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Welcome to the Web Conference! November 4, 2009 Erin Walker Product Manager [email_address]
The Biography Resource Center homepage
 
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Navigation to open websites Number of clicks to get to the open web has been reduced from four to two!
In results lists: Date last updated and word counts for individual biographies ** Default order for biographies is date last updated
Marquis Who's Who results appear alongside results for Gale content
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New volumes and editions in our continuing biographical series help broaden and deepen BioRC’s coverage—more than  50  volumes added annually!
And, Biography Resource Center  includes biographies from popular biography titles and subject encyclopedias like these
Coming soon: African American Firsts in Science & Technology Contemporary Composers Encyclopedia of Modern China
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And, BioRC includes nearly 3,000 Recent Update news briefs on more than  2,400 people, with new updates added twice per week.
JUST ADDED!  Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa More than 300 new biographies!
My book club is reading Ines of My Soul   by Isabel Allende. Where can I look to find out what inspired her writing?
I’m a teacher and want to point my students to resources on figures in the news for an upcoming assignment.  Where can I find a biography and news articles on Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki   ?
Country music star Keith Urban is great! Where can I write to him?
I need to find an African American female scientist for a Black History Month project. Where do I look?
 
My taxes are too high! How do I get in touch with my local representative?
I need to write a paper about Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women. Where do I look to find out how much of her own life was represented in her work?
I’m building an online course syllabus for an American history class. How do I provide a direct link to biographies on individuals associated with the Bay of Pigs invasion?
I found some great biographies on Stephen Hawking in BioRC to help a student in the library, but she needs to conduct more in-depth research. Can I find suggested further reading information in BioRC?
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Biography Resource Center webinar

  • 1. Welcome to the Web Conference! November 4, 2009 Erin Walker Product Manager [email_address]
  • 2. The Biography Resource Center homepage
  • 3.  
  • 4.
  • 5. Navigation to open websites Number of clicks to get to the open web has been reduced from four to two!
  • 6. In results lists: Date last updated and word counts for individual biographies ** Default order for biographies is date last updated
  • 7. Marquis Who's Who results appear alongside results for Gale content
  • 11.
  • 12. New volumes and editions in our continuing biographical series help broaden and deepen BioRC’s coverage—more than 50 volumes added annually!
  • 13. And, Biography Resource Center includes biographies from popular biography titles and subject encyclopedias like these
  • 14. Coming soon: African American Firsts in Science & Technology Contemporary Composers Encyclopedia of Modern China
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17. And, BioRC includes nearly 3,000 Recent Update news briefs on more than 2,400 people, with new updates added twice per week.
  • 18. JUST ADDED! Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa More than 300 new biographies!
  • 19. My book club is reading Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende. Where can I look to find out what inspired her writing?
  • 20. I’m a teacher and want to point my students to resources on figures in the news for an upcoming assignment. Where can I find a biography and news articles on Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki ?
  • 21. Country music star Keith Urban is great! Where can I write to him?
  • 22. I need to find an African American female scientist for a Black History Month project. Where do I look?
  • 23.  
  • 24. My taxes are too high! How do I get in touch with my local representative?
  • 25. I need to write a paper about Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women. Where do I look to find out how much of her own life was represented in her work?
  • 26. I’m building an online course syllabus for an American history class. How do I provide a direct link to biographies on individuals associated with the Bay of Pigs invasion?
  • 27. I found some great biographies on Stephen Hawking in BioRC to help a student in the library, but she needs to conduct more in-depth research. Can I find suggested further reading information in BioRC?
  • 28.
  • 29.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32.
  • 34.
  • 35. Perspectives : Encyclopedia of World Biography John Paul II
  • 36. Perspectives : Encyclopaedia Judaica John Paul II
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