Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Biographical Research: Selected Resources for Students in Rooms 216 & 217

Biography Resource Center
This outstanding database features biographical information about more than 275,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and all disciplines and subject areas. More than 400,000 biographies are included from 90 highly regarded Gale Group publications.
(You will need to enter your public library barcode in order to access these collections/databases.)

SIRS Discoverer & eLibrary
This full-text collection includes domestic and international newspapers, magazine articles, reference books, government documents, pictures and recommended web sites.
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User Name and Password needed to access this collection.)

Middle Search Plus
(Please see Mrs. O'Keefe for the User ID and Password needed to access this database.)

Biography.com

Book Review: I Have Lived a Thousand Years, by Livia Bitton-Jackson, from Reading Matters

Obituary: Lucy Grealy, from the New York Times

Biography: Wayne Gretzky, from the Hockey Hall of Fame

The National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Basketball Hall of Fame