Biographies

**NOTE:  Before you print you must either:

1) Highlight what you want on the webpage, go to “File” and “Print,” click the circle next to “Selection,” then “Print.”  OR

2)  Copy and paste to a Word document (to find “Word,” go to “Start” and choose “Programs.”  “MS Office” is where “Word” can be found.)   Once you have the information copied and pasted to the Word Document, you can change the size of the font to a smaller size (On the Word Document go to "Edit" then "Select All."  Click the arrow next to the font size number at the top and change the number to 10 or 8 if you can read text that small.)  OR

3) If you are in a database (Grolier, SIRS, Gale, EBSCO, ABC-CLIO etc.) use the “printer friendly” icon and you don’t have to copy and paste.

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The following links are purchased databases (citations provided for you):

Ebsco's MegaFILE -  combination periodicals & books - Be sure to select "FULL TEXT" box:

http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=keh%20

Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale Virtual Reference Library database):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sain46794

Gale Group Discovering Collection Database -  Once you have an article, look on left side of screen for narrower topics. Citation is near bottom of screen: “Source Citation":

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC;jsessionid=86B8BD3AA0576E40679BB6F66BBDC15F?locID=mnkspps

*Gale Kids InfoBits database - magazines, newspapers & books:

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/KidsInfoBits?locID=mnkspps

Gale Virtual Reference Library Database - A collection of reference e-books. Citation is near bottom of screen: “Source Citation":

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps 

Salem Press History:– Biographies section:

Use generic comosr user/password if needed

Student Research Center Database (check ONLY Biographies):

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=src 

Student Resources in Context (Gale database):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnkspps?db=SRC-1

* Denotes easy to understand

 

The following websites are reliable but are not purchased databases (you need to figure out the citation yourself):

Artists – All Famous Artists website:

http://www.allfamousartists.com

Artists – Global Gallery website:

http://www.globalgallery.com/artist.bio.index1.php

Biographies -42Explore:

http://www.42explore2.com/biographies.htm

Biographies - Jacksonville Florida Library:

http://jpl.coj.net/res/sites/bio.html

Biographies - Multnomah Oregon Library:

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

Biographies – PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html

Biographies – Schools Wikipedia Selection (Wikipedia articles that have been edited and approved by SOS Children staff volunteers):

http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/index/subject.People.htm

Biography Center:

http://www.biography-center.com

Biography.com:

http://www.biography.com/search 

Historical Biographies (China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greek, Roman, Middle Ages, World War II, Native America):

http://www.historylink101.com/history_biography.htm

 

Nobel Prize winners:

http://nobelprize.org/index.html

Presidents of the United States:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/alphabetical.html

Primary sources – American Memory – Library of Congress:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html

Primary sources – National Museum of American History:

http://americanhistory.si.edu

Primary sources – variety:

http://comosr.spps.org/Primary_Sources.html

Pulitzer Prize winners:

http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat

Scientists’ Biographies - University of California Berkeley’s website:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/topic/history.html

Women – American Women Through Time:

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html

Women – Biographies of Notable Women:

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/biographies/u/biographies_women.htm

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MLA Citation Guideline Sheets:

http://spps.schoolwires.net/Page/410