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[|Encyclopaedia Britannica]
The user name is bolmar2 The password is silver582 This resource will be available until April 7, 2013.

Books
 R 325.73 Makers of America  M

R 920 MacMillan Profiles: Black Women in America BLA

R 920 Great Lives BOU

R 920 American Heroes DEL

R 920 Dictionary of American Biography D (multiple volumes)

R 920.72 Grolier's Women's Biographies GRO (multiple volumes)

Use the library catalog (on the computer) to see if the library has a book on your historical figure.

Online Databases
The Beverly Hills Public Library and the [|Los Angeles Public Library] have a number of on-line resources including full-text magazine & newspaper articles, biographical databases, and more. There is also a great "Teen" portal linking you to sites needed for research and information at the middle school and high school level. You will need your BHPL or LAPL card to connect to the databases on these sites. You will need to apply for a library card at your local library.

=IMPORTANT = Use the barcode number on the back of your Beverly Hills or Los Angeles Public Library Card to login. You will not be able to use these valuable resources without a library card.

Beverly Hills Public Library Links -
[|Biography IN CONTEXT] (Gale) A database of current and historic biographies of people from all fields and endeavors. Search ebooks, biographical encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs along with magazines, newspapers, and multimedia. Search for people using name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.

[|History IN CONTEXT: U.S] (Gale) Covers U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present. This reference consists of full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly interface.

[|World Book Online]  World Book Online is a general encyclopedia based on the print version of World Book Encyclopedia. This resource is being provided by a donation from the Friends of the Beverly Hills Public Library in memory of Judy Smith.

Los Angeles Public Library Links -
Biography in Context is an online database of the world's most influential people. Search ebooks, biographical encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs along with magazines, newspapers, and multimedia. Search for people using name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.

U.S. History in Context is an online database with information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. This reference consists of full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly interface.

Student Resources In Context is another online database similar to Biography in Context and U.S. History in Context in an easy to use and understand format.

Internet Resources
Answers.com is a great place to start to find some basic information on your historical figure.

Books and Writers is another source to find information about authors. The authors are arranged alphabetically by their last name.

Civil War Biographies contains biographies of some of the major personalities, both North and South, involved in the American Civil War.

Encyclopedia.com This free online encyclopedia is available for anyone with internet access. It is a more trusted source than Wikipedia as the articles are from established encyclopedias.

The Literature Networkhas biographies for 266 authors. Click on the name of the author to access the information on your author.

National Park Service The homes of many historical figures are now National Parks.

National Women's Hall of Fame is the site to use when researching important women in history.

PBS.com has information on a number of historical figures. Use the search window on the main page to find information on your historical figure.

Winning the Vote has biographical information on the suffragists from Western New York.

[|Sweet Search] is a search engine for students. Enter your topic in the the search window, click on GO, and see what comes up.