Thirty-one New Articles and the Announcement of Two New Components: Research Ideas and A Teacher's Guide to Using ANB Online

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This month's update to American National Biography Online adds 31 new articles that shed light on persistent currents in the national life. When Robert Trent Jones (1906-2000) devised his world-class golf courses and Pete Rozelle (1926-1996) ushered football into the media age, they were following through on William Buckingham Curtis's (1837-1900) crusade to build a culture of athletics in America. Carroll O'Connor (1924-2001) entertained the nation in the character of the bigoted Archie Bunker, much as Joshua Norton (1909-1971) embodied his era's delusions for the people of San Francisco by proclaiming himself Emperor of the United States. Gaetano Salvemini (1873-1957) and Paul de Man (1919-1983) played out variations on the role of the émigré scholar, one a medievalist sworn to fight fascism, the other a literary theorist with a secret meaning in his past. Jack Cole (1914-1958) created the comic-book fantasy of Plastic Man; Donald J. Cram (1919-2001) made chemical discoveries that would turn fantasy into reality. [Seven entries include Web links.]

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SPECIAL RESOURCE TOOLS
A reminder about two exciting new resources available to ANB Online users.

Research Ideas
Students can now jump-start their research with editorially selected lists of articles in 12 topics, including the Civil War, Women's History, American Literature, the Depression and the New Deal, and more. A quick and easy way into the database, users can branch out into the deep content of the ANB Online by clicking on the hyperlinked cross-references within the essays. The research area is available from the [upper right corner of the ] home page and from http://www.anb.org/articles/themes/themes.html.

A Teacher's Guide to Using ANB Online
Developed with the participation of librarians and teachers, the Guide offers six lessons that assist teachers in actively incorporating ANB Online into classroom work. The lessons help teachers fully utilize the resources available in ANB Online and highlight the various features of the site--the cross-references, the illustrations, the additional resources. Also available from the home page, you can view this Guide directly at http://www.anb.org/teachguide.html.

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