A biographical dictionary of about 17,500 individuals significant to American history, from the earliest recorded European exploration to the 21st century. These are print books.
Thousands of overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, primary sources, creative works and multimedia elements comprise the Discovering Collection comprehensive online reference resource.
Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references more than 165,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 215,000 titles into one source.
The ODNB provides concise, illustrated biographies of over 57,000 people associated with the British Isles, from the 4th century BC to the 21st century. This is the first place to go for British biographical information and bibliographies of additional biographical sources. It is updated 3 times each year.
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Print version is available in the Ellis Library reference section at DA28 .O95 2004.
Original 19th century edition is freely available online through the Hathi Trust Digital Library at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001598808
Brief entries for over 28,000 people. Searchable by name, birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works. Wiki format.