| MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES |
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
via GaleNet |
Varies |
Indexes more than 16 million biographical sketches from 1,000+ volumes and editions of current and retrospective biographical reference sources. |
 Biography Resource Center
via GaleNet |
Varies |
Biographies on more than 165,000 people from 470+ scholarly journals, magazines, and reference sources. Also includes The Complete Marquis Who's Who (20 Marquis sources). |
Biography Index
via WilsonWeb |
1984-present |
Indexes 3,000+ publications with biographical information. |
Biographical Information - LexisNexis Academic
via LexisNexis |
Current |
Biographical information on directors, politicians, celebrities and other leading figures in their field. The information may contain data such as positions, date of birth, education, achievements and interests. |
Gale Virtual Reference Library
via GaleNet |
Varies |
Access to 65 Reference titles published by Gale Group, including "Encyclopedia of World Biography."
List of available titles. |
| SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES |
African American Biographical Database
via Chadwyck-Healey |
1790-present |
Indexes biographies of thousands of African Americans in all fields |
History Resource Center: United States
via GaleNet |
Varies |
Searchable U.S. history dictionaries, chronology, and encyclopedias. Includes 4,000+ primary source materials and full-text articles from 110+ history journals. Covers U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to present. |
Literature Resource Center (LRC)
via GaleNet |
Varies |
Journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, book chapters, and websites, on 130,000+ authors and their works. Search by author, title, authors by type, genre, or literary timeline. Includes a link to Encyclopedia of Literature and Gale Literary Index. Includes Scribner Writers Series Online, Twayne's Authors Online. |
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage
via Standard and Poor's |
Varies |
Register of Company Officers.
Select "Register Executives" from the drop down menu on the right under Publication Search. |
| RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES |
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
via Britannica |
Current |
Web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes multidisciplinary articles, internet links and images. |
| INTERNET SITES |
| Biography |
 A&E Television Networks |
| Nobel Prize Internet Archive |
Ona Wu |
| RELATED GUIDES AND TUTORIALS |
| Finding Biographical Information |
FIU Libraries |