Bill Gates (1956–) Research Paper

BACKGROUND

Once a young computer hacker building computers in his garage, Bill Gates is now chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corporation, one of the world’s most profitable companies. Bill Gates has captured our attention with his innovative management concepts, business acumen, and dynamic marketing promotions.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

Biography section under Gates, Bill

338.76–338.761

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

Gates, Bill

Microsoft Corporation—History

Computer software industry—United States—History

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Biographies on File. Facts on File, January 1996.

Moritz, Charles, ed. Current Biography Yearbook, 1991.

Newsmakers: The People behind Today’s Headlines. Gale, 1993.

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

Biography Index

Business NewsBank

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

NewsBank and other newspaper indexes

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe

Dialog

Internet

Prodigy
KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

Gates, Bill

Gates, William H.

Microsoft Corporation

Windows (software program)

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052–6399.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Analyze the relationship between Microsoft and IBM.

Choose one or more of Microsoft’s innovations and discuss their importance in the computer industry; e.g., MS-DOS, Windows.

Discuss the history of the Microsoft Corporation.

Discuss the role Bill Gates plays as CEO of Microsoft.

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Computer Crime

IBM

Information Highway/Internet

Steve Jobs

Relate the history of the computer software industry in the United States.

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