Saturday, May 30, 2009

Spotlight Database: Biography Resource Center + Lives & Perspectives

Learn about those who made and are still making history with one of our most popular databases, Biography Resource Center + Lives & Perspectives. From Gale:

Biography Resource Center combines Gale biographies with related full-text articles from magazines and newspapers, thousands images, and links to vetted websites. Fully integrated, the Lives & Perspectives Collection module offers nearly 160,000 concise and in-depth biographies drawn from subject encyclopedias published under the highly respected Macmillan, Scribner and Gale imprints.

Access MDC's databases here. Make sure "Miami Dade College" appears in the drop-down menu. Your Borrower ID is your student ID number, and your PIN is the last four digits of your student ID number.