BIOGRAPHY WEBSITES
What makes a good biography subject?
| HyperHistory Online | ||
| For "Selection Criteria" click People button on top left, then Alphabetical Index link on bottom right. The selection criteria link is then at the top of the Index page. | For the Top 14 Influential People, click on the Top 30 icon on the right side of the homepage. Then click the link on the right for "Top 14" | For the Top 30 Influential People, click on the Top 30 icon on the right side of the homepage. Then click the link on the right for "Top 30" |
| The TIME 100: People Who Shape Our World (2006) | LIFE's Top 100 People | |
General Biography Sites and Indexes:
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The Achievers
Gallery from the Academy of Achievement |
Time Magazine's Heroes
and Icons 20 people from the 20th Century who "exemplify courage, selflessness, exuberance, superhuman strength, and amazing grace." |
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| The Biography Channel |
HyperHistory Online:
for Alphabetical Index, click "People" button on top left, then index link on bottom right side of screen |
The Library Spot: Biography Index page |
| Biography Website index from Multnomah County Library | Spectrum Home & School Network: Biographies | |
| Freeality.com: Online Biography index | The Homework Spot: Biography Page | Who2?: Find Famous People Fast |
Specialized Sites and Indexes:
| Actors: | First Ladies: | Musicians: |
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Artists: |
Inventors: |
Musicians:
allmusic.com Use the search box to find information on your biography subject. |
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Authors:
(Password Required -- available in LRC) |
Mathematicians:
Index of Biographies from the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews |
Presidents of the United States: |
Don't forget to use the subscription services provided by the school district and your public library! Go back to JJHS Weblinks. Try EBSCO and Nettrekker.
Created by M. Sherry
Last updated: 02/19/2008