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SLS 1101 Biography Assignment: Finding Sources

The Deep Web

The World Wide Web, or Web, is a component of the Internet.  A part of the Web is easily found through search engines, like Google, but a large amount of Web information is part of the Deep or Invisible Web, inaccessible to search-engine indexing. Commercially & educationally related databases are part of this invisible retention area for information, and this section often holds some of the most quality information on the Internet. 

 

 


Sources

News & Journal Articles

Your Borrower ID is your Student Number and your PIN is the month and year (MMYY) of your birth date. 

Academic Search Complete - The largest at SPC, ASC offers articles across all disciplines. Tutorial 

Biography In Context - lives of individuals

Literature Resources from Gale - contains a biographical section on writers

Gale Virtual Reference Library - specialized encyclopedias

Books

Library Catalog
Find print books and other resources in various SPC Libraries.

Your Borrower ID is your Student Number and your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security Number or 9999.

NetLibrary
Find and read electronic books online across virtually all disciplines. Tutorial

Your Borrower ID is your Student Number and your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security Number or 9999.

Websites

Advanced Google Search
Go to the last search box on the page,“Search within a site or domain,” and enter .edu and perform a search for the person on whom you're writing a biography