Databases:
ABC-CLIO Databases and eReference Books - Great to use when looking up information for Social Studies. Pop Culture Universe includes biographies on pop icons of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
EBSCO - Choose the correct database. The Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and/or MAS Ultra School Edition are best for general biographies.
Gale Power Search - Select the appropriate database for the research. For authors, use Literature Resources. For people in science use Science in Context. For other biographies use Gale Virtual Reference Library or Student Resources in Context. No matter which database you select, do an advanced search. Put the name of the person as a subject and then select “biography” as the document type.
Scholastic Go! - General encyclopedia information for biographies
ProQuest - This is a database of current magazines and newspapers from around the world and will provide information on people who are currently in the news.
Salem History - Includes Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, The Eighteenth Century and Seventeenth Century
World Book - General encyclopedia information for biographies
Websites:
Biography.com - Database of 25,000 biographies including both current and historical personalities. Includes video and still images.
Biography Center - Provides an index of biographies of famous and infamous people that exist on the Internet today. Be sure to check the accuracy and authenticity of each link.
Infoplease Biography - Provides links to other sources in and outside of the Infoplease site. Don't forget to check the accuracy of links outside of the Infoplease website. Includes citation help.
Library of Congress - Best place for primary source documents and images.
Books:
Biographies at each campus are in separate collections. At South they are located on the low shelving starting at the south doors and continuing under the computer lab windows. At Central they are located on the last shelves after the nonfiction . They are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person the book is about, so a biography on Martin Luther King Jr. is under B KIN, or a biography on George Washington in under B WAS. Also check the catalog, Follett Destiny, to see if the person you are researching is in a book with multiple biographies.
ABC-CLIO Databases and eReference Books - Great to use when looking up information for Social Studies. Pop Culture Universe includes biographies on pop icons of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
EBSCO - Choose the correct database. The Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia and/or MAS Ultra School Edition are best for general biographies.
Gale Power Search - Select the appropriate database for the research. For authors, use Literature Resources. For people in science use Science in Context. For other biographies use Gale Virtual Reference Library or Student Resources in Context. No matter which database you select, do an advanced search. Put the name of the person as a subject and then select “biography” as the document type.
Scholastic Go! - General encyclopedia information for biographies
ProQuest - This is a database of current magazines and newspapers from around the world and will provide information on people who are currently in the news.
Salem History - Includes Great Lives from History: Notorious Lives, The Eighteenth Century and Seventeenth Century
World Book - General encyclopedia information for biographies
Websites:
Biography.com - Database of 25,000 biographies including both current and historical personalities. Includes video and still images.
Biography Center - Provides an index of biographies of famous and infamous people that exist on the Internet today. Be sure to check the accuracy and authenticity of each link.
Infoplease Biography - Provides links to other sources in and outside of the Infoplease site. Don't forget to check the accuracy of links outside of the Infoplease website. Includes citation help.
Library of Congress - Best place for primary source documents and images.
Books:
Biographies at each campus are in separate collections. At South they are located on the low shelving starting at the south doors and continuing under the computer lab windows. At Central they are located on the last shelves after the nonfiction . They are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the person the book is about, so a biography on Martin Luther King Jr. is under B KIN, or a biography on George Washington in under B WAS. Also check the catalog, Follett Destiny, to see if the person you are researching is in a book with multiple biographies.