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Pop singer Lady Gaga probably wouldn’t draw as much attention even with her outlandish skits if she went by her real name: Stefani Germanotta. (Did you know she got her stage name from the song “Radio Ga-Ga” by Queen)? There are lots of interesting facts about this celebrity. For instance, she attended NYU but dropped out. And her dad was an Internet entrepreneur. Among the shadier sides of her life included her cocaine habit. You can Google gaga (how about that alliteration)? and probably piece together these details from various Web sources. But how authoritative are these Web sites? A better option is to click on the library’s Biography Resource Center, key in Lady Gaga and you’ll instantly find biographies and recent articles from major publications including the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, People Weekly, Variety and other reputable sources. Go ahead and see for yourself. The next time you need to find reliable information on people, turn to the Biography Resource Center. Now back to Lady Gaga. It seems like everyone wants to emulate this rising star—even librarians. Check out this spoof on one of Lady Gaga’s hit songs performed by academic librarians and faculty at the University of Washington: Librarians Do Gaga.

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