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Using Biography Resource Center
Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a comprehensive database of biographical
information on over 335,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
It combines more than 422,000 biographies as well as more than 24,700
images, in-depth coverage of key events, and up-to-date reporting that can be found in
magazines.
Using Biography Resource Center
Begin your research in BioRC on the JCC Library home page.
Click on this link.
Click here.
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BioRC is provided by JCC
Library’s partner
institution, the Jackson
District Library (JDL)
Click on the link to
log on.
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You will need an active JCC/JDL library card to use this resource.
If you are using a computer that is not part of the JCC network, you will not be able to link directly to Biography Resource Center.
If this is the case, log onto the Jackson District Library web site to begin your research: http://www.jackson.lib.mi.us/
Using Biography Resource Center
The Databases page will display.
You may wish to
familiarize yourself with the
resources available on this page.
Using Biography Resource Center
Use the barcode number
from your JCC/JDL
library card,
and the PIN you
selected when you got your
card.
Using Biography Resource Center
Get familiar with the
features on the home
page.
It is also often useful to any new searcher to explore the
topics available in
the Help files.
Searching Biography Resource Center
There are several ways of searching. With
a dataset as vast as BioRC, search paths
geared toward specific interests are essential to locating desired
information. The following search paths offer the user
various approaches to
discovering biographical
information:
Searching Biography Resource Center
Name Searchlooks for an
individual whose name
corresponds to what is entered into the search
field, whether you type a full
surname, the first name and last name in any
order, or just the beginning portion
of a surname.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Biographical Facts Search
looks for people based on one or more personal facts such as
birth and death years and
places, nationality, ethnicity,
occupation, or gender.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Advanced Search enables you to perform searches using name, keyword, source, full text,
date of magazine
publication, and document
number as a search criteria.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Let’s conduct a
sample Name Search using a name
recently in the news. Enter the name and click on Search.
Searching Biography Resource Center
A user has two options when doing a Name
Search. Searching by
Name contains allows you to
type a full name or any word or combination of words known to be part of the
person's name.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Searching by the Start of
last name will yield less
precise results than searching by a first and last name.
Searching Biography Resource Center
For example, searching on bon
will return a results list that contains Bono, as well as Bonaventure, Surya Bonaly,
Bobby Bonilla, and many others.
If only one name is found to match
your search, BioRC will take you
directly to the main tabbed
results page for that name.
Searching Biography Resource Center
A page of results will display. A set of tabs is
shown, depending on the amount of
content available on a specific
person. If your search does not find any results
for a specific data type, the
tab will be "grayed out" and
will not work.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Click on the blue article
titles to open an item.
Scroll to the bottom of the page to see additional pages of results.
Searching Biography Resource Center
If you are using Magazine
Articles results, you will see the bibliographical
information about the article, followed by the
full text. Skim the article to see if it suits
your need.
Searching Biography Resource Center
If the article is useful to you, you
can print it out, mark it for later
handling, or email it.
Choosing Print will reformat the item for printing.
Use the Back button to return to your search
results.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Some searches
will provide more
information than just magazine articles.
Searching Biography Resource Center
In this sample search, notice
that the Narrative
Biographies tab is on top. These lengthy items are shown as links. Mousing over the
other tabs will show in green
which are active and ready for use.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Sometimes the name you enter
is not the “official” name. The system will find both your entry and the name that it’s indexed under.
Searching Biography Resource Center
The Biographical Facts Search feature allows you to perform
highly targeted
searches to identify
individuals who match
certain search criteria.
Searching Biography Resource Center
The search interface is
flexible, allowing you to
select one, multiple, or all terms on the
page for searching.
Searching Biography Resource Center
An Advanced Search enables you to perform
searches using the following criteria: name, keyword, source, full text,
date of publication, and document number. It will
return thumbnail biographies,
narrative biographies,
magazine articles, and websites that match the search
limiters you specify.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Here is a sample
Advanced Search. You have
options for each term you
select, and additional
ways to clarify your search.
Searching Biography Resource Center
Your Advanced
Search results will display.Work with
them as you did for a Name
Search.
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A useful link for
researchers is
provided at both the top and
the bottom of the home page.
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The Research
Guide walks you through
the biographical
research process,
helping you to achieve a better result.
Consider using this guide
before you search.
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Please contact a Reference Librarian for help or guidance
while using BioRC:Phone 517-796-8622
Email Fax 517-796-8623
Visit the Library in Walker Hall