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People & Biography

Online Resources

You will need your Rolling Meadows Library card to access many of our online resources if you are not using them in the Library. Need help? Stop by or call the Reference Desk at 847-259-6050 x130.

See every online resource the Library has to offer on the A–Z Online Resources page.

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America's News: People

Use from home Library Card Required  Current and archived full-text articles from news sources nationwide. Find news on influential people like world leaders, politicians, and athletese.

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CultureGrams

Use from home Library Card Required  Information on over 200 countries and territories with particular emphasis on customs, lifestyles and social conditions. Find information on influential and historical figures from across the world.

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Curiosity Stream: Biography

Use from home Library Card Required  Watch the stories behind everyday and larger-than-life people from all over the world through high-quality and engaging documentaries and nonfiction series.

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Explora for Public Libraries

Use from home Library Card Required  High quality collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books, videos and other sources covering biographies on historical figures, artists, world leaders, writers, and more.

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Literary Reference Center

Use from home Library Card Required  Your go-to resource for reliable information on thousands of writers and their works. Learn about thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time periods.

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Newspaper Source Plus

Use from home Library Card Required  Cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national, international and regional newspapers. Includes television and radio news transcripts from major networks.

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World Book Advanced

Use from home Library Card Required  Learn about historical events and people with this powerful reference tool. Includes primary and secondary source content, related media, and study-skills information.

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World Book Timelines

Use from home Library Card Required  Hundreds of timelines cover various periods in history and the lives of historical figures. Create timelines from scratch, add events, descriptions, and media.

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Catalog Spotlight

To browse books on famous, infamous, and influential people in the library, ask for help at the Adult Reference Desk.

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Philip Franklin I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Digital Magazines

Find magazines in the library in Adult Reference. Or search the online catalog External Link to browse and place holds on magazines.

Flipster Magazines

People Magazine
The Week Magazine Men's Journal Magazine

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Smithsonian Magazine
Time Magazine Closer Weekly

Website Links

Biography.com External Link
Covers the people you know through stories you don’t. Home to more than 3,000 profiles of well-known, notable, and lasting figures.

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Highlights noteworthy historical figures for every day of the year from Britannica.

Nobel Prize External Link
Official site of Nobel Prize laureates and their stories. Search archives of nominees and laureates going back to 1901.

Presidents of the United States (POTUS) External Link
Official site on the American presidency. Find presidential biographies, speeches, writings, election results, and presidency highlights.

Pulitzer Prize External Link
Official site of Pulitzer Prize winners from 1917 to the present.

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See what’s coming to the Rolling Meadows High School Theater’s stage on the official Facebook page.

Past Virtual Events

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Brownie Wise: the original tupperware lady
Leslie Goddard portrays saleswoman Brownie Wise, who made Tupperware a household name in the 1950s.

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The Codebreaker and the POW: A Family Legacy of WWII
Learn of the heroic work of codebreakers and the struggle to liberate the Philippine Islands.

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Daughters of the Occupation
Inspired by events in WWII Latvia, it is an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma and survival, witnessed by three generations of women.

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The World of the von Trapp Family
Author William Anderson discusses the background of the Austrian family, their experience as world-class singers and their current lives in Vermont.

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Biography and Memoir
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes -- immerse yourself in the lives of the famous, the infamous, and the ever intriguing.