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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:



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

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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: 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

best-sellers-books/2011-01-09/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html

– [for purchase]

subjects/biography-autobiography/

Find Your Next Book |



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



Click on the title, then read the review. On lower right hand corner, click on next pages…

Carnegie Library Memoirs for Teens

teens/books/showbooklist.cfm?catid=6&list=memoirs

InfoSopur: non-Fiction for Teens



Berkeley Public Library Booklist of Memoirs and Autobiographies



list of Teen Biography, Autobiography & Memoirs

ww.s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Biography %26 Autobiography %2F Personal Memoirs&rh=n%3A28%2Ck%3ABiography %26 Autobiography %2F Personal Memoirs&page=1

Listopia

list/tag/autobiography

Click on the thumbnail for a brief description

Macmillan: Editor's List: Biography and Memoir Books: Books

us.all/editorslist/General/BiographyandMemoirBooks

Hennepin County Library Biography Books for Teens

teens/booklistaction.cfm?list_num=585

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