Profiles living persons in the physical and biological fields, as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 scientists in the U.S. and Canada, providing birthdate, birthplace, field of specialty, education, honorary degrees, current position, professional and career information, awards, memberships, research information, and addresses for each entrant where available.
Contains 17,435 biographical articles on deceased Americans from the 1999 print edition. The ANB includes men and women that were significant in politics, scholarship, science, sports, business, theater, film, and activism. Searchable by keyword, name, sphere of activity, birthplace, birth and death dates, and author/compiler. Contains 80,000 cross-reference links, selected links to other sites, and thousands of illustrations.
Covers individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world by indexing reference sources such as biographical dictionaries and who's who guides, subject encyclopedias, and volumes of literary criticism. Entries include name, birth and death dates, and source citations. Searchable by name, birth and death dates, source titles, free text of entry, and availability of portrait. The total number of biographical sketches indexed by BGMI is now more than 16.6 million. Updated biannually. This resource contains citations only and not full-text articles.
The Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 325,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 427,000 biographies from over 960 volumes of more than 135 respected Gale sources with full-text articles from more than 270 magazines. Entries are arranged by narrative biographies, thumbnail biographies, magazine articles, and websites when available. Searchable by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, gender, birth and death years and locations, and availablity of images.
This biographical dictionary includes all entries from the classic Dictionary of Scientific Biography as well as entries from the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The extensive biographical essays focus on scientists from atiquity to modern times, excluding those who are still living.
A bio-bibliographical guide to writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. The LRC includes Contemporary Authors, with biographical coverage of more than 124,000 writers; Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, with profiles of some of the most studied authors; and the Dictionary of Literary Biography, with more than 11,700 biocritical essays on authors and their works. Searchable by name, title of work, subject/genre, nationality, date and place of birth, honors, awards and more.
Features over 1.3 million of the most accomplished individuals from all fields of endeavor including government, business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and sports. Biographical coverage including the following data elements: birth data, family, education and degree, career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information.
Includes full-text access to many reference sources in African American studies, such as the Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895, Black Women in America, and African American National Biography. The AASC also features bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections, key primary source documents, and selected links to Internet resources. Searchable by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and interests, religion and much more. Updated daily.
An illustrated collection of 55,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2002. No living people are included. References at the end of each entry include sources, likenesses, archives, and wealth at death where available.
WBIS Online indexes the extensive microfiche sets of biographical archives that are located in the Reference collection. The fiche sets include biographical articles from printed reference works published from the 16th to the 21st century, providing profiles of people from all centuries as well as countries and regions worldwide. WBIS does not provide the full text of the biographies, but indicates where the biography can be found within the Biographical Archive fiche collection.
Contains up-to-date bibliographical, biographical, and contact information for nearly 20,000 living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries typically include name, pseudonyms, addresses, citizenship, birth date, specialization, career information, and a bibliography. Contact information includes e-mail addresses where available.
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