Current biography illustrated parts
- Users can search biographies in Current Biography Illustrated by occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday, lifespan, or any combination of these.
- More than 30,000 full-text biographies and 35,000 images from H.W. Wilson Company's printed magazine.
- Gr 6 Up--Current Biography Illustrated (CBI) contains the full text of the 25,000 biographies and obituaries that have appeared in Current Biography Yearbook.
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Biography Index Past and Present
Combining retrospective coverage with current indexing, this database offers users comprehensive, reliable information and insight about remarkable people from all periods of history and walks of life. It covers Biography Index from its first publication in 1946 through the present day and includes citations for material published as early as 1914.
Powerful Biographical Resource for All
Biography Index Past and Present is perfect for anyone searching for detailed biographical information, including students, scholars, media professionals, book clubs and researchers.
Indexed biographical subjects range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities, providing contextual information on writers, artists, statesmen, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, actors, business people and other important individuals.
The information is reflected in citations from thousands of periodicals internationally, as well as from notable books indexed back to 1946. Uned
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- Dictionary of Irish BiographyPublished in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy, the Dictionary of Irish Biography is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical reference work available both in print and online for Ireland. From James Ussher to James Joyce, St Patrick to Patrick Pearse, St Brigit to Maud Gonne ...
- American National Biography OnlinePortraits of more than 18,700 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the United States of America.
- Biography Index Past and PresentDetailed biographical information,for a range of subjects from antiquity to the present and representing all fields and nationalities, providing contextual information on writers, artists, statesmen, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, actors, business people and other important individuals.
- Canadian Who's WhoDocumenting the achievement of Canadians from a wide variety of occupations and professions, Canadian Who's Who records the diversity of culture in Canada. These biog
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[Online database]. Wilson, pricing starting at $835 [http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/ cbillus.htm]. (Last accessed April 23, 2003).
Current Biography, long a staple in many library collections, has been released on Wilson's new WilsonWeb system. The database offers more than 25,000 articles and obituaries and more than 19,500 images.
Search options include Basic, Advanced, and Browse. We tried several Basic searches: Clare Boothe Luce, Katharine Graham, and Supreme Court justices. We had the best results with the personal names--both came up first on our results lists, even though we misspelled both Clare and Boothe. In the Basic mode, users have the option to choose natural language or Boolean searching, using more than 30 operators.
Advanced Search, which is the default, is a better choice for Supreme Court justices. Here, we could refine our search so that, instead of looking for occurrences of the term...
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