Biographical Information -- Databases

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Encyclopedias covering every discipline. Search by name.

Biography Index (Wilson)

Indexes biographies, autobiographies, interviews, obituaries, collections of letters, diaries, memoirs, juvenile literature, book reviews, bibliographies, and exhibition reviews. Covers more than 3,000 English-language periodicals. Includes books of individual and collective biography. People covered range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.

OmniFile Full Text Mega (Wilson)

Full-text articles covering all disciplines. Search by name.

Academic Search Premier

Full-text articles in all disciplines. Search by name.

ABI/INFORM Complete

Articles from 4,000 journals and providing access to more than 2,900 full-text titles.

ProQuest Newspapers

Full-text newspapers, U.S. and international. Search by name.

LexisNexis Academic

Full-text articles covering all subject areas with a section for biographical information.

Marquis Who'sWho on the Web

A searchable database offering extensive profiles for more than 1.4 million noteworthy American and international individuals representing all fields. Updated daily. Allows searching by 15 criteria including name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and special interests, political affiliation, and religion.