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Biography Databases

Top Choices

Biography Resource Center
A comprehensive database of biographical information, including articles from magazines and newspapers.

Britannica Online
A hypertext link-enhanced version of the print encyclopedia. Includes over 72,000 articles.

LexisNexis Academic
Newspaper articles, wire services, legal, broadcast, and business news.

Other Options

Gale Databases
Gale provides the following databases: Academic OneFile, General OneFile, Expanded Academic ASAP, General BusinessFile ASAP, Business and Company Resource Center, Health Reference Center Academic, General Reference Center Gold, Virtual Reference Library, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Biography Resource Center and Marquis Who's Who.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Searchable encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research in the arts and sciences.

Grove Art Online
Covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present with links to images.

New York Times Historical Archive
Full-text images of the New York Times from its earliest issues. 1851 to 2003

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