Internet Research for Biographies, Class 4-307

What "key words" will help you find what you are looking for on the Internet?

KEY WORDS to search for along with your famous person’s name:

• biography
• bio
• birth
• death (+ location, date, cemetery)
• died
• career
• jobs
• birthplace
• country of birth
• married
• marriage
• accomplishments

Good Websites to use your keywords to search for biographies:

• Try our K-5 Google Custom Search Engine
• Ask Jeeves for Kids, Search Engine: http://www.askkids.com/
• Women in History: http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/index.html
• The Biography Maker: http://www.bham.wednet.edu/bio/biomaker.htm
• Biography.com (videos and text):  http://biography.com
• TVguide.com for people involved in television: http://tvguide.com
• Gale Cengage Learning’s African American Biographies & History: http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/bhm/
• Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for actors and filmmakers: http://www.imdb.com/
• Info Please: http://www.infoplease.com

Websites on specific people:

• Truman Capote: http://www.bookrags.com/biography/truman-capote-dlb3/
• Oscar De La Hoya: http://www.latinosportslegends.com/Delahoya_Oscar_bio.htm
• Stevie Wonder: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9536078
• Glenn Hammond Curtiss: http://www.militarymuseum.org/Curtiss.html
• Vivaldi: http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/vivaldi.html
• Johnny Depp: http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542522
  

More people to research…

• John Adams
• Donald Trump
• Alexander Dumas
• Queen Latifa
• Annie Oakley
• Mata Hari
• Kevin Costner
• Adam Sandler
• Jane Pauley
• Bruce Willis
• Babe Ruth
• Wilma Rudolph
• Napoleon
• Julia Child
• Anne Iris
• Patricia Highsmith
• John Swellen