[OPLINLIST] Biography Reference Bank -- News and Tips -- January 2011

[Laura Solomon]

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*Notable figures in the current euro crisis*

*Angela Merkel* 	

If you and your patrons are interested in finding out more about the 
economic and financial situation in Europe, you will find a number of 
profiles and a lot of background information in *Biography Reference 
Bank* to help you identify and learn more about the key figures involved 
in the bailouts and negotiations in Europe.

For example, Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central 
Bank, is only the second person to hold that position; he believes in 
small government, and has been involved in international finance since 
1981. Trichet’s profile also contains a good deal of background 
information on the formation of the euro and the transition to a single 
currency within the eurozone.

German chancellor, Angela Merkel, is also an important figure within the 
negotiations, given Germany’s position of strength within the EU. Her 
recently updated profile gives a good account of the beginnings of the 
current economic problems and the political price that may be paid for 
the decisions being taken by European heads of state.


	
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*Marking Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Biography Reference Bank*
Monday, January 17, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and if you or your 
patrons are looking for accurate, in-depth profiles of this 
inspirational figure, *Biography Reference Bank* is the place to look.

In addition to a detailed obituary from /Current Biography/ and a number 
of profiles from references like /Nobel Prize Winners, American 
Reformers, /and /A Dictionary of Contemporary World History,/ *Biography 
Reference Bank* also features profiles of King from 1957 and 1965. These 
contemporaneous accounts offer you and your patrons an insight into the 
language, priorities, and attitudes that prevailed during King’s 
lifetime, and which he and other civil rights campaingers worked so hard 
to change.

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*New in Biography Reference Bank*
New profiles include Japanese chemist Akira Suzuki. Suzuki was honored 
with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in October 2010 for his work in 
“developing techniques to synthesize complex carbon molecules that have 
had an enormous impact on the manufacture of medicines and other 
products.” (/New York Times/, October 6) 	
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<http://hwwilson.com/newsmakers/ShortBio.cfm>*
Suzuki shares his award with Richard Heck, a retired chemist from the 
University of Delaware, and with fellow Japanese scientist Ei-ichi 
Negishi, of Purdue University in Indiana. *Biography Reference Bank* 
contains citations to several articles about these two chemists also.
*Also new in biographies this month:*
Rapper 50 Cent • Physicist Marcela Bilek • Football player Kris Dielman 
• Baseball player Andre Ethier • Singer Michael Grimm • Congressman 
Michael Grimm • Marine biologist Susan Lindquist • Auto executive Alan 
R. Mulally • Education reformer Michelle Rhee • Chemical engineer Aimee 
Rose • Actress Emma Watson • Scientist Watt Webb • Jazz drummer Tony 
Williams ...and many more!

	

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