Biography Reference Bank
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2005). A Library Journal Best Reference Source. A Reference Books Bulletin Top 10 Biography Reference Source.
“A top of the line biographical reference tool.”—School Library Journal.
Find biographical information on more than 500,000 people, with fast, versatile WilsonWeb searching. Besides substantive narrative biographies, edited in-house for quality, Biography Reference Bank brings you biographical information from nearly 8,000 periodicals: profiles, features, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, and obituaries (including over 175,000 full-text articles). More than 36,000 images (and growing) bring the profiles to life, with more color photos than you'll find on any competing biography database.
Search by name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works, keyword, or any combination—the wide variety of options make Biography Reference Bank invaluable for women’s studies, multicultural studies, and other areas beyond simple biographical research. Daily additions of new information from periodicals keeps research on any individual up to date, and the database grows by some 1,000 narrative profiles per year.
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Last Updated: 07/22/08
