Want to practise your database search skills?
Find the answers to the questions in this quiz by searching the Biography Resource Center.
1. Find an article on a New Zealand playwright
Hint: Select Biographical Facts Search and search under occupation and nationality
2. What date is the oldest magazine article written about Rosa Parks?
Hint: Enter “Rosa Parks’ under Name search – making sure you have checked Name contains, select Magazine articles tab
3. Where was Oscar Wilde born?
Hint: Try Thumbnail Biographies if you just want some basic facts
4. Find a list of books written by Sir Edmund Hillary
Hint: Enter ‘Edmund Hillary’ under Name Search and select entry from Contemporary Authors
5. Find a biography of David Lange or Rob Muldoon. How do they match up against the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography?
Hint: Enter name to search for biography. Check out the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
6. Find a link to Sean Connery’s official website
Hint: From the results list, select Websites – there is a link to the official website on one of the website results
7. Find a list of famous pirates and email the thumbnail biographies to yourself.
Hint: Select Biographical Facts Search and search under occupation. Select a couple of entries from the results and mark an entry from each. Email the list.
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