Websites

www.infoplease.com/people.html  Biographies of Presidents, Athletes, Justices, Entertainers, World Leaders, and more.

www.biography.com/search/   Read biographies, watch interviews, and video clips at Biography.com

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/  Biographies of some of the great inventors, scientists and radio pioneers.

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref15.00.00/ The Internet Public Library (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers,

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/index.htm Biographies of women in history

http://www.time.com/time/2006/time100/ List of the top 100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/index.htm Black History Biographies

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/index.htm Hispanic Heritage Biographies

http://www.britannica.com/women/ biographies of 300 women who changed the world

http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ This website provides information on Native North American authors with bibliographies of their published works, biographical information, and links to online resources including interviews, online texts and tribal websites.

Make your own biography

http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomak2.htm Helps convert information and facts into a narrative, and defines six characteristics of effective writing.

Books

Visit our school library catalog and enter the name of your famous person or just type biography to get a list of books on the topic.

http://webopac.davenportschools.org/webopac/main?siteid=wilimc Wilson Library’s catalog site