AP-Eng2-Authors

BHS Library Pathfinder English II Biographical Research Excellent biographical sources are on the reserve cart.
 * __Print Resources on Reserve: __**Ask librarian for assistance.

When researching online, your first stop is the library’s subscription databases. They are found on the library’s Web page and are //__not__// counted as Web sites. These articles are from __reference books__ and __journals__. Access the following databases under //Research Databases.//
 * Best Bet Online: Library Web Databases **
 * __BHS Library Web Page: __** Ask librarian for assistance.
 * To access the library’s Web site from home, type in [|www.banderaisd.net] . Click on the //Family Center// tab, and then under //Links for Students,// click on //school access// for Bandera H.S. Library. **

To access **Galegroup Literary Criticism** Database
 * Click on **Galegroup Literary Criticism.**
 * If you are asked for a password, enter **lonestar.**
 * Click on the Literature Resource Center Database and click on **Person Search**
 * Enter the author’s name and click on the **biography tab**.

To access **Scribner’s, Twayne’s** Databases.
 * Click on **Galegroup Literary Criticism.**
 * Scroll down to the databases on the bottom of the list.
 * Select either **//Scribner’s Writers Series// or //Twayne’s Authors Series.//**
 * To see a list of American authors, look in **Twayne’s: Research Ideas.**

To access **Ebsco Literary Reference Center** Database
 * Click on **Ebsco Literary Reference Center.**
 * If you are asked for a password, enter user name **//bandera,//** password**//: bulldogs.//**
 * Click on the icon labeled, **Literary Reference Center** and enter your author.
 * Click on the **biography tab**.

To access **Facts on File** Database
 * On the library’s Web page under the heading **Research Databases**, click on **Facts on File**.
 * The user name is **bandera** and the password is **bulldogs**.
 * Select **//Bloom’s//** **//Literary Reference Online//** Database.
 * Enter the name of your author and click on the **biography tab**.

BHS Library Pathfinder/Eng2 Biographical/10-09