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Library - Glenbard East High School: EL 2 - Biography Project

Lindsey Library Media Center

DATABASES

Biography in Context
Search by person's name. Concentrate on reference sources and biographies.

Britannica Escolar
Spanish language database. Search by artist name. Concentrate on reference sources and biographies.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Search by artist name. Concentrate on reference sources and biographies.

Gale in Context: High School
Search by artist name. Concentrate on reference sources and biographies.

World History
Search by artist name. Concentrate on reference sources and biographies.

Click here for passwords and database overviews
PASSWORDS FOR HOME ACCESS - The passwords will enable you to access library databases from home and elsewhere outside of the school.

GENERAL WEBSITES

Biography.com
True stories about notable people with over 7,000 biographies
History.com
Search your person's name using the magnifying glass
PrintFriendly
Turn any of the articles you've found into a PDF, and save to Notability or Google Drive!

USE PERPLEXITY AI TO MAKE ARTICLES EASIER TO UNDERSTAND

Perplexity AI Website

Text to copy and paste into Perplexity AI BEFORE copying and pasting a database article into it:

I am a high school EL 2 student. English is not my native language. Rewrite the following to make it easier for me to read:

PRINT BOOK CATALOG

Click here to use the catalog (choose Glenbard East High School)