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Additional biographies may be located by searching indices and databases in the individual's discipline. e.g. Search in the NLM Gateway or PubMed to locate biographies of medical researchers. Search in Business and Company Resource Center to locate biographies of businessmen.
Biographies Plus Illustrated [H.W. Wilson]
Biography and Genealogical Master Index (BGMI) [GaleGroup]
- an index to locate biographies in reference books
- Biographical dictionaries and who's whos, which supply information on a number of individuals.
- Subject encyclopedias, which include some biographical entries.
- Volumes of literary criticism, which may contain only a limited amount of biographical information but give critical surveys of a writer's works.
- Indexes, which refer the user to a body of information found elsewhere.
Britannica Online
- search the full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica
- Includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year
- more than 72,000 articles, updated and revised by Encyclopaedia Britannica editors and contributors;
- 10,000 illustrations, including photographs, drawings, maps, and flags
- more than 75,000 definitions--including pronunciation guides and word histories--from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Literature Resource Center [GaleGroup]
- locate biographies of authors
- full-text of reference articles and many full-text journals
- Rich in biographical, bibliographical, and critical content
Databases
Access Science [McGraw-Hill]
- find biographies of scientists
- full search capabilities of the 8th edition of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
- updated regularly recent research developments
- biographies of scientists
- late-breaking science and technology news
- new references links to related web sites
- learning resources and study guides
Biographical Directory of Congress
- biographies of senators, congress members, and other figures in American politics
- 1774-present
- photographs, biographical, bibliographical and archival information about all current and former senators, congressmen, vice presidents, territorial delegates, resident commissioners and delegates to the Continental congress
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders
- originally published in the printed Dictionary of New Zealand Biography series between 1990 and 2000
Encyclopedia Americana Online [Grolier]
- search the full text of the Encyclopedia Americana
- 45,000 articles and more than 25 million words have been contributed by over 6,500 specialists in their respective disciplines and cover all academic fields and curriculum topics
Facts.com
- biographies of newsmakers - 1940 - present
- 1940- present + selected older material, updated daily
- questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60 years
Nueva enciclopedia Cumbre en línea [Grolier]
- a spanish language encyclopedia
- only full-length online encyclopedia conceived and developed with the Spanish-speaking peoples of the Americas as its focus
USAGov
- locate biographies in government web sites
- U.S. Government Internet resources