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Use the Library Catalog to see if ECTC or any other KCTCS College carries a biography or autobiography on your chosen individual
Use the Library Catalog to see what resources might be available in the ECTC library. Use the word biography as a keyword. You can combine this term with other keywords. For example, if you are looking up information on a woman, you can use the phrase biography AND women in your search.
Some of the reference resources available at ECTC include American National Biography, American Men and Women of Science, American Women Writers, Dictionary of American Biography, Newsmakers, Notable Black American Women
Select a search engine and type the name of your individual in quotes.
Example: select Yahoo and type "Colin Powell" in the search field.
The Virtual Library contains two biographical databases.
- Click on Catalogs and Databases. Click on Biographies - HW Wilson
- Click on Virtual Reference Desk. Click on General (left margin.) Click on Biography.com
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