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Academic Universe Biographical Information

Provides birthplace, career overview, education, publications, and other background. Good source for business and political leaders and other people in the news.

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present

Provides very brief information for all past and present members of Congress; also links to the House and Senate Historical pages.

Biographical Info

Connects to general biographical sources as well as sites that provide information about authors, inventors, women, presidents, celebrities, and Nobel Prize winners.

Biography.com

Contains brief biographical information for over 20,000 people, past and present. Incorporates the Cambridge Dictionary of Biography and the Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography.

Contemporary Authors

Provides biographical and bibliographic information for over 100,000 authors from around the world who write fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, television, journalism, and other genres.

Indexes to Biographical Information

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Indexes 1000 standard current and historical biographical sources that provide information on 10 million people. Useful for finding information about scholars and academics.

Biography Index

Indexes biographical information in periodicals, individual and collective biographies, and non- biographical books. Includes obituaries and interviews.

World Biographical Index

Covers approximately 2 million "eminent" (historical) people from North and South America, West and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania; provides indexing for several national biographical archives. Also available on CD-ROM (CT120 I66 1998 comp) in Microforms and Periodicals Room (MIC).

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