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Updated March 2007

BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES


American Authors on the Web
Biographies and links to works from 1550 to 1950.
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Author Yellow Pages
Searchable directory of author websites.
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Biography.com
Website to the A&E Television series.
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Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Each entry contains the nationality, birth/death date, a brief biography, career summary, list of writings, and a bibliography of additional writings on the author.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Public Library/Kids Version
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Essay Finder
Search for full-text essays and discursive writing based on books published in the 20th century. Essays focus on the humanities and social sciences, and include biographies and literary criticism. Subjects include literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama.
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Facts.com
Search for current events, world news and historical facts 1940 - present.
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First Search
First Search is a collection of outstanding databases. WorldCat includes the collection found at the Library of Congress as well as books, videos, audio books, maps, musical scores, and CD-ROMs found in libraries throughout the world. ArticleFirst, ECO, ERIC, PapersFirst, and Medline offer full-text articles and indexes to scholarly journals. Search for U.S. Government publications with GPO. FirstSearch also offers full-text access to some of the statistics and facts found in the World Almanac.
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Infotrac General Reference Gold
Access full-text articles in hundreds of magazines, journals and newspapers. This is an excellent source for author interviews and book reviews.
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Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library is maintained by the University of Michigan's School of Information and is an online library to a variety of reference materials. Discover online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, and more.
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McGraw-Hill AccessScience
Locate articles, dictionary terms and research updates in the field of science and technology.
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Novelist
The database offers suggestions for student and adult readers, author biographies, discussion questions, reviews and summaries of contemporary fiction as well as links to author websites.
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LitFinder
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