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1 Student Resource Center Biography Across the curriculum

2 Student Resource Center - Biography Look inside the lives of noteworthy people The Student Resource Center gives students the power of knowledge. The power to think. The power to comprehend people, places and events. The power to see how the past shapes the future how one event, or one person, can make all the difference in the world. The Student Resource Center provides biographical and critical information on more than 16,000 noteworthy individuals from ancient times to the present. The information contained in these essays can be used as a starting point for research in other topics, events and individuals important to this time period. Students may use documents and multimedia images to conduct research, write papers, create projects and deliver oral presentations. SEARCH TIP When you see the InfoMark icon on your results page, this means that you can bookmark the page for future reference, copy it into an electronic mail message or embed it into a Web page. Because the technology is tied into every Thomson Gale database and Resource Center, InfoMarks are ideal for creating reading lists, course reserves, current awareness topic sites, links to periodical or newspaper sources, online/distance learning courses, bibliographies, lesson plans and much more! For more information on how to use InfoMarks, click the icon on the results page, or go to: DON T KNOW THE NAME? YOU LL STILL FIND YOUR SUBJECT Sample assignment: research an 18th-century African American inventor A Person Search begins with: 1) Selecting Person Search from the home page 2) keying Inventor in Occupation 3) selecting American from the Nationality drop-down list 4) selecting African American from the Ethnicity drop-down list 5) keying [Birth Year] [is after] 1700 A Harlots Progress completed by painter and engraver William Hogarth Benjamin Franklin founded the first circulating library in North America At the time of Banneker s death: Thomas Jefferson was president of the United States Lewis and Clark expedition ended English textile mills shut down for lack of American cotton Banneker s contemporaries: Crispus Attucks ( ) American martyr James Cook ( ) British explorer Mercy Otis Warren ( ) American journalist : 1741: Jonathan Edwards delivered Sinners in Hands of an Angry God sermon 1775: First American abolition society founded in Pennsylvania 1777: Vermont prohibited slavery Related Subjects for Banneker include: Almanacs Astronomy Clocks Urban planning Among your results: Benjamin Banneker ( ). A biographical overview in DISCovering Biography includes a Table of Contents that links to several topics, such as Chronology: At the time of Banneker s birth: No. 10 Downing St., British prime minister residence, completed All trademarks and registered names are used herein under license.

3 ARISTOTLE A Person Search for Aristotle produces numerous in-depth biographical essays on his life and times. Included are lists of people and events that were influential during his lifetime. At the time of Aristotle s birth Theater Plutus was a new comedy by Aristophanes At the time of Aristotle s death The Museum of Alexandria was founded by Ptolemy 700 B.C.-323 B.C.: Classical Greece Aristotle s contemporaries Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.): King of Macedonia Chandragupta II (360 B.C.-298 B.C.): Emperor of Egypt Ptolemy I Soter (367 B.C.-285 B.C.): Egyptian ruler 354 B.C.: a tomb enclosed by Ionic columns was built at Halicarnassus, in Caria, for King Mausolus; it became one of the seven wonders of the world 347 B.C.: the academy founded by the Athenian philosopher, Plato, will continue for 876 years 332 B.C.: Alexander the Great of Macedonia took over Egypt and founded a city that would be called Alexandria ABRAHAM LINCOLN A Person Search for Abraham Lincoln produces numerous in-depth biographical essays on his life and times. Included are lists of people and events that were influential during his lifetime. At the time of Lincoln s birth Elizabeth Ann Seton founded first American parochial school Moses Rogers made first ocean voyage by steamboat Treaty of Fort Wayne negotiated; U.S. obtained three million acres of Indiana Territory Indian land At the time of Lincoln s death Gregor Mendel conducted studies in genetics Ku Klux Klan founded Lewis Carroll published Alice s Adventure in Wonderland Salvation Army founded in London : Greek War for Independence : Mexican-American War : American Civil War Lincoln s contemporaries Ulysses Grant ( ): American Union general and president Robert E. Lee ( ): Confederate general Henry David Thoreau ( ): American essayist Harriet Tubman ( ): American abolitionist 1815: Napoleon defeated at Battle of Waterloo 1820: Missouri Compromise allowed free and slave states into the Union 1829: Louis Braille invented reading system for the blind 1848: Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized first women s rights convention MICHELANGELO A Person Search for Michelangelo produces numerous in-depth biographical essays on his life and times. Included are lists of people and events that were influential during his lifetime. Late 1400s-1660: Renaissance : Reign of Henry VIII of England : Protestant Reformation Michelangelo s contemporaries Nicholas Copernicus ( ): Polish astronomer Leonardo da Vinci ( ): Italian artist, architect Albrecht Durer ( ): German artist El Greco ( ): Greek-born Spanish artist 1487: Pope Innocent VIII appointed Tomas de Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition 1492: Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain financed the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World 1509: first attempt made to restrict the practice of medicine to licensed doctors 1531: the Great Comet (later Haley s) caused a wave of superstition For more information and search assistance contact your Thomson Gale Representative at GALE (in the U.S. and Canada), and select option #5.

