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Eli M. Oboler Library

Biography Articles | Reference Books | Web Sites | Librarians Also try the subject databases for information on people who are involved in a specific field. For instance, use the Physics subject page for Einstein and use the English Literary Criticism subject page for Bronte.

Mr. Eli M. Oboler

Core Databases and Indexes
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Info Title   # Users Access Restrictions BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index ‡ List of titles owned by library and indexed in BGMI 1 Special
	To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.
Related Databases and Indexes
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Info Title   # Users Access Restrictions Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) Search: name and su biography   On & Off Campus America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)   On & Off Campus Encyclopaedia Britannica Online   On & Off Campus Global Reference Center Foreign language encyclopedias: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, French, & Spanish   On & Off Campus HeritageQuest OnLine (ProQuest) Search Books (ProQuest) Families and local history   On & Off Campus Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)   On & Off Campus Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective (WilsonWeb) 4 On & Off Campus LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis) Newspapers   On & Off Campus MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)   On & Off Campus Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection   On & Off Campus Readers' Guide Retrospective (WilsonWeb) 12 On & Off Campus
	To search for a specific journal, use the A-Z Journal List.
Reference Books

Alphabetical list of books with biographical information which are indexed by author in BGMI, includes call numbers

Use the Library Catalog

• Here is a sample of a few books in the reference collection which include biographies.
• American Men and Women of Science: REF Q141 .A474 (v. 1-8)
• Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists (an international biographical dictionary of law enforcement): REF HV7911.A1 A94 2000
• Dictionary of World Biography: REF CT104 .D54 1998 (v. 1-10)
• Early American Nature Writers (a biographical encyclopedia) REF PS163 .E18 2008
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers: REF PN1997.8 .I58 1997 (v. 1-4)
• Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: REF B51 .R68 1998 (v. 1-10)


• If you want a book about a person do a subject search.
• Sample Subject Searches
• last name, first name As a Subject Heading search
• last name, first initial As a Subject Heading search


• Sample Keyword Boolean searches
  • last name AND biograph? As a Keyword Boolean search
  • subject word AND biograph? As a Keyword Boolean search limited to Reference
  • subject word AND encyc? As a Keyword Boolean search limited to Reference
  
  
• Books by an author and about an author are shelved near each other.

Web Sites