1. Lori Ross

2. Geographical Information It’s not just maps!!!

3. Atlases Geographical Dictionaries

4. Atlases World Atlases Historical Atlases Desk and Student Atlases Road Atlases Maps Travel Books Magazines Rand McNally National Geographic Print versus Digital

5. Gazetteers and Geographical Dictionaries “A gazetteer is an alphabetical list of place names with information that can be used to locate the areas that the names are associated with”(Johnson, 2003: 40).

6. Biographical Sources Living and deceases people Obituaries Subject – based Contemporary People Ethnic/Cultural Heritage Fictional People

7. Contemporary People Ethnic/Cultural Heritage Cultural Heritage

8. Evaluating Biographical Resources Scope Accuracy Length of entry Criteria for inclusion Audience Authority Frequency of updates Photo References for further reading

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10. Works Cited Bopp, R. E., & Smith, L. C. (2011). Reference and information services: An introduction. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. Cassell, K. A., & Hiremath, U. (2009). Reference and information services in the 21st century (Second ed.). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman. Johnson, J. M. (2003). Geographic information: How to find it, how to use it (p. 40). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.