Updates to Biography Resource Center

The Biography Resource Center has redesigned its user interface and added new categories for browsing and searching. For example, within “Biographical Facts Search” I can choose “Fencer” as an occupation and “British” as nationality and retrieve a list of two people.

Bob Anderson (also known as Robert Anderson) is listed in Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Volume 46. Gale Group, 2003 as a choreographer, stunt performer, swordmaster. He was a fencing consultant for the 1998 movie The Parent Trap, among other film credits.

The entries for people with multiple listings, such as Jeanette Winterson, are displayed by date last updated. In addition, search results can be sorted by narrative biography, thumbnail biography, Marquis Who’s Who, magazine articles and websites.

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This is a shared account and space for the Electronic Resources unit to let you know about: -- online journals and databases we've added or deleted; -- system downtimes and access problems; -- highlights and points of interest.

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