Databases by Type - Biography

See also General & Multidisciplinary.

Database Title	Description	Coverage	Some Full Text
Academic OneFile	Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included	1980-	Y
America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts	Historical abstracts of global history research journals, covering 1450 to the present. America History and Life can be searched by choosing the drop down option for for U.S. and Canadian history. Titles Indexed	1886-	N
American Men and Women of Science	Biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological, and related sciences.	Current	Y
Biography Resource Center	Biographical information on people from throughout history. Titles Included \| Search Tips	Current	Y
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Search Gale eBook reference content such as Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of Bioethics and 20+ other titles. Help	2000-	Y
JSTOR	Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included \| Search Tips	1800s-	Y
LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic	Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information. For biographical information choose "Reference," then "Biographical Information." Contains biographical sources, people-related news sources and some biographical stories, obituaries and business related stories covering company executives. Titles Included \| Search Tips	Varies	Y
New York Times - ProQuest Historical Newspapers	Search full text and image 1851-2004 including news, illustrations, editorials, and advertisements. For full text of current articles, use LexisNexis Academic. Search Tips	1851-2004	Y
Readers' Guide Retrospective	The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890. Titles Included	1890 - 1982	N

Additional Web Sites

Biography.com
Library Catalog
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