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Biographical Information

Getting Started

Start by getting familiar with basic information about your topic.

  • Review background and general information
  • Identify important people, places, events, time frame

How to find this type of information?

  • Use the following general encyclopedias
  • Use the Gale Virtual Reference Library to find subject specific encyclopedias and other reference books.
  • Use the library search tool to find subject specific encyclopedias

Please note, information found in general encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Britannica or Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia cannot be cited or used as a source for your research project.

Kristen Cook, Research Librarian
Kristen Cook
Coordinator, Library Research & Instruction
MCC Learning Commons
kcook@mclennan.edu
254-299-8327