 Best Bets - Top Search Tools in Biographies |
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 Biographies Plus |
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Full text biographies. Searchable by name, profession, and more.  |
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Biography & Genealogy Master Index |
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Do a search on a name and find places in reference books where you can find info on the person |
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Contemporary Authors |
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Full text biographies of writers, poets, journalists, playwrights & more. |
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Oxford Reference Online - Dictionaries/Encyclopedias |
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Just do a search here on the person's name & pull up entries from a variety of good sources |
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African American Biographical Database |
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Full text and image biographical information for African Americans who lived 1790-1950. Great historical resource. |
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Gerritsen Women's History Online |
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Full text and image info for women who lived 1543 - 1945. Great historical resource. |
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North American Immigrants Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories |
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Letters, diaries and personal narratives make this a unique historical biography resource. |
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Academic Search Complete |
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Multi-topic tool with full text for nearly 4,500 journals including 3,700+ peer-reviewed journals. |
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Masterfile Premier |
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Multi-topic tool includes full text of popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, and more. |
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Reader's Guide Full Text |
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Multi-topic tool includes full text of mostly "popular" general interest magazines |
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Lexis Nexis Academic Universe |
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Full-text news & newspapers, business, legal, medical, and reference information. |
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