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Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)

Comprehensive index to more than 11 million biographical sketches in over 3000 current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures. Current.

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Marquis Who's Who on the Web
Over 1.3 million biographies taken from several Marquis Who's Who print titles. 1607-current.

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Print titles include:
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in American Education
- Who's Who in American Law
- Who's Who in American Nursing
- Who's Who of American Women
- Who's Who in Asia
- Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
- Who's Who in Entertainment
- Who's Who in Finance and Business
- Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals
- Who's Who in Media and Communications
- Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Who's Who in Religion
- Who's Who in Science and Engineering
- Who's Who in the East
- Who's Who in the Midwest
- Who's Who in the South and Southwest
- Who's Who in the West
- Who's Who in the World
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World Who's Who
Biographies of international heads of state, politicians, religious leaders and ambassadors, to those in business, finance, technology, film, music, fashion, sport, literature and the performing arts. current.
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- International Who's Who Online
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Outlines the lives and achievements of nearly 22,300 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. 4th century BC-2000.
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- Dictionary of National Biography
- Oxford DNB
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Literature Resource Center
Biographical essays on more than 100,000 authors and criticism and interpretation of plays, novels, poetry and short stories.
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- Gale Literature Resource Center
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The Resource Center includes Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, plus selected full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from Gale's Literature Criticism and For Students Series, which are comprised of Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism, Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature of Developing Nations for Students, Literature and Its Times, Novels for Students, Poetry Criticism, Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.
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