Biographical Information: Databases

“A consolidated index to more than 2,270,000 biographical sketches in 320 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.” Sources indexed cover both living and deceased persons from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. However, the emphasis is on living persons from the United States.

Comprehensive database of more than 8,000 journals covering all subject areas.

Authoritative source of American biographical information.

Comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Includes biographies of persons from antiquity to the present, drawn from approximately 100 H. W. Wilson Co. print references, including the 58 volumes of Current Biography Yearbooks, 1940 to the present, and the 14 volumes of World Author Series, as well as other sources.

Consists of authoritative references from the Encyclopedia Britannica and includes many articles not found in the print version.

Includes a People Search form in the Subject Areas section of LexisNexis Academic.

Comprehensive and authoritative source of British biographical information.

Access to a number of genealogical and historical resources, including images of the decennial U.S. census from 1790-1930.

Biographical information on academic researchers in the United States.

The “Members” section provides biographical and other information on members of Congress.

Includes biographical information on literary authors.

LRC combines biographical, bibliographical and contextual information to provide information on authors and their works.

Includes biographical information about artists.

Includes biographical information about musicians.

The “Members & Committees” section provides biographical and other information on members of Congress.