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Find biographies and images on the world's most influential people. You can search by name, country, ethnicity, job, or birth or death date.

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Britannica Library Reference Center provides access to a variety of articles, biographies, images and videos that will allow for you to conduct research on many topics. This Reference Center is an online encyclopedia where you can search for any topic that comes to mind. See also: Britannica School Edition | Britannica Escolar

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Britannica School includes portals for elementary, middle, and high school students. Find up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, video, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended websites, and more. See also: Britannica Library Reference Center | Britannica Escolar

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This resource provides information on thousands of authors and their work across literary disciplines. Searchers will find:

• Plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
• Articles/essays of literary criticism and literary journals
• Author biographies and interviews
• Book reviews
• Classic and contemporary poems and short stories
• Classic texts

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Includes two reference works:

• Contemporary Literary Criticism provides critiques of key literary works as well as author biographies. 
• Drama Criticism contains biographical information about playwrights and critical opinions of plays.

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If you would like to read the current issues of People Magazine, you can find a variety of reading options using our catalog! People Magazine focuses on the stories of people in and behind the news. Each issue contains a blend of celebrity, lifestyle and human interest stories. Taken as a whole, the archive chronicles popular culture and trends over time.

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Sports Illustrated Magazine Archive is valuable to researchers of 20th-century current events, politics and culture, as well as those interested in the history of business, advertising, and popular culture. Subjects cover professional and amateur sports, high school and college athletics, and biographies of athletes and other sports figures.

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TrueFlix is an online eBook service for children in grades 3-6 that offers nonfiction True Books and multimedia content from Scholastic to help students improve literacy skills, build knowledge of curriculum-based Science and Social Studies content, and cultivate important academic skills through the inquiry process. Content includes nonfiction and fiction eBooks, primary sources, videos, audio clips, images, and related websites. TrueFlix helps students improve literacy and critical thinking skills, and build content-area knowledge. In addition, TrueFlix helps students achieve key college and career readiness support. TrueFlix includes:

• 211 interactive nonfiction eBook/flipbooks
• 211 custom introductory videos
• Natural voice read-aloud technology
• Over 2,000 editorially vetted websites related to the content
• 2,229+ articles from Scholastic GO!
• Remote access/mobile device compatible
• 790+ Primary Sources embedded throughout the flipbooks
• 211 word-match games
• 211 Project ideas

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This resource provides a variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. It also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps. Topics range from the arrival of Vikings in North America all to the way to the first stirrings of the American Revolution and on through the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror.

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Provides encyclopedia articles, edited to suit kids and adults. Also includes tables, animations, videos, pictures, maps and resources for teachers. This trustworthy reference is perfect for school reports and research papers. There are different portals for different age ranges, and includes Spanish resources for elementary school users. Learn more by viewing the tutorial below or these additional tutorials.

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This resource provides an overview of world history covering the most studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people and more. Find historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also included are photographs, illustrations, and maps.

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