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LIBRARY CATALOG Books for Adults Bloodletters and badmen : a narrative encyclopedia of American criminals from the Pilgrims to the present by Nash, Jay Robert. Biographies of bad people, for afficianados of True Crime.   Books for Teens How high can we climb? : the story of women explorers by Atkins, Jeannine Profiles twelve women explorers of the land, sea, and air: Jeanne Baret, Florence Baker, Annie Smith Peck, Josephine Peary, Arnarulunguaq, Elisabeth Casteret, Nicole Maxwell, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabei, Kay Cottee, Sue Hendrickson, and Ann Bancroft.   Books for Older Children The look-it-up book of explorers by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Concise and interesting accounts of the men and women who have explored our world--and beyond.   Books for Younger Children All the world's a stage by Davidson, Rebecca Piatt An introduction to some of the characters and plays of William Shakespeare, written in the style of "The House That Jack Built."   More books for: Adults Teens Older Children Younger Children   FOR MORE LIBRARY RESOURCES TRY: African Americans--Biography Biography--Dictionaries Explorers--Biography Hispanic Americans--Biography Indians of North America--Biography. Inventors--Biography Mexican Americans--Biography Women--Biography.

RESEARCH DATABASES  America the Beautiful Find information about each state including history, geography, economy, culture, government and profiles of major figures in history. Includes images of state flags, bird and seal. Also find out about American presidents, Native American tribes. Search by timeline!  American History Library (GVRL) Covers the events and people in American History includes the biographies and primary source materials.  American Women Writers: Colonial Times to Present Contains biographical and critical essays on 1,328 American women writers covering all genres and all periods of American history.  Biography Collection (GVRL) Biographical information on people throughout history and around the world. Does not include authors, please see Literature Collection  Biography Reference Bank Select Edition An in-depth resource of people in the news and history-makers with over 236,000 individuals, and 36,000 plus images from biographical profiles, articles, interviews, essays, reviews, speeches, and obituaries.  Biography Resource Center Biographical information on people throughout history and around the world. Includes the Complete Marquis Who's Who. Search by occupation, ethnicity, nationality and/or gender!  Contemporary Authors New Revision A bio-bibliographical guide containing updated and revised entries on current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields.  Culture Grams Information about 182 countries and territories. Includes an elementary school age edition of 66 countries and all 50 United States. Includes information on culture, famous people, recipes and photos.  Discovering Collection Find biographies, literary criticisms, timeline events, images, audio and video files and 500 primary source documents. A great homework helper for history, English, science and social studies classes.  Facts for Learning Information about almost everything, for Elementary and Middle School students. Includes This Day in History, How to make a Diorama, and has great pictures to use in your reports!  Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia Short and concise information on 25,000 topics. For more in depth information see WorldBook Online  Heritage Quest Search for your family history in one of the largest resources available online. Includes census material back to 1790, 7267 family histories, 8737 local histories and 167 primary sources.  Hispanic Biography (GVRL) Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of Latino heritage who form the international Hispanic community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others.  History Resource Center: Modern World Draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum for the 20th Century, and integrates reference sources, full-text articles, maps and images. Also includes full-text and facsimile images for over 1,400 primary source documents.  History Resource Center: US Provides integrated access to over 1,000 primary documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals, and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.  Literature Collection (GVRL) Information and criticism about authors and their works.  Literature Resource Center Provides access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline.  Oxford Art Online Grove Art Online is the most comprehensive and authoritative online resource with over 45,000 articles, for all research in the history of the visual arts.  Oxford Music Online Browse articles on musical genres and bibliographies of composers and artists.  Proquest Obituaries Use this collection to search obituaries and death notices from prominent newspapers, such as The New York Times (dating back to 1851). The collection includes both famous and lesser-known individuals and can be searched by name or by keywords appearing in the body of the article.  Science Resource Center Includes topic overviews, experiments, biographies, pictures and illustrations and the latest scientific developments are covered in articles from over 200 magazines and academic journals and links to quality web sites. The database covers curriculum-related science topics and offers teachers an easy-to-use tool to identify content directly correlated to state and national standards.  Today's Science Science news, especially for students. Includes a great Subject Index, to help with those pesky science reports, that you never know what to write about. WEB SITES  Academy of Achievement Biographies of the greatest thinkers and achievers of our age.  African American biographies Biographies of significant African Americans, from Thomson-Gale  African Americans on postage stamps Biographies of African Americans who have been honored on Postage Stamps, for their outstanding achievements.  Biographies of Contemporary Women From the Women's International Center  Biography Links Links to biographies of almost every type, from the Multnomah County Library.  Biography Maker Forget those boring biographies! Use this tool to make your own, exciting biography!  Biography on A&E Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present. Plus links to Biography Classroom! Plus, find biographies of famous people who were born on your birthday.  Congressional Biographies Biographical information for every congressman from 1774 to present.  Dead People Server Whatever happened to old... what's his name? Is he still alive? Check here!  Distinguished Women of the Past and Present Biographies of women, by subject.  English Royalty Biographies of the English monarchy, back to Egbert, who ruled from 802 to 839.  First Ladies' Biographies Biographies of the First Ladies, fromn the National First Ladies' Library  General biographies Find a biography by subject or name, from the Internet Public Library  Heads of State Listing and biographies of the current heads of state for the world, from the CIA.  InfoPlease: Biographies More than 30,000 biographies. Plus This Day in History, lists of the famous and infamous, a perpetual calendar, and games.  Latino Biographies Biographies of famous and influential Latinos, from Thomson-Gale.  Movie Stars From the Internet Movie Database, find out more about your favorite stars, including everything they've ever been in!  National Women's Hall of Fame Biographies of the inductees  Native American Authors From the Internet Public Library  Native American Leaders Biographies of noted Native Americans  Nobel Prize Winners Winners of the Nobel Prize since 1900.  PBS Biographies Links to biographies of people from PBS shows.  Popes Biographies of all 266 popes.  POTUS POTUS = President of the United State. This site has incredibly detailed biographies, just perfect for school reports. From the Internet Public Library.  Presidential biographies From the Whitehouse  Sports Biographies From InfoPlease - click on a letter in the A-Z list, to see a list of sports figures.  Time 100 The 100 most important people of the 20th century, from Time.  Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century From ESPN  Women Athletes Listed by sport  Women's History Month Biographies Biographies of famous women, from Thomson-Gale  World of Scientific Biography Find a scientist by branch of science, gender, ethnology, time period, or nationality.  World Rulers Biographies of the rulers of various countries, by country.