Ms. Buccilli, Ms. Despines, Ms. Rentschler
Spring 2012
Pathfinder for Supplemental Biography, Autobiography and/or Memoir Books
Panther PAC [USCHS on-line card catalog]
From home and from school:
From USCHS web site, click Library tab
Select Panther Pac half-way down on left
OR
From USCHS web site, click Academics tab then “Student Links’
Scroll down to “Panther Pac” half-way down on right
USC Township library site:
http://catalog.einetwork.net/search/
In the search bar, choose “keyword” search and input “memoirs,” “biographies” or “autobiographies.” Choose “Upper St. Clair” from the drop-down library list. Click “Show available items only”
See sample below:
Search the Catalog For
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Look in the following Location:
Upper St. Clair
Show available items only
EBooks on EBSCOhost – POWERLibrary
From school:
From USCHS web site, choose “Academics” then “Student Links”
Select “POWERLibrary” then “eBooks on EBSCOhost”
In the search bar, keyword search for “memoirs” or “autobiographies”
From home:
USC Township library site: www.twpusc.org/library/index.html
On right, click “Online Databases” then POWER Library then eBooks on EBSCOhost
YOU WILL NEED THE BARCODE FROM THE BACK OF AN ALLEGHENY COUNTY LIBRARY CARD.
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The following web sites will provide book lists about memoirs, autobiographies or biographies:
New York Times Best Seller List of Non-Fiction
www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-01-09/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html
eBooks.com – [for purchase]
www.ebooks.com/subjects/biography-autobiography/
Find Your Next Book | KirkusReviews.com
http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/biography-memoir/
Kirkus digs through bad books to find you the good books.
bar. Click on the title, then “Read full review” for a summary of the book.
Barnes & Noble Review
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/archive?subject=BIOGRAPHY&subjectid=8
Click on the title, then read the review. On lower right hand corner, click on next pages…
Carnegie Library Memoirs for Teens
www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=memoirs
InfoSopur: non-Fiction for Teens
http://info.infosoup.org/lists/TeenNonFiction.asp?BookListID=105
Berkeley Public Library Booklist of Memoirs and Autobiographies
http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/content/?p=523
Amazon.com list of Teen Biography, Autobiography & Memoirs
ww.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Biography %26 Autobiography %2F Personal Memoirs&rh=n%3A28%2Ck%3ABiography %26 Autobiography %2F Personal Memoirs&page=1
Listopia
www.goodreads.com/list/tag/autobiography
Click on the thumbnail for a brief description
Macmillan: Editor's List: Biography and Memoir Books: Books
us.macmillan.com/all/editorslist/General/BiographyandMemoirBooks
Hennepin County Library Biography Books for Teens
www.hclib.org/teens/booklistaction.cfm?list_num=585