BIRTHDAY
BIOGRAPHIES
BIRTHDAY
BIOGRAPHIES
Birthdays
of Famous People helped you to find that famous person who shares a
birthday with you. If you haven't yet found a person to research you may
also want to check: Geneology
Today or Famous
Birthdays.
Now your job is to find out more about this
personality.
AFRICAN AMERICANS and OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE
Library Resources:
General Encyclopedias: REF 031.02
The Grolier Library of North American Biographies: REF 973.092
Collective Biographies: 920
Individual Biographies: B
Search the LVMS South Library OPAC (in school only) to locate additional resources on the African American you've chosen.
Internet Resources:
World Book Online - Start your research using the Encyclopedia. (Please ask your librarian for your Login ID and Password.) (http://www.worldbookonline.com/)
Lives, the Biography Resource: Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more. All listings in Individual Lives link to biographies of people who have died. Lives does not include biographies of people who are still living. Use the "Search" option to locate biographical information about your hero OR select the Individuals option to locate the person alphabetically by last name.
Gale: Black History Month - Biographies From Muhammad Ali to Oprah Winfrey ... there are over 60 biographies here to pick from.
Stamp on Black History - Throughout the years, the United States Postal Service has tried to preserve America's rich history and culture through its commemorative stamp program. The Postal Service has issued Black History-related stamps to commemorate black men and women who have contributed to America's history and who have made a difference. Select "An Alphabetical List of Stamps" to learn about more than 60 black heroes.
AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource Here you will find brief biographies of about 45 men and women of African American descent.
Biography-center: is a huge directory of biographies available on the Web.
Women's Biographies Distinguished Women of Past and Present: This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.
Biography.com Have you ever watched A&E's Biography Channel? Well here is a web version of the show. Use SEARCH option to search through the sites resources of over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present. If you know the name of the person you are researching, type in the last name and go!
Time - 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century: 100 biographies of a few pages in length.
Astronaut Biographies: Career Astronauts: Official NASA Astronaut Biographies prepared by the Astronaut Office of Nasa Johnson Space Center.
Homework Center - Biographies: African American Biographies Megasites. African Americans in History.
AUTHORS
Library Resources:
General Encyclopedias: REF 031.02
The Grolier Library of North American Biographies: REF 973.092
Collective Biographies: 920
Individual Biographies: B
Children's Books and Their Creators (see librarian)
Meet the Authors and Illustrators (2 volumes) REF 809.8
Twentieth Century Authors (several volumes) REF 920.03
Search the LVMS South Library OPAC (in school only) to locate additional resources on the author you've chosen.
Internet Resources:
Infotrac: Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. See librarian for password to access from home and school.
Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adult's Authors & Illustrators
Children's Literature Web Guide: Authors and Illustrators on the Web
The Literature Connection: Author Index
Author Almanac locate your author by month and birth date.
Still
can't find your person????
Do a Google search putting "quotation
marks" around your person's full name. Then search!
Created by Barbara
Swetits
Last updated 02/23/2004