Collection Development

Collection Development is a powerful tool that allows you to easily find what you are looking for on TITLEWAVE. By searching for items using Collection Development, your results will include only those titles that meet your specific search criteria.

The Basics

Keywords: 

Search in the Title only

Author: 

Publisher: 

Series: 

Subject: 

Copyright Year: 

through

Publication Year: 

through

Interest Level: 

No selection specifies all Interest Levels

 Kindergarten-3

 Grades 3-6

 Grades 5-8

 Young Adult

 Adult

 Professional

FREE Teaching Resources: 

Additional Information

Languages: 

To select multiple items, use the CMD (Mac) or CTRL (PC) key

Dewey & Classifications

Dewey Range: 

through

Classifications: 

No selection specifies all Classifications

 Fiction

 Nonfiction

 Autobiography

 Biography

 Collective Biography

 Easy

 Reference

 Story Collection

Reviews & Awards

No. of Reviews: 

Reviews & Awards: 

To select multiple items, use the CMD (Mac) or CTRL (PC) key

Search Tips

Keywords: Using Sears headings may generate results that more closely match what you are looking for. For example, try “battle Gettysburg” instead of “civil war.”

Specific Titles: “Search in the title only” is best to use when you know what you are looking for. Using this feature on a more general search may limit your results and make you miss good titles. For example, if you put “wizards” as a keyword, and click the Search in the title only, your results won’t return any of the current Harry Potter books. On the other hand, if you think you know what you are looking for, it makes sense to limit your search by title only.

Copyright Year: Entering a copyright year range is a good way to limit your results to items that fit your age sensitivity restrictions for your collection.