Helen Keller :
Role Model for Humanity

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
Blind-deaf women – Biography
Blind-deaf women – Education
People with Disabilities
Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
362.4 (disabilities) or 346.73 (Civil Rights) or Biographies

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.
The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:

  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    Equal Rights for Americans with Disabilities-- 346.7301 BOW
    The Story of My Life – B KEL
    Helen Keller - B KEL
    Miracle Worker; A Play for Television – 812 GIB
    Equal Rights for Americans with Disabilities - 346.7301 BOW
    Art of Sign Language - 419 BRO

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    Grolier Library of North American Biographies: Activists , Vol 1 – REF 973.092
    The 20th Century – REF 909.82 TWE
    America in the 20th Century – REF 973.9 AME

    Online Databases -
    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    Helen Keller in her own words - http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=2003

    The Life of Helen Keller - http://www.afb.org/info_document_view.asp?documentid=1351

    The Life of Helen Keller - http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp

    The Time 100 – Helen Keller - http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/keller01.html

    Ivy Green : The Birthplace of Helen Keller - http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/

    Women in History : Annie Sullivan Macy - http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/sull-ann.htm

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