Author and Book
Research
8th Grade Study Skills
BOOKS
/ ELECTRONIC RESOURCES /
WEB
SITE / SEARCH ENGINES
Guidelines for presentations:
1. Choose one project from
the options given.
2. Utilize all available resources (library or otherwise) as
needed.
3. Hand in a proposal (rough draft) of your project for approval
by ___________.
4. A final draft of your project is due on, or before, the day of
your
presentation.
5. Be ready to present your project by ___________.
6. After your presentation, be prepared to answer questions from
your classmates.
7. Use the rubric given as a guide.
*** Please use the bibliography
format in order to accurately document the information you are using.***
BOOKS ON
CART
Poetry for Young People
American Authors
Current Biography Yearbook
Webster's Biographical Dictionary
Junior Authors and Illustrators
Electronic Resources
WORLD
BOOK
Contempory
Authors
http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_CA?sw_aep=pl2616
This site provides nearly 120,000
biographies and biographical information on authors.
LitFinder
http://www.litfinder.com/Logged_In.cfm?CFID=295726&CFTOKEN=40862709
Litfinder includes Poem Finder, Story Finder, and
Essay/Speech/Play Finder. Within any one of these three sections,
students may use the Table of Contents to find
information about a specific author, story, poem, or play.
Novelist
http://novelst4.epnet.com/novel/selection.asp
Novelist allows students to look for book
reviews. Novelist also allows students to use an author
or a
title to locate other authors and titles of
interest.
Biography Reference Bank
http://www.powerlibrary.org/Interface/POWER.asp?ID=PL2616
This site is found through
Access PA POWER Library in the Biography box. Click on Biography
Reference Bank and click on basic search.
Reading
Public Library
http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/
SEARCH
ENGINES (develop keywords before doing your search)
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GOOGLE
JEEVES