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Biographies

Descriptions, titles, images of book covers, and links to biographical books and databases available from the Thurgood Marshall Library. Also includes autobiographies and some memoirs.

Newspapers

Newspapers are tremendously useful for biographical research. You'll find articles and obituaries on famous and obscure people from all walks of life. For example, in the LexisNexis database, this search for:  

"steve jobs" AND obituary

retrieved articles with biographical details from newspapers and magazines all over the world, including the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Wales, and so forth.

Biography in Context

Literature Resource Center database (Biographies of Writers)

This image shows the words "maya angelou" typed into the Basic Search box tagged "Find" and under the box "person" is selected for the "Search for words in" option. At the bottom of the screen "Biographies" is selected under the option to select by "Content Type"

Credo database

Printing

Printing in the library is free but, because it's free, it comes with some limitations.  Every student gets 70 printed pages per week and ALL printing is double sided.  You can see staff at the circulation desk if you have any issues or problems printing.

NOT like Google!

Successful searching in a database is NOT like a doing a Google search.

Use this LibGuide - Keyword Searching in Library Databases (see link below) - to learn a few basic tips and strategies to finding exactly what you need in a database.  The guide features a two-part video power point presentation with voice-over audio. 

What is a keyword?

A keyword is a word or short phrase that identifies a central concept in a research or literature review topic.