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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.

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  1. Online Products From Oxford University Press

  2. 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

  3. Who’s 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 information in the biographies is supplied and checked by the entrants themselves. The online edition also gives you access to Who Was Who – this has over 100,000 entries from the Who’s Who archives.

  4. angelamerkel Use the Search box at the top-right to search for a person, hobby or place.

  5. 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.

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

  7. 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.

  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 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 other Oxford University Press online resources in the Librarian Resource Centre www.oup.com/uk/academic/online/librarians

  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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