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LIBRARY
Biographical Library Investigation |
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| NONFICTION | |
| 271.97 SCH | Come and see : a photojournalist's journey into the world of Mother Teresa |
| 282 BER | The Gift of Peace : personal reflections |
| 282.0922 MAX | Chronicle of the popes : the reign-by-reign record of the Papacy from St. Peter to the present |
| 305.4 MCC | First of all : significant "firsts" by American women. |
| 320.54 X | The autobiography of Malcolm X. |
| 338.7 AND | How the Web was won : Microsoft from Windows to the Web |
| 500.292 SHE | Notable women in the physical sciences : a biographical dictionary. |
| 509.2 ANT | Bold science : seven scientists who are changing our world |
| 509.2 SCI | Scientists : Their lives and Works |
| 510 BOD | E=mc2 : A biography of the world's most famous equation |
| 510.92 MOR | Notable women in mathematics : a biographical dictionary |
| 574.92 SHE | Notable women n the life sciences : a biographical dictionary |
| 609.73 THO | Those inventive Americans |
| 796 PAR | Sports stars. |
| 796.332 MCC | My greatest day in football : the legends of football recount their greatest moments. |
| 920 ALT | Women inventors |
| 920 ATH | Athletes and coaches of summer |
| 920 ATH | Athletes and coaches of winter |
| 920 BEA DAV | The Beatles; : the authorized biography. |
| 920 BER | The American women's almanac : an inspiring and irreverent women's history. |
| 920 BOU DAV | The Bouviers : portrait of an American family. |
| 920 BRE | Presidential Medal of Freedom winners |
| 920 CAD | Icons : 200 men and women who have made a difference |
| 920 CON | Contemporary heroes and heroines |
| 920 ENG | Activists, rebels & reformers |
| 920 HAR | American civil rights leaders |
| 920 HAS | Extraordinary women athletes |
| 920 HER | Herstory : women who changed the world |
| 920 HIL | Vietnam War : biographies |
| 920 HOL | They went whistling : women wayfarers, warriors, runaways, and renegades |
| 920 KAN | Facts about the presidents : a compilation of biographical and historical information |
| 920 KNA | American legends of rock |
| 920 KRA | Trailblazing American women : first in their fields |
| 920 LO | The encyclopedia of twentieth-century athletes |
| 920 MCG | The encyclopedia of twentieth-century athletes |
| 920 NOR | North American women artists of the twentieth century : a biographical dictionary |
| 920 NOT | Notable Hispanic American women |
| 920 OLE | Hispanic-American scientists |
| 920 REE | Rock stars encyclopedia inspiring biographies, 1900-2000 |
| 920 REY | American women scientists : 23 inspiring biographies, 1900-2000 |
| 920 SCH | American heroes of exploration and flight |
| 920 SCI | Scientists, mathematicians, and inventors :lives and legacies : an encyclopedia of people who changed the world |
| 920 SCR | The Scribner encyclopedia of American lives |
| 920 SMI | The Smithsonian book of the First Ladies : their lives, times, and issues |
| 921 ALI HAU | Muhammad Ali : his life and times today. |
| 921 ARM ARM | It’s not about the bike : my journey back to life |
| 921 CAR JEZ | Rachel Carson |
| 921 CHA GON | Cesar Chavez : leader for migrant farm workers |
| 921 CLE | Clemente : the passion and grace of baseball's last hero |
| 921 DIA EDW | Ever after : Diana and the life she led. |
| 921 EAR LED | Amelia Earhart : opposing viewpoints |
| 921 EDI CON | A streak of luck |
| 921 EIN GOL | Albert Einstein : physicist and genius. |
| 921 FRA AMD | Anne Frank |
| 921 JOH CAH | Pope John XXIII |
| 921 JOH WHI | Johannes XXIII, Pope |
| 921 JOH WHI | Journal of a soul |
| 921 KEN BUR | John Kennedy : A Political Profile |
| 921 KEN THO | Robert Kennedy : his life |
| 921 KIN PEC | The life and words of Martin Luther King, Jr |
| 921 LIN BER | Lindbergh |
| 921 LIN SAN | Abraham Lincoln : The war years. |
| 921 LIN SAN | Abraham Lincoln : the prairie years. |
| 921 LIN WIL | Honor's voice : The transformation of Abraham Lincoln |
| 921 MAN BEN | Nelson Mandela : the man and the movement |
| 921 MAR WIL | Thurgood Marshall : American revolutionary |
| 921 PAR BRI | Rosa Parks |
| 921 PAU SHA | Pope Paul VI |
| 921 PAY PAY | Never die easy : the autobiography of Walter |
| REFERENCE | |
| REF 355.13 MED | Medal of Honor : portraits of valor beyond the call of duty |
| REF 650 BUS | Business leaders profiles for students |
| REF 809 GRE | Great writers of the English language |
| REF 810.09 CON | Concise dictionary of American literary biography |
| REF 810.9 AME | American writers; : a collection of literary biographies |
| REF 810.90 CON | Concise dictionary of American literary biography |
| REF 920 AME | American National Biography |
| Ref 920 CON | Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography |
| REF 920 EXP | Explorers : From Ancient Times to the Space Age |
| REF 920 KAN | Facts about the presidents:a compilation of biographical and historical information. |
| REF 920 WEB | Webster's biographical dictionary |
| REF 920.02 MCG | McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography |
| REF 973 WHI | The graphic story of the American Presidents. |
| DATABASES |
| The American National Biography |
| A useful and dynamic source of information - updates quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. Search Tip: For a precise match, enter a name in the format Last Name, First Name. |
| http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html |
| EBSCO Ultra Online |
| Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes. |
| http://search.epnet.com |
| 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. Annals of American History : Online access to 2,100 original source documents in U.S. history, providing a year-by-year documentary of American thought and action through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems and interviews. |
| http://firstsearch.oclc.org/ |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library |
| GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multcaultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science. |
| http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| http://www.proquestk12.com/ |
| In the First Person |
| A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world |
| www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.aspx |
| Lit Finder |
| LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and 1full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary. |
| www.litfinder.com |
| 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 |
| Indepth 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 |
| The Internet Public Library |
| The Internet Public Library (IPL) is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information. |
| www.ipl.org |
| Infoplease |
| Biographies of Presidents, Athletes, Justices, Entertainers, World Leaders, and more. |
| http://www.infoplease.com/people.html |
| Women's International Center |
| To celebrate women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity |
| http://www.wic.org/bio/idex_bio.htm |
| 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 |
| Easybib |
| The free automatic bibliography composer. |
| Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word. |
| http://www.easybib.com |
| Works Cited Guidelines (MLA 6th edition) |
| Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear. |
| http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html |
| Research and Documentation Online |
| Link for documenting sources in research papers. |
| http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ |
| The OWL at Purdue:MLA Formatting and Style Guide |
| Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc. |
| http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html |
