Biographical Pathfinder - part 2 Maine West High School Library Resource Center Updated October 29, 2008
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General Electronic Encyclopedias
				Access ENCARTA from the START menu on a LRC computer.
Databases
	Biography Resource Center Biographies and full text articles
	EBSCO – magazine, newspapers, and news wire articles
	Gale Virtual Reference Library Search over 300 electronic books
	Power Search by Gale ~ search Gale Virtual Reference Library, Opposing Viewpoints and Student Resource Center simultaneously
	History Resource Center - biographies, historical information, reference articles, full-text magazines. photographs and illustrations, …
Websites w allmusic – Search artist’s name or band w Hispanic Heritage – Biographies From Gale Cengage Learning free resources w Rock hall of fame - Search artist’s name or band
Notable People from Librarians’ Internet Index		Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century				Biography Channel
BOOKS w Search the Online Catalog by PERSON or SUBJECT w Search the Online Catalog by Resource Lists → Public Lists w Browse Biography, back wall behind General Collection - Books are arranged alphabetically by the famous person’s last name. w Browse the Chicago Collection for biographies of famous Chicagoans ( and others from Illinois also) w Print Encyclopedias – browse shelves in Reference Express w Browse Reference 920’s for biographical encyclopedias