Monthly Archives: April 2010

Online/Electronic Resources

1. BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER (InfoTrac) http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fres89581

a. Enter password: see the whiteboard or handout for this information

b. Click on the “proceed” button

c. Click on “Biography Resource Center”

d. Enter the last name of your person, click on “start of last name” button

e. Click the “Search” button  — You may need to click on the name of your person from a list of possible names.
f. Next, click on one of the articles about your person.   Look for DISCovering Biography & UXL Biography articles, if available.

2. STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER JUNIOR (InfoTrac)
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fres89581
a. Enter password: See whiteboard or handout

b. Click on the “proceed” button
c. Click on “Student Resource Center – Junior”
d. Type the name of your person in the find box and click on “search”
At least one link containing an article on your person will now be displayed. Click on one of them. If more than one appears, click on the one that has the name of your person prominently displayed.

Look for the citation near the bottom of the page  for all Biography Resource and Student Resource Center Junior articles.

3. WIKIPEDIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

4. INFOPLEASE. http://www.infoplease.com/

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1) REF 030 WOR
The World Book Encyclopedia: 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2007. Use the index in volume 22 to help you find your information.
(Location: Fifth shelf and between OPAC computers)

2. REF 509.2 BIO
Biographical Encyclopedia of SCIENTISTS: Use the index in volume 5. Information is organized by the scientist’s last name. (Location: Reference Room)

3. REF 510.92 BIO
Biographical Encyclopedia of MATHEMATICIANS: The index is in volume. (Location: Reference Room)

4. REF 909 PRO
Profiles in World History
Most of the information you seek is found in volumes 3 & 4. Use the index in the
back of each volume. (Location: Reference Room)

5. REF 920.003 ENC
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Presents brief biographical sketches that provide vital statistics as well as
information on the importance of the person listed. Information is organized
alphabetically. (Location: Reference Room)

6. REF 920.02 PEA
Explorers & Discovers
Use both the alphabetical “Content” page at the front of each book and the “index” at the back of the book to locate the information you need.
(Location: Reference Room)

7. REF 910 EXP
EXPLORERS AND EXPLORATION
Provides information on explorers — arranged alphabetically – Index in vol. 11.
(Location: Reference Room)

8. REF 940 REN
Renaissance & Reformation Biographies – Vols. 1 & 2
Excellent biographies on many key figures involved in the Renaissance and Reformation. (Location: Reference Room)

9. 92
Biographies
There are many fine biographies in the biography section of the library.
(Location: Fourth Shelf – General Collection)
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For citation help, please go to http://www.bibme.org/ or http://old.oslis.org/MLACitations/secondary/index.php Select the type of publication you are using and follow the prompts.
You may copy and paste information you find into “Word.” SAVE ALL WORK!!!!
DO NOT PRINT OUT MULTIPLE PAGES. CONSULT WITH MR. BARNETT, MRS. TUCKER, OR MS. SOUZA BEFORE PRINTING.