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FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/11/00, 9:07 PM

Insofar as this is a readers' advisory listserv,
I'd like to ask a question that doesn't have to do
with Fiction, but has a lot to do with RA.
I am not in the habit of reading Biographies or
Memoirs, and I have a number of patrons who only read
in this area and look for recommendations on new and
interesting books. Does anyone have any good tips for
search tools, reader's guides, search strategies or
especially good current awareness sources for this
type of book, beyond mainstream review sources?
Thanks,


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David Wright Seattle Public Library

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-E.M. Forster, Howard's End.

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FROM: "Waznis, Betty" <[removed]@sdcl.org>
REC'D: 12/12/00, 2:18 PM

Try The Readers Catalog: an annotated selection of more than 40,000 of the
best books in print, edited by Geoffrey O'Brien (1997). I love this book for
finding readable books in non-fiction areas. Will not help you with new but
will give plenty of suggestions for interesting.

Betty Waznis
San Diego County Library


Subject: Biography & Memoir
From: "David Wright" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:07:08 -0800 (PST)

Insofar as this is a readers' advisory listserv,
I'd like to ask a question that doesn't have to do
with Fiction, but has a lot to do with RA.
I am not in the habit of reading Biographies or
Memoirs, and I have a number of patrons who only read
in this area and look for recommendations on new and
interesting books. Does anyone have any good tips for
search tools, reader's guides, search strategies or
especially good current awareness sources for this
type of book, beyond mainstream review sources?
Thanks,


=====
David Wright Seattle Public Library

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