Biography and People

Maine South High School
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Print Resources
  • Most print resources on Biography and People will be located in Biography and the 920s
  • Be sure to search the General and Reference sections of the 920s
  • Specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.

eBooks ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library on Biography and People

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

Biography Resource Center~ To generate a list of possible topics:

  • Click Biography Resource Center (above) > Enter an occupation > Select a nationality > Select a gender > Select birth year is before 1970 (or other date) > Click search or hit enter to generate a list of people to research.

Search Britannica Online for reference information in literature, science, social science, and history.  Britannica Online also carries news stories from The New York Times. ~ To browse biographies alphabetically:

  • Click on Britannica (above)
  • Type in the first few letters of a last name or
  • Select an alphabet letter and a listed link

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Search the Student Research Center for magazines, newspapers, reference articles, and primary documents. Search NoveList for reviews, annotations and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. ~ Magazine and newspaper articles

eLibrary ~ To generate lists of possible topics, click on one of the following:

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Search History Resource Center: US for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from United States history. and Search History Resource Center: World for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from ancient and modern world history.

To generate a list of possible topics:

  • Click on either logo to conduct a Person Search. Fill in Occupation, Nationality, Gender, etc. to limit the search and generate a topic list.

SIRS Renaissance ~ Click on an arts and humanities area > Select an article.

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Today's Science ~ Click on a scientific field or the alphabetical list.

World Almanac Encyclopedia ~ An A to Z index of biographies. Click on a letter and a name.

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Internet Resources

Biography and People

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N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Created: 10/05 Last update: 2/7/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org