On the Ocean County Library website, Biography Resource Center is an interesting database. It contains 450,000 bios on more than 380,000 people from 1,000 volumes from 135 Gale sources, such as Contemporary Authors & Encyclopedia of World Biography. I typed "Merckle" into the search line, and clicked on his name in the entry, for personal information. The "Listee" can update their bio on Gale-edit.com. I also searched "Mother Teresa" and found 9 bios, 2 brief bios, 15 news/magazine articles, also an image that can be enlarged.
The African-American History Online database offers interesting biographies. I clicked on Biographies, then Browse Bios, where I could choose highlighted entries or browse by topic, occupation, or time period. I chose Civil Rights Activists and found a list of 28, A-Z. Clicking on Martin Luther King Jr., I found a bio and related bios, events & topics, docs, vids, an image gallery of 19 images relating to Dr. King, 4 entries under map & charts gallery, and quotations.
Learning Express Library is a favorite of mine. It is an interactive, online learning database, with practice tests and tutorial course series, for both students and adult learners. Simply click on a category and take a practice test in areas such as: advanced placement, college entrance exams, math skills, writing improvement, TOEFL prep, US Citizenship, and much more.
Powered by USlegalforms.com, this database worked effectively in finding a will form for a library customer. It is called Legal Forms by Thomas Gale. Click proceed, find a list of forms a-z and well as the main categories a-z to click on. I clicked on Wills, and found a Last Will and Testament Form for a Married Person with No Children, over the phone. The customer tried it at home, and actually called me back to tell me it worked!
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