Visually engaging discovery meets powerful content—built for schools, libraries, and anywhere books are recommended.
QuickFind PreK–12 is CLCD’s most intuitive and visually immersive product, designed to support readers’ advisory, classroom discovery, and youth engagement across all age levels. Built on the full CLCD title database, QuickFind empowers users to search by theme, topic, format, or award—with just a few clicks.
Perfect for school libraries, public libraries, classroom educators, and youth-serving professionals, QuickFind makes book discovery easy, fun, and precise.
At the heart of QuickFind is its industry-first Topic Search interface—a curated, clickable map of over 400 subtopics organized into 40 top-level general and STEM themes, from Dinosaurs and Superheroes to Human Body, Space Exploration, Courage, STEM, and more.
Each topic view:
- Instantly displays titles across all formats
- Segments results into age bands: 0–3, 4–7, 8–12, and 13–18
- Offers optional filters to search across only your local collection or across the entire CLCD database
- Sorts results by a proprietary weighted relevance score, helping surface the most impactful books first
QuickFind simplifies thematic discovery for users of all skill levels—making it ideal for classroom teachers building text sets, students looking for independent reads, and librarians guiding young patrons.
While QuickFind is visually simple, it's powered by the same Advanced Search and Award Search engines trusted by professionals:
- Advanced Search: Use most filters across author, publisher, format, reading level, subject, review source, publication year, and more
- Award Search: Explore over 1,275 award programs, with full visibility into winners and nominees across all years
These professional tools are seamlessly integrated into QuickFind’s friendly interface—supporting both casual users and experienced researchers.
QuickFind is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of both:
- School libraries and educators looking to connect students with curriculum-aligned, age-appropriate, high-interest titles
- Public library staff offering readers’ advisory support for children and teens across a wide range of interests and literacy levels
Features like shared reading lists, OPAC linking, and local collection filtering make QuickFind easy to integrate into real-world workflows—while its fun, visual format encourages exploration and self-directed discovery.
- Full access to CLCD’s 1.2 million-title PreK–12 database
- 375+ subtopics across 40 major themes
- Professional reviews, reading levels, and age recommendations
- Advanced Search, Award Search, Boolean Power Search
- Age-banded results (0–3, 4–7, 8–12, 13–18)
- Weighted topic relevance scoring
- Local Collection filtering
- Reading list creation and sharing
- Seamless upgrade path to Enterprise for instructional use
is where powerful discovery meets intuitive design—empowering students, teachers, and librarians to explore children’s literature with confidence and creativity.