BIOGRAPHY LINKS

• person's name (or)
• area of prominence and biography

eg./
tom thomson
cancer and biography

Browse:

• 920s General Biographies
• within areas of prominence
  eg./ 500s = Science, 600s = Technology, etc.

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as example
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• sort results if necessary

Biography.com
Biographical Dictionary
Great Thinkers and Visionaries
Biography at Blupete
InfoPlease.com - People
Librarians' Index Biography Links
LucidCafe Biographies
World Biographical Index
HyperHistory - World History Biographies

• most search engines will extrapolate variations of a word if the "main" word is used (eg./ the singular vs. plural form of a word)
• use quote marks " ..." to enclose phrases as necessary
• attach + sign to each string if needed to narrow
• - (minus sign) to say not this term

eg/
"canadian authors"

you may search Google now:

alternately use the Advanced Search option

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from YRDSB's Trillium Databases (Home access requires password)

  • including Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View

  or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale - includes all our Gale ebooks (Home access requires password)
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership required)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

SAMPLE NEWS SEARCHES

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