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Destiny Go to your desktop and open the Destiny icon | OneSearch | Go to the Destiny icon on the desktop, or click on the above link. Type in your search term and click "keyword." Click on the right hand tab for OneSearch. Scroll down and click on "Get results." |
Encyclopedias Go to the research folder to open these resources or choose the hyperlink | Grolier Online | http://go-passport.grolier.com/ Type in name of person |
| World Book Online Reference Center | http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home Type in name of person |
General Reference Access these by way of the research folder or choose the hyperlink | Infoplease | Choose biography to the left and search by categories or alphabetically |
| Access PA: SIRS Discoverer | Type in your search term or go to notable people |
| Factcite | You will need to enter the user name and password | |
Websites Since these are free resources they are supported by advertisers. Each student is expected to follow the Acceptable Use Policy when accessing information on the Web. | Time Magazine | Top 20 people to research Time Magazine top 20 people to research Also scroll over the categories for more biographies: leaders & revolutionaries, artists & entertainers, builders & titans, scientists & thinkers, and heroes & icons. |
Bio4Kids Biography.com | http://www.biography.com/bio4kids/bio4kids-meet.jsp Meet the people-choose from a list of famous people. | |
| Biography.com | http://www.biography.com/search/ You can browse alphabetically, by topic or by most popular or type in the name of a person. |
| Distinguished Women of Past and Present | http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/subject/field.html Select a field to search |
| Academy of Achievement | http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html Select find your mentor at the bottom to search for a biography like you. You can also select in the areas of: the arts, business, public service, science & exploration, and sports. |
| The White House: First Ladies’ Gallery | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
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| The White House: Presidential Biographies | http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/
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| About.com | Type the name of your famous person in the search bar. |
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Created 11/06 by Mrs. Loftus edited 12/10/11 by Mrs. V | ||
