Biography Internet Resources

Websites

ABC Newsmaker Bios--collection of biographies on modern day world leaders
amillionlives.com--a directory of biography sites on the web
Biography.com--a collection of biographies on famous people both ancient and modern by the creators of the Biography Channel and Biography Magazine
Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography--biographies of scientists throughout history
Michigan ELibrary Reference Desk--an extensive list of links to biographies by subject
PBS Biographies--Click on the person and then "Special Features" to learn about various aspects of the person's life.
Women in World History Biographies--biographies of women who became world rulers and helped define the era in which they lived.
Online Databases
American National Biography--More than 18,000 articles about famous Americans no longer living. Many articles include helpful Web links. Gale Biography Resource Center--Combines award-winning biographies with full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
Biographies Plus Illustrated--Contains over 95,000 biographies and obituaries, thousands of biographical magazine articles, and over 26,000 printable photographs of the subjects. Cincinnati Public Library Card required. World Book Encyclopedia--A collection of every article from the 22-volume print set plus thousands more, with state-of-the art multimedia, editor-reviewed Web sites, and more.
Encyclopedia Britannica--Three encyclopedias (100,000+ articles), atlas, dictionary, images and video clips, reviewed Web sites, magazine articles and more.  

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