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Biographies Plus Illustrated  Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.

American National Biography  Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index  Indexes numerous printed reference sources that include usually short biograhical information on multiple persons. Covers living and deceased people all over the world in all occupations.

Biography Index  Z 5301 .B5 (Reference Collection)
Indexes biographical information from thousands of periodicals and books. Coverage from 1984. Updated weekly.

Biography.comIncludes brief biographical sketches of over 25,000 people, both living and deceased. A good place to do quick verification.

Who's Who on the Web  Provides brief, usually up to date and usually reliable biographical information about more than 1.3 million people. Entries focus on frequently needed facts, such as birthdates, education, career, publications, and other objective data supplied by the individual to the editors. Who's Who in America biographies go back to 1607. The coverage of the rest of the Marquis Who's Who series is from 1985 to the present.

African American Biographical Database  Biographical profiles, full-text sketches and photographs of prominent African Americans from all walks of life between 1790-1950.
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Biographical DictionaryContains information on over 33,000 notable people from ancient times to the present.

Biographical Directory of the United States CongressShort biographies of past and present members of the U.S. congress.

Biographical Resources: Finding Information on the Famous, Infamous and Obscure.List of free biographical resources from the Internet, compiled by librarians from the Association of College & Research Libraries.

Contemporary Authors  Z 1224 .C6 (Ref)
Part of the Literature Resource Center, this directory provides brief biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the US and elsewhere. Includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and many other fields.

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Biographical profiles of African Americans in the sciences, math and engineering.

Nobel Prize WinnersLists all the winners of Nobel prizes in each category with photos, press releases and other information.

Pulitzer PrizesLists all the Pulitzer prize winners by year.

The Presidents of the United StatesBiographies and portraits of the presidents and First Ladies from the White House site.

Who's Alive and Who's DeadHelps keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive. Listed by category (acting, politics, sports, etc.) and alphabet.

Biographical Information GuideAn in-depth guide to finding biographical information at WMU libraries with an extensive list of print and online sources.

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