print button.

Issue: What is the red diamond in the far left column when viewing a reading list?

Solution: The red diamond indicates the book has received an award. To view the award info:

Click on View/Book Details.
Unselect Book Details if you do not want to view the info, but the red diamond remains.

Windows:

Issue: Will this program run on Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0, and ME?

Solution: Cursory testing performed on Windows XP, 2000, NT 4.0, and ME machines have not revealed any issues.

"Our customers use a wide variety of operating systems and applications, and our software must be developed to be used on some lower end systems to meet customer needs. Because of this, we cannot guarantee our software will always work as expected as new operating systems and other applications are developed. We encourage you to give our products a 'test drive' on any new system you plan to implement. If you are not satisfied with the performance of our product, we will do our best to deliver a compatible product to you in a timely manner or refund your money."

Mac:

Issue: Will this program run on Mac OS X?

Solution: Cursory testing performed on Mac OS X machines have not revealed any issues. However, the program runs in the Classic Environment, not natively in OS X.