Searching for Biographical Information for a Term Paper
Biographical information is tricky. On one hand you want enough data that you can learn about the person for your term paper. On the other hand, you want credible data in limited, usable qualities.
The Principle of Onions will apply a little differently here. Instead of trying to use very specific query words, you'll try to use special syntaxes so you're narrowing your query down to credible data.
Full-Text Engines
Let's search for Sally Ride, first woman in space. "Sally Ride" biography is actually a pretty narrow query, but you can narrow the search even more by excluding .com sites:
"Sally Ride" biography -site:com
When you do that you'll get a lot of Sally Ride material, and a lot ...
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