REFERENCE TOOLS
Biographical Sources
	American National Biography - Full Text Reliable scholarly biographies of major figures in American history.
	Biography Index - 1984 to present Indexes articles, books, and autobiographies for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present. Includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities. Sources include over 2,700 periodicals and 1,800 books.
	Biography Resource Center - MLIN - Full Text Draws from a variety of biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias as well as magazines.
	Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography [Gale] - Full Text Full-text biographical articles on scientists, from classical antiquity to modern times.
	Contemporary Authors (Biography Resource Center) - MLIN - Full Text See Biography Resource Center. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
	Dictionary of National Biography - Full Text The second edition of the renowned dictionary, with an illustrated collection of 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
	Gale Literary Index Sources for biographies of writers in many disciplines.
	Lives Online Biographical Metapage
	Marquis Who’s Who - Full Text Searchable biographies from various titles published by Marquis, including Who's Who in America, Who was Who in America, and the regional and subject Who's Who sources.

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