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LIBRARY
French Biography Research |
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| NON-FICTION | |
| 391 NUN | Fashion in costume, 1200-1980 |
| 500.292 SHE | Notable women the physical sciences : a biographical dictionary. |
| 509.2 SCI | Scientists: Their lives and Works |
| 510.92 MOR | Notable women in mathematics: a biographical dictionary |
| 574.92 SHE | Notable women in the life sciences : a biographical dictionary |
| 703 CHI | A dictionary of twentieth-century art |
| 709.03 BAT | Nineteenth century art |
| 709.0344 DEN | The chronicle of Impressionism |
| 759.4 DEG LOY | Degas : the man and his art |
| 759.4 HOR | Toulouse-Lautrec: his world |
| 920 CAD | They changed the world |
| 920 ENG | Activists, rebels & reformers |
| 920 SCI | Scientists, mathematicians, and inventors :lives and legacies |
| 921 CUR POY | Marie Curie : discoverer of radium. |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 809 WOR | World literature criticism, vol. 2 |
| REF 809.3 NOV | Novels for students, Vol.14 |
| REF 809.92 MAG | Cyclopedia of literary characters |
| REF 920 ENC | Encyclopedia of world biography |
| REF 920 WEB | Webster's biographical dictionary |
| REF 920 WOR | World poets |
| REF 920.02 MCG | McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography |
| VIDEO | |
| VR 759.4 MON | Monet |
| DATABASES |
| Biography Resource Center |
| This database integrates award-winning biographies with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. |
| http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC;jsessionid=621AC2A57D9358A7 080E0AAF6F644D72?locID=nlw2008 |
| eLibrary |
| eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries. |
| www.proquestk12.com/myproducts |
| Encyclopedia Britannica |
| Britannica Online School Edition: The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school. To access the following additional databases, click on the Additional Britannica Databases button. |
| Webster's Unabridged Dictionary : The largest, most comprehensive American dictionary available. |
| www.school.eb.com |
| First Search |
| The most comprehensive database for all subject areas. Take some time to look at this one; it will be well worth the effort. This has fourteen different databases to explore. |
| http://firstsearch.oclc.org |
| Grove Dictionary of Art |
| The unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day with extensive links to images from galleries and museums around the world |
| www.groveart.com |
| Grove Dictionary of Music |
| A dynamic searching tool combining the full text of the acclaimed 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the 2-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera and the 3-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, in addition to Sibelius-enabled musical examples and extensive links to musical sites on the Internet. |
| www.grovemusic.com |
| The History Study Center |
| History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day. |
| www.proquestk12.com |
| Literature Resource Center |
| Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
| The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography includes the stories of 50,000 men and women who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the explorer Pytheas of the fourth century B.C. to modern figures who died before December 31, 2000. 10,000 portrait illustrations illuminate the articles. |
| www.oxforddnb.com |
| WEBSITES |
| Biography |
| In depth information on the stars, politicians, sports figures and others who have been featured on the Biography tv series |
| www.biography.com |
| The History Channel |
| The cable TV station that covers historical events is depth. |
| www.history.com |
| SEARCH ENGINES |
| Ask.com |
| Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines. Ask is still the only, major search technology based upon the clustering concept of subject-specific popularity: ExpertRank. I |
| www.ask.com |
| CITATION AIDS |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html |
| Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear. |
| http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ |
| Link for documenting sources in research papers. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ |
| Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc. |
