Biographies

Databases

American National Biography

Provides biographical information on North American men and women of renown. Only profiles persons who are dead.

Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson)

Covers people in the news and a full range of history-makers featuring biographical profiles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches or obituaries.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

A collection of databases designed to help students with a variety of school assignments. Includes its own Multimedia Gallery of still images, film clips, and sound bites.

Gale Student Resources in Context

A collection of databases designed to help students with a variety of school assignments. Includes its own Multimedia Gallery of still images, film clips, and sound bites.

Literature Resource Center

Contains biographical information about 120,000 authors and critical analysis of their works, including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, and Ntozake Shange.

Oxford African American Studies Center

Focuses on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Salem History

Online access to Great Athletes, Decades: 1960s in America, Great Events: Ancient World, and Great Lives: Ancient World.

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