Databases: Biography

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Biography Databases and Websites
Primary Databases
Multiple Fulltext Sources  PowerSearch
Cross-searches seventeen scholarly databases at once!
Or search individually: Expanded Academic, OneFile, more...
Single Fulltext Source  American National Biography Online
Biographies of 18,000 Americans
Video / Multimedia Database  Discovery Education
Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more
(What Is The Password To This Database?)
New Database   Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
Critical survey of figures, schools and movements in literary theory
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Newsbank - World News
Full Text Newspaper Articles from around the world!
Video / Multimedia Database  Research Channel Videos
Over 3,500 streaming videos on a wide variety of subjects
Video / Multimedia Database  UnitedStreaming [MOVED]
Now titled Discovery Education (see above).
Single Fulltext Source  Women And Social Movements In The U.S., 1600-2000
Full Text database
eBook Collections
New Database  Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
New Database  Credo Reference - Biography
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Multiple Fulltext Sources  Humanities Ebook Collection
Over 1700 FullText Ebooks in history and the humanities
Multiple Fulltext Sources   netLibrary
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
Multiple Fulltext Sources   Oxford Reference Online Collection
Online reference books, including several biographical reference books in specific subjects
Secondary Databases
Single Fulltext Source   Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
Multiple Fulltext Sources   JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
Web Resources
Government Site   Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
1974-Present
Internet Site   Biographical Dictionary
More than 28,000 entries
Internet Site   Biography.com
The web's best bios, including Biography on A&E
Internet Site   Black America Web
News and information featuring a wide array of viewpoints and perspectives
Internet Site   ISI Highly Cited
Information about individuals and institutions who have contributed to research and the advancement of the sciences.
Internet Site   Nobel Foundation (Nobel Prize Laureates)
Nobel events and Nobel Laureates Bios
Education Site   University of Pennsylvania Biography
World and U.S. biographies
.Org Site   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Multilingual, open content encyclopedia on the Internet
CD-ROMs
CD-ROM   Dictionary of American Biography
Biographies of prominent Americans - In library only