Visual Book Discovery Made Simple, Powerful, and Relevant
QuickFind gives schools and public libraries an intuitive way to help children, teens, educators, librarians, and families discover books by topic, age, award, format, and more— while still providing access to the trusted professional content and search power of CLCD.
Start with an Interest. Find the Right Books.
QuickFind is designed for people who want to discover books without first having to know an exact title, author, or subject heading.
Its visual Discovery interface lets users begin with broad interests and move quickly into relevant titles. A student can explore Space Exploration. A teacher can build a text set around Courage. A librarian can help a young reader find books about Dinosaurs, Friendship, the Human Body, or hundreds of other topics.
Behind that simple experience is the depth of CLCD’s children’s and young adult literature database, professional reviews, awards, age guidance, and powerful search tools.
Hundreds of Curated Paths into Children’s Literature
QuickFind organizes broad areas of interest into approachable topic groups, giving users multiple ways to move from curiosity to books.
Age-Banded Discovery
Topic results can be explored within four age ranges, making it easier to move quickly toward books that fit the intended audience.
Simple on the Surface. Powerful Underneath.
Explore by Interest
Start with a visual topic and immediately see relevant titles across age groups and formats. Weighted topic relevance helps bring stronger matches toward the top of results.
Go Deeper When You Need To
Move from visual discovery into CLCD’s Advanced Search to refine results by author, publisher, format, subject, review information, publication date, reading-program data, language, and more.
Discover Recognized Books
Explore more than 1,275 award programs and search winners and honorees by award, location, year, and other criteria.
Show What Your Library Owns
Local Collection Management lets users limit discovery to titles held by the institution or broaden the search to the full CLCD database. OPAC linking can connect users directly with the local catalog.
Turn Discovery into Action
Save and share titles for classrooms, book displays, programs, readers’ advisory, assignments, or independent reading. Lists help users return to and collaborate around books they discover.
Look Beyond the Cover
Move from discovery into deeper title information, including professional reviews, awards, age guidance, bibliographic information, and other CLCD content.
Version 8 Adds More Context to Discovery
QuickFind Version 8 adds new Curated AI Insights and title-level guidance designed to help librarians and educators move more efficiently from finding a book to understanding whether it may fit a reader, classroom, program, or collection.
AI Traffic Light Indicators
Quick visual guidance to help identify titles that may deserve closer review across different age and grade levels.
AI Review Summaries
Condensed insights from professional reviews, including sentiment, recurring themes, word maps, and notable reviewer observations.
Enhanced Age & Grade Guidance
Multiple title-level parameters provide a more complete view of age appropriateness.
Nuance Guidance
Additional context helps explain why a title may warrant a closer look instead of relying on a simple indicator alone.
Faster Title Evaluation
Improved title-level presentation helps users move from discovery to informed review more efficiently.
Award Analysis
Coming soon: deeper context around award recognition patterns and what they may reveal about a title.
Included at no additional cost for the first six months: Version 8’s new AI-driven capabilities are free during the introductory period. Afterward, they are planned to be available as an optional low-cost add-on.
Designed for Schools and Public Libraries
Schools, Educators & Media Centers
QuickFind gives students and educators a visual way to explore books while giving librarians and teachers the professional information they need behind the scenes.
- Build text sets around curriculum topics and themes
- Help students find high-interest independent reading
- Explore STEM topics across multiple age levels
- Find award winners and honorees
- Create and share reading lists
- Use age and title guidance when additional review is needed
Public Libraries & Youth Services
QuickFind supports readers’ advisory, programming, collection discovery, and self-directed exploration for children, teens, families, and library staff.
- Start readers’ advisory conversations with interests rather than exact titles
- Create themed displays and program lists
- Filter discovery to the local collection
- Connect users to the library catalog through OPAC linking
- Explore professional reviews and awards when deeper context is needed
- Serve casual browsers and experienced staff from the same interface
Everything Behind QuickFind Discovery
QuickFind combines its approachable discovery experience with the depth of CLCD’s children’s literature content and professional tools.
- 1.3M+ children’s and young adult titles
- 375 general topics across 37 super topics
- 225 STEM topics across 22 STEM super topics
- Age bands: 0–3, 4–7, 8–12, and 13–18
- Professional reviews and title-level guidance
- 1,275+ award programs
- Advanced Search
- Boolean Power Search
- Award Search
- Weighted topic relevance
- Local Collection filtering
- OPAC linking
- Reading list creation and sharing
- Version 8 Curated AI Insights
From Interest to the Right Book
Choose an Interest
Begin with a general or STEM topic, award, age group, or more traditional search.
Explore
Browse relevant titles visually and narrow results by age, format, local holdings, or other criteria.
Understand
Open a title to review professional content, awards, age guidance, and Version 8 contextual insights.
Save or Find It
Add titles to a reading list, share selections, or connect to the local catalog to locate the book.
Owl Tip: Where QuickFind Shines
QuickFind is especially effective for readers’ advisory, topic-based browsing, classroom text-set building, and helping children or teens discover books without needing an exact title or author.
Make Book Discovery Easier for Your Community
QuickFind combines an approachable visual experience with the professional depth of CLCD. See how it can support students, educators, librarians, young readers, and families at your school or public library.
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