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African American Biographical Database(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Biographies of thousands of African Americans, assembled from biographical dictionaries and other sources. The collection contains extended narratives of African American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, factory workers, and more--both the famous and the everyday person. Its initial content comes from Chadwyck-Healey’s Black Biographical Dictionaries 1790-1950.
Biographical Dictionary Biographies of over 28,000 individuals.
Biographies Plus Illustrated (Wilson)(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Contains the full text of 95,000 biographies from more than 100 print reference books published by H.W. Wilson including Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, and World Artists.
Biography.com Stories about the lives of individuals who have made an impact on the world.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Comprehensive index to current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from every part of the world.
Contemporary Authors(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Biographical information on more than 120,000 modern authors searchable by Author Name, Title of Work, Birth/Death Year, Nationality, Subject/Genre, Birth/Death Place.
Presidents of the United States Information about the Presidents of the United States.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present Biographies of both well-known and lesser-known women in history.
Literature Network Includes biographical information about authors.
Literature Resource - Reference (Gale)(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Biographies, bibliographies and analysis of over 115,000 authors. In-depth coverage of 2000 of the most studied authors.
Lives, the Biography Resource Biographies of people who are no longer living.
Who's Who on the Web(Restricted to UW-Eau Claire) Biographical profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government, business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and sports
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