An American Who Has Fulfilled the American Dream Maine West High School Library Resource Center Prepared by G. Haan, librarian, March 2006 LRC Home
Books 1. Use the Online Catalog. Search by a person’s name, last name first. Example: enter Jordan, Michael. Search by occupation, gender, ethnic group. Examples: o Enter Athletes Biography. This search would locate books containing individual or collective sports biographies. o Enter Women Biography .This search would locate books containing individual or collective biographies of women o Enter African Americans Biography. This search would locate books containing individual or collective biographies of African Americans. 2. Browse the shelves · Books of quotations are in REFERENCE EXPRESS, R 808… · Individual biographies are on stacks 6NW and 6NE, alphabetical by biographee’s last name. · Reference books of biographies are in R 920…, Stack 4 Top
Web Sites
Notable People from Librarians’ Internet Index Biography Channel		Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century				Time 100: The Lives and Ideas of the World’s Most Influential People 2005
JockBio.com
Top Databases
			Biography Resource Center “Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.”
			CQ Researcher “..coverage of political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.”
			EBSCO – magazine, newspapers, and news wire articles
			First Search - magazine articles. Get password and ID from LRC or from Shared Student Drive: LRC
			History Resource Center: US Primary documents, reference works, and full-text magazines.
			History Resource Center: World Primary documents, reference works, and full-text magazines.
			Opposing Viewpoints Information on social issues including pro/con viewpoints, “… statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
			Student Resource Center “…primary documents, biographies, topical essays, background information, critical analyses… magazines, newspapers … photographs and illustrations, and … audio and video clips.”
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