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HUM 8 - Living Wax Museum: START YOUR RESEARCH HERE

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REFERENCE SOURCES - for background and context

  • Start with a Biography Reference article from Gale's Biography in Context

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PRIMARY SOURCES - for evidence

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Biography in Context - Gale Database

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Gale Virtual Reference Library - eBooks

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JSTOR - Find Scholarly Articles
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