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Biography Article Databases
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MAS Ultra School
Over 500 popular high school magazines. Includes pamphlets, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection of more than 200,000 photos, maps, and flags.
Literature Criticism Online (LCO)
Extensive resource on literary reviews and criticism on short stories, poetry, Shakespeare, 19th - 20th Century and contemporary literature, and biographies of authors.
Literature Online (LION)
Literary criticisms, reference resources plus over 350,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the seventh century to the present day.
ProQuest Research Library
Humanities, social sciences and sciences. Peer-reviewed articles, constructs bibliography in MLA or APA style.
Encyclopædia Britannica
An authoritative information source with articles, images, videos and links to reviewed websites.
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Books In Print
Bibliographic information for books, audios and videos.
Alt-Press Watch
Alternative and independent presses.
ACS Web Editions
(American Chemical Society)
Over 30 peer-reviewed journals and archives back to 1879.
Biography Web Links
Academy of Achievement, Museum of Living History
Novel Prize-winners in the arts and sciences, world-renowned public servants, crusading journalists, intrepid explorers of our planet and outer space, revered humanitarians, world champion athletes, legendary figures of stage and screen, and countless other who represent the pinnacle of achievement in their respective fields.
Biographical Dictionary
The Biographical Dictionary can give you a selection of people to choose from when studying for specific periods in history. In addition to searching by popular sports, you can search by other sports related keywords, such as, mountaineer or cyclist. You can also search important "firsts" and major achievements, using keywords such as first women.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774 - Present
Search Congress by name, position or state.
Biography
You can search more than 25,000 lives, past and present by name, keyword, or category (i.e. musicians, poets, mathematicians, philosophers, politicians, presidents and more).
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Searching by subject or name, this site contains biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today.
Information Please
Search 30,000 biographies by categories, including people in the news, recent deaths, world rulers, Presidents, Vice Presidents, American Indians, explorers, scientists, poets, writers, filmmakers, artists, athletes, business leaders, and more!
North American Artists
Search 42,000 American artists, by name or topic.
Poets Corner
Contains biographies on famous poets, including William Blake, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, John Donne, Emily Dickinson, T.S. Elliot, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman and more.
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