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Biography Resources

  • American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1
    This database provides books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts materials printed through 1816 in what is now the United States.
  • American National Biography
    This database offers more than 19,000 biographies of deceased American men and women, from different walks of life and different times in history who have helped shape the United States. Updated quarterly.
  • Britannica Academic
    This database combines the Encyclopedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, and primary sources from reputable websites chosen by Britannica editors. Creating an account allows for saving articles, media, etc. for later viewing, as well as resource packs that help keep research organized. Updated daily.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
    This database provides in-depth, richly illustrated encyclopedia articles on over 200,000 authors from all times and places worldwide, discussing their lives and works, as well as the historical, cultural, and social contexts in which they lived and wrote.
  • Gale in Context: Biography
    This database provides contextual biographies on over 600,000 people throughout time as well as present-day. Biographies also contain links to magazines, newspapers, web pages, and multimedia resources. Updated daily.
  • Gale Literature Best Bet New
    This database provides the full text of literary criticism and reviews, in-depth biographical articles, original works of literature, multimedia resources, and links to selected web resources on over 200,000 authors and their works from around the world, in all genres, and from all time periods from antiquity to contemporary emerging authors.
  • Gale Literature Resource Center
    This database provides the full text of literary criticism and reviews, biographies, original works of literature, multimedia resources, and links to selected web resources on more than 130,000 authors and their works, from all times and places.
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    Contains biographies of over 60,000 noteworthy people in British history from the dawn of the common era to the 21st century.