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Databases & Indexes: Biography


  • Biography Reference Bank

  •     Biographies of over half a million people from antiquity to the present with portraits, and full text of biographical articles from journals and books.
     
  • American National Biography

  •     Lives of nearly 18,000 deceased Americans published by Oxford University Press. 
     
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online

  •     Biographies of over 57,000 people who influenced British history and life from the beginnings to the year 2005.
     
  • Credo Reference - Biography

  •     Online encyclopedias and dictionaries of biography.
     
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
  • Biographical and critical information about living and deceased authors from all over the world.
     
  • Who's Who
  • Contains over 33,000 short biographies, continually updated, of living noteworthy and influential individuals, from all walks of life, mostly British. Approximately one thousand new entries are added every year.
     
  • Who Was Who
  • Over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who’s Who dating back to 1898: the definitive roll-call of the last 150 years of British history.
     
  • Who's Who on the Web
  •   Brief biographies of over 1.3 million people from all fields: government, business, science, technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports. Please LOG OFF to exit.
     
  • World Who's Who Online

  •     Brief biographies of leading figures in all countries.
     
  • Internet Public Library: Biographies

  •     Links to biographical information on the Internet.
     
  • American Men and Women of Science

  •     Lives of living American scientists in all fields including medicine.
     
  • Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography

  •     Lives of famous scientists from all periods and countries.
     
  • Biography.com

  •     Over 25,000 brief biographies and other features.

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