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Online Resources. from Oxford University Press. This is a brief description of Who’s Who It tells you what Who’s Who is how it can help you how to look for information in it The presentation will take about 4 minutes.

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  1. Online Resources from Oxford University Press

  2. This is a brief description of Who’s Who It tells you • what Who’s Who is • how it can help you • how to look for information in it The presentation will take about 4 minutes

  3. Who’s Who is “the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide…” It contains over 33,000 short biographies of living individuals. Approximately 1,000 new entries are added every year. The online edition also gives you access to Who Was Who – this has over 100,000 entries from the Who’s Who archives.

  4. Use the Search box at the top-right to search for a person. jeremy clarkson

  5. From the biography, you can see a list of people who share his birthday… …or a list of his contemporaries in the world of film, broadcasting and publishing.

  6. oldham You can also search for people with a connection to a particular place.

  7. This will show people who worked in Oldham,… …people who were educated in Oldham,… …people who live in Oldham,… …and even people whose recreations involve Oldham in some way.

  8. Practice Now you have had a brief introduction, why not explore for yourself? Have a go at finding the answers to these questions. • How many people in Who’s Who were educated in Rochester? • How many members of the Beatles are listed? • How many people worked for the BBC? • What did Jeremy Clarkson’s family company sell?

  9. Further help If you want to find out more, you can • read the background information • look at the Help screens • look for a live online demo • email us at onlinemarketing@oup.com

  10. You can see similar presentations on: • the Oxford English Dictionary • the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography • the Encyclopedia of Popular Music • Oxford Music Online • Oxford Art Online • Oxford Reference Online • Oxford Islamic Studies Online • Oxford Language Dictionaries Online • African American Studies Center • American National Biography • Electronic Enlightenment • Oxford Scholarship Online Click here to open these presentations

  11. For further information about all online resources from Oxford, and to request institutional free trials and price quotations please contact your library supplier or Oxford University Press: Online Products, Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP onlineproducts@oup.com +44 (0) 1865 353705 +44 (0) 1865 353308

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