Spring 2013 LIS 601 Introduction to Reference and Information Services LIS Program University of Hawaii

1. Dr. Peter Jacso:
Biography & Ready Reference
Spring 2013
LIS 601 Introduction to Reference and Information Services
LIS Program
University of Hawaii

2. Open Access Sources
with Biographical Information
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Jacso

3. Dr. Jacso’s Poly Search Engines
• Access to biographical information, sketches, and full biographies of
famous and infamous historical figures, politicians, scientists,
authors, artists and athletes from 15 reputable Web databases.
– http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/extra/egyeb/poly-bio.htm
• These are the best English dictionaries on the Web - even if some of
them did not make it to the various Web directories. The American
Heritage Dictionary (AHD) has several implementations, I chose
Bartleby's.
– http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/extra/egyeb/poly-eng-dic.htm
• Find citations, abstracts and/or full text documents related to energy
science and technology in 20 reputable Web databases. Many of
these databases provide additional features, such as citation tracing,
and finding related items.
– http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/extra/egyeb/poly-energy.htm
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