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African American Biographical Database 
Biographical sketches and essays on African Americans from 1790 to 1950. The African American Biographical Database corresponds to the printed resource entitled Black Biographical Dictionaries. Records include short sketches and longer biographical essays, as well as numerous illustrations and photographs. |
Almanac of American Politics
Overviews of U.S.states, congressional districts and elected officials. Provides political profiles of the 106th Congress, states, congressional districts and current U.S. governors. The Almanac also offers biographical sketches and political profiles of the current members of Congress and state governors, including contact information and committee memberships when applicable. |
American National Biography
Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women–from all eras and walks of life–whose lives have shaped the nation.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to biographical information about people, past and present, from around the world. Citations are pulled from over 150 biographical dictionaries, Who's Whos, subject encyclopedias, and other indexes. More than 450,000 entries are added annually, and total entries now exceed 11 million. |
Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive database of biographical information on nearly 275,000 people from throughout history; includes some full-text feature-length biographical articles and links selected web sites. |
Current Biography
Over 15,000 full-text biographical sketches and obituaries, many including photographs. |
Marquis Who’s Who on the Web
Profiles of over 1 million people from all fields of endeavor. Note: this resource has a single concurrent user limit. Please log off when you are finished searching. |
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world who shaped all aspects of Britain's past. |
World Biographical Information System
Over 3.6 million short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Africa and Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. Entries contain brief biographical information, citations to all original reference works in which information on the individual appears, and the location of the source work in the companion biographical archive microfiche collection, available in the Reference Department. Note: this resource has a single concurrent user limit. Please log off when you are finished searching. |
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