Biographies
Use Credo to find definitions, background information on your topic and general information.
Search across 50+ e-books providing access to biographies and more.
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online This link opens in a new windowProvides information on Canada's inhabitants and culture.
- Gale In Context: Biography This link opens in a new windowGale In Context: Biography enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.
- Academic E-books (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowLimit your search to 'Biographies & Memoirs' (listed to the left of the screen).
- Sample Search: Walt Disney's Biography44 seconds
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Finding biographies using Novanet (large search box located on library's homepage):
In the "Advance Search" option:
- Select 'Subject' - 'contains' - type in biography
- Select the 'AND' operator
- In the second search box, select 'Subject' - 'contains' - type in the last name of the individual (person of interest)
- If you're interested in biographical books, use filters located to the left of the screen to limit to books and Cape Breton University
Watch this one-minute screencast for a visual of this search technique.
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