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BBC Audio Interviews
Features audio clips from about 100 archived BBC interviews with cultural figues of the 20th century. Includes biographical profiles.
Tags: Arts, Celebrities, Biography
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Biographical Dictionary
Dictionary of notable men and women which can be searched by name, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
Tags: Biography
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased. Provided by CLEVNET. Must use a Clevnet library card to access from home.
Tags: Biography, Genealogy
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Biography Channel
Features short biographies of about 25,000 people.
Tags: Biography
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Biography in Context
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Provided by CLEVNET. Must use a Clevnet library card to access from home.
Tags: Biography, History
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Biography Reference Bank (formerly Biographies Plus Illustrated)
(© H. W. Wilson) -- More than 72,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 20,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations. The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
Tags: Biography, History
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Biography Resource Center - African Americans
A database of biographical information on more than 25,000 people from more than 60 volumes of 6 respected Gale Group sources such as Contemporary Black Biography, Notable Black American Men, Notable Black American Scientists, and Who's Who among African Americans, with over 42,000 full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines including American History, Essence, Jet, and U.S. News & World Report.
Tags: Biography, History, African American
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Business Leader Profiles for Students
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Covers 350 prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to business and industry. Profiles range from 1,250 to 2,500 words in length.
Tags: Business, Children's
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Congressional Biographical Directory
Gives brief biographical information for every member of Congress from 1774 to the present. Includes information on the history of the two Congressional houses.
Tags: Biography, Federal Government
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Contemporary Novelists
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Contains biographical/critical essays on the most important living novelists writing in English worldwide.
Tags: Biography, Literature
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Contemporary Poets
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Provides biographical and bibliographical information on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets, including 120 new to this edition. Entries include personal and career information, addresses, a detailed bibliography, a list of further reading sources, and more. Each entry also includes a signed critical essay covering each poet's career and works, written by an expert in the field.
Tags: Biography, Poetry, Literature,
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Facts On File
Full access to Facts on File resources on science. Provided by CLEVNET. Must have a Clevnet library card to access at home.
Tags: Maps, History, Science
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Literature Resource Center
Combines Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and more. Provided by CLEVNET. Must have a Clevnet library card to access from home.
Tags: Literature, Biography
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MAS Ultra - School Edition
Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications with information dating as far back as 1975 for key magazines. MAS Ultra School Edition also provides more than 500 full text pamphlets, more than 350 full text reference books, 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost.
Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images
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Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for nearly 140 popular magazines for middle and jr. high school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,011 biographies, 83,472 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 192,999 photos, maps and flags. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Tags: Biography, History, Research, Primary Documents, Articles, Images
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Pathfinders
Our librarians have put together a list of sources, including Web sites, related to famous mathematicians, saints, black history, Ohioans and more. Pathfinders are especially suited to young students.
Tags: Biography
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Student Research Center (EBSCOhost)
EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Tags: Children's, Research, Encyclopedias, Magazines, Dictionaries
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TIME 100
Time Magazine's profiles of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Tags: Arts, Celebrities, Biography
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Who's Alive and Who's Dead
This site helps keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive. Searches may be done by category (Actors, Musicians, Athletes, etc.) or alphabetically by an individual's name.
Tags: Biography, Celebrities
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Who2
"For each famous figure, Who2 gives you the hard facts you're most likely looking for: birth and death dates, famous works, notorious trivia. Then -- in case that's not enough -- we sift the Web and pick out the four best sites for additional detail. . .
Tags: Biography, Celebrities
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World Book Kids
Intended for grades K-8, World Book Kids is a fun and interactive way to introduce younger students to the world of online learning. Searching is simple and can be done by keyword or by choosing a general subject that breaks down into specific topics. The encyclopedia also provides images, diagrams, maps and activities tied to national curriculum standards.
Tags: Encyclopedias, Primary Documents, Children's
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World Book Reference Center
World Book Encyclopedia articles form the foundation of this expansive reference database that includes the World Book Dictionary, the World Book Atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected Web sites, correlations to state and provincial curriculum standards, and much more.
Tags: Encyclopedias, Primary Documents, Reference
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