Biography Research

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INFOhio Resources

• Biography Reference Bank: covers more than 550,000 individuals from antiquity through today.

• EBSCOHost Student Research Center, Grades 3-5.

• World Book Student: search for your subject using the search bar

Medina City Schools

SIRS Discoverer: includes over 1500 biographies of well-known people.

Nettrekker: search engine which searches only educator/librarian approved resources.

On the Internet

ALSC Best Web Sites for Kids— Links to lots of different biography sites

American Memory—Primary Documents from the Library of Congress

Check out these posters created on Glogster by Joyce Valenza, Librarian at Springfield Township High School in Pennsylvania.

Student Search Engines

Search Tools for Kids

Online Reference Tools for Kids

Online Video Resources

Want to make your own? Check out Glogster, an online poster creating tool.