Research Guides: Biographies: Databases

Databases

Biography Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of full-text biographies.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
Index to biographical reference works.
Enables you to quickly determine where to find biographical material on people from all time periods, geographic locations, and fields of endeavor. Contains names, birth/death years, and bibliographic references to books containing material on that person and an indication of which books or articles include a portrait.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive reference collection (dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies etc.) for all academic disciplines.
Credo Reference provides a complete reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, quotation books, bilingual dictionaries, measurement conversions, and more.
Ebooks (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Middle Search Plus This link opens in a new window
Full text for popular middle school magazines, biographies and historical essays.
Includes primary source documents, reference books and an image collection.

Classical Music Reference Library (Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, and other reference works on classical music.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
An encyclopedia on all aspects of music history and music-related topics.
This is a continuously updated online version of the former historically significant print references: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, and The Grove Dictionary of American Music. Articles include biographies, bibliographies, composers’ works lists, and illustrations. It includes numerous “tools and resources,” or indexes, for accessing the textual and musical content as well as links to related sites, sound archives, illustrations.

Literature Resource Center (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Collection of reference works about literature.
Includes access to content from Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography Online, and a variety of other online sources of literary criticism and biography.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window
Online version of Gale Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Provides biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Science Online This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia for the sciences.
Presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, videos, diagrams, definitions, biographies, and experiments.

American Women's History Online This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia of the history of women in the United States.
Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States. Includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, time-lines, images and videos, maps and charts. All full text.
American History This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia of American history.
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience. Includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, images and videos, maps and charts. All full text.
African-American History This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia of African-American history.
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.
Civil War Collection This link opens in a new window
Online archive of newspaper articles published in and books during the U.S. Civil War.
Contains the full text of major articles from The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Included are descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies.