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Peace Makers and “Be The Change”

To find information about people, search for

• the person’s name (Usually an index will list people by last name, but during the Renaissance, some people were known by their first name such as Leonardo.)
• the person’s occupation (Painters, scientists, religious leaders, etc.,  may appear in collected biographies.)
• time period in which the person lived (chronologies, books on Renaissance, Reformation)
• groups person is a member of (women, scientists, Italians)
• geography (Where is this person from?  Italy, England)

Encyclopedias

Worldbook Encyclopedia

Use ed1stop to access our online computers: Worldbook or Grolier’s Online.

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Databases

SIRS Discoverer

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EBSCO Host

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Websites

Nobel Prize.org site

Anyone who has won a Nobel Prize can be found on this site.  Search “Peace” for those who won the peace prize.

Books

Use the OPAC to see if we have a book on your person.  You cannot read the whole book about this person, probably, so use a chronology, or timeline to find main accomplishments.  You can also use the table of contents and index to search for particular things you want to know.

Use the index of these books to see if your person is included:

• Lives and Legacies R509.2
• Believers 200/ G621
• Working in America R305.5
• Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America R305.4
• Civil Rights Movement R323.1
• South Africa: A Nation in Transition 968/ K62
• Nelson Mandela and Apartheid 968/ G142

Other Resources

Brain Pop has animations for some people.  Go to “School Help” in ed1Stop. Search your person’s last name.

SweetSearch – A search engine for students (Every website in SweetSearch has been evaluated by research experts.)

Quotations can be found for some in:

Bartlett’s Quotations R/ 808.88/ B289

Also, look for quotations online:  search “your person” quotes (“Jimmy Carter” quotes) in the Google query box.

or try Brainyquote.com; this site gives you citations!

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