George C. Gordon Library

Databases by Type - Biography

See also General & Multidisciplinary.

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Database Title In Quick Find Description Coverage Some Full Text Restricted to...

Academic OneFile

yes

Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included

1980-

Y

MBLC

America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts

yes

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

WPI

American Men and Women of Science

Biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological, and related sciences.

Current

Y

WPI

Biography Resource Center

Biographical information on people from throughout history. Titles Included | Search Tips

Current

Y

WPI

Gale Virtual Reference Library

yes

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

WPI

JSTOR

yes

Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips

1800s-

Y

WPI

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

WPI

New York Times - ProQuestCSA Historical Newspapers

yes

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

WPI

Readers' Guide Retrospective

yes

The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890. Titles Included

1890 - 1982

N

WPI

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