Student Resource Center Search Tips HOW TO USE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: Use your Internet browser to go to the Student Resource Center: Biography URL.

4 Student Resource Center Search Tips HOW TO USE STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: Use your Internet browser to go to the Student Resource Center: Biography URL. On the home page, you will find a Search Bar offering several options: For common topics, Subject Search gives you the most results. The results includes indexed terms matched to your search term(s) as well as selections for Primary Sources and Multimedia. You can also mark your choices to save for later Use Keyword Search for less common terms, such as proper names. A Full-Text search will deliver complete articles and entries from Gale s wide array of reference works and magazines There are also more specialized options to help you collect the information you need. Person Search. This is a narrower search than the Subject search. Select Person Search icon from the home page. You may identify your subject by name, or use the Identify a Person category, which finds a person by: Name Occupation Nationality Ethnicity Birth Year Death Year Birth Place Death Place Gender Geography & Cultures Search. Choose from a Places and Cultures drop-down menus. You can narrow your search by entering a keyword aligned to these menus. And an optional Document Type menu lets you specify what kind of results you want from primary documents to audio or video selections. History Search. Select from U.S. or World History, then narrow your search with keywords. You can also use the Document Type option to specify what kind of results you want. Literature Search. Authors, novels, poems, short stories and Shakespeare are your broad search options. You can narrow your search with keywords, and use the Document Type option to specify what kind of results you want. Science & Health Search. Select from the Health or Science topics, then narrow your search with keywords and Document Type options. Multimedia Gallery. This easy-to-use function is prompted by a keyword and allows you examine images, audio files and video files, as well as maps, flags and seals. Related Subjects feature shows user which subjects the article was indexed to and allows them to run a search for other documents related to those terms TOOLS YOU CAN USE Everything you need to build a successful paper, project or presentation is in one handy area! A selection of three Merriam-Webster dictionaries (Collegiate, Biographical and Geographical) for immediate lookups A comprehensive Timeline allowing you to focus on specific events from the B.C. era through today A Toolbox that holds the must haves for a great paper: research guide, research tools and search kit. How to Judge Information How to Make a Concept Web How to Choose a Topic How to Write a Topic Sentence How to Make an Outline How to Cite a Source How to Build an Argument How to Write a Conclusion How to Footnote And more!

How to Use the Research Tools Searching for articles may be easy, but putting all that information together for a report can be a challenge.

research paper or project. These tools can be accessed at any point in the process by clicking on the Toolbox icon at the top of each page.

How to Organize a Report How to Build an Argument How to Write a Conclusion How to Write a Thesis Statement How to Create Visuals (Charts, Graphs, etc.

5 How to Use the Research Tools Searching for articles may be easy, but putting all that information together for a report can be a challenge. The Thomson Gale Tool Box, featured in Student Resource Center: Biography, is an integral part of our K-12 databases and helps students think about their idea and organize information for any research paper or project. These tools can be accessed at any point in the process by clicking on the Toolbox icon at the top of each page. Tools for Getting Started How to Judge Information How to Make a Concept Web How to Choose a Topic How to Write a Topic Sentence How to Make an Outline Tools for Wrapping It Up How to Cite a Source How to Organize a Report How to Build an Argument How to Write a Conclusion How to Write a Thesis Statement How to Create Visuals (Charts, Graphs, etc.) How to Footnote How to Read Graphs Tips on citing a source.creating a concept web. All Tool Box topics include a worksheet, suitable for downloading. For example, the topic How to Cite a Source discusses the elements of a bibliography as well as when, why and how to give credit to an outside source. Students can then reinforce the information discussed by accessing the worksheet. and writing a thesis statement are all part of Student Resource Center s helpful research tools All trademarks and registered names are used herein under license. SS/JR 01/04 GML09904

Student Resource Center Biography

Student Resource Center Biography Across the curriculum Student Resource Center Biography Look inside the lives of noteworthy people The Student Resource Center gives students the power of knowledge. The