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Online Products. From Oxford University Press. This is a brief description of Who’s Who and Who Was Who It tells you what Who’s Who and Who Was Who is how it can help you how to look for information in it The presentation will take about 4 minutes. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
November 2013
Online ProductsFrom Oxford University PressThis is a brief description of Whos Who and Who Was Who
It tells youwhat Whos Who and Who Was Who ishow it can help youhow to look for information in it
The presentation will take about 4 minutes
Whos Who contains over 33,000 continually updated, short biographies of living noteworthy and influential individuals in British public life, from all walks of life, worldwide.The online edition also gives you access to Who Was Who this has over 100,000 entries from the Whos Who archives.The information in the biographies is supplied and checked by the entrants themselves.
www.ukwhoswho.com
angela merkelUse the Search box at the top-right to search for a person, hobby or place.
www.ukwhoswho.com
The biography will usually show brief family details, current job, education, career, any publications, recreations and an address.
You can also see a list of people who share the same birthday, or a list of contemporaries from their field of interest.www.ukwhoswho.com
You can also search for people with a connection to a particular place.oldham
www.ukwhoswho.com
This will show people who have a career connection to Oldham,
people who were educated in Oldham,
people who live in Oldham,
and even people whose recreations involve Oldham in some way.www.ukwhoswho.comPracticeNow 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 Whos Who were educated in Rochester?How many people worked for the BBC?What did Jeremy Clarksons family company sell?
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