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Biography resource center
Provides access to biographical sources on over 325,000 people from
throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and
subject areas. Includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
Marquis who's who
Provider: MWW
Provides biographical information on more than 1.3 million notable men and women from all fields of endeavor and from around the world. The interface allows you to search for individuals by name, or to identify people with any of a wide variety of attributes. Covers biographies published in Who's Who volumes from 1985 to the present.
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American national biography
Offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives have shaped the nation. No living person is included.
Biography and genealogy master index
Provides citations to reference sources and important retrospective
works that cover individuals both living and deceased from every field
of activity and from all areas of the world.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres.
Oxford dictionary of national biography
Provider: Oxford
Contains biographies of people who shaped the history of the British
Isles and beyond,from the earliest times to the year 2001. Articles
focus on noteworthy people from all walks of life. No living person is
included. Coverage varies.