About the database
The Biography Resource Center is one of the database subscribed to through the Gulliver consortium.
The Biography Resource Center combines over 440,000 biographies on more than 340,000 people from over 1,000 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources such as "Contemporary Authors", "Encyclopedia of World Biography", "Newsmakers", "Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television", "Contemporary Musicians", "Historic World Leaders", "Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists", "Contemporary Black Biography", "International Dictionary of Art and Artists", and "Writers Directory", with full-text articles from more than 325 magazines and newspapers including "American History", "The New York Times", and "USA Today". Yes that's a whole lot of information in that database and not all of it is USA-centric - there are 2213 entries on famous and infamous Australians ranging from AC/DC to Fay Zwicky.
You can perform keyword searches or conduct a search across a variety of "Biographical Facts" such as Nationality, Occupation and Gender.
Information guides
A guided tour of the Biography Resource Center can be found at the following address, takes a while to load.
Biography Resource Center Recorded Webcast - (10 minutes)
For more in depth material check out the Biography Resource Center Navigation Guide.
Biography Resource Center Navigation Guide - (15 pages)
Website
Biography Resource Center is found on the Yarra Plenty website at
http://www.yprl.vic.gov.au/computers/databases.html#biography
Questions
1. How many Australian Librarians are listed in the Biography Resource Center?
2. What was Hugh Jackman's nickname at school? (Hint - read through the "Biographical Essay" on Jackman)
3. Which football team does the English author Nick Hornby follow?
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