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Updated March 2007
BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES
American
Authors on the Web
Biographies and links to works from 1550 to 1950.
WEB SITE
Author
Yellow Pages
Searchable directory of author websites.
WEB
SITE
Biography.com
Website to the A&E Television series.
WEB
SITE
Contemporary
Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information
and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Each entry contains the nationality, birth/death date, a brief biography,
career summary, list of writings, and a bibliography of additional writings
on the author.
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Encyclopedia
Britannica
Academic Version
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from Library] [Search
from home]
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Public Library/Kids Version
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Essay
Finder
Search for full-text essays and discursive writing
based on books published in the 20th century. Essays focus on the humanities
and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism.
Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and
architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama.
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Facts.com
Search for current events, world news and historical
facts 1940 - present.
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First Search
First Search is a collection of outstanding databases.
WorldCat includes the collection found at the Library of Congress as well
as books, videos, audio books, maps, musical scores, and CD-ROMs found
in libraries throughout the world. ArticleFirst, ECO, ERIC, PapersFirst,
and Medline offer full-text articles and indexes to scholarly journals.
Search for U.S. Government publications with GPO. FirstSearch also offers
full-text access to some of the statistics and facts found in the World
Almanac.
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Infotrac
General Reference Gold
Access full-text articles in hundreds of magazines, journals
and newspapers. This is an excellent source for author interviews and
book reviews.
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Internet
Public Library
The Internet Public Library is maintained by the University
of Michigan's School of Information and is an online library to a variety
of reference materials. Discover online encyclopedias, dictionaries,
biographies, and more.
WEB SITE
McGraw-Hill
AccessScience
Locate articles, dictionary terms and research updates
in the field of science and technology.
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from Library] [Search
from Home]
Novelist
The database
offers suggestions for student and adult readers, author biographies,
discussion questions, reviews and summaries of contemporary fiction
as well as links to author websites.
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LitFinder
Find full-text poems, short stories, essays, plays and
speeches.
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