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American National Biography from ANB This link opens in a new window
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Provides biographies of thousands of Americans throughout history.
Covering the diversity of American social political, cultural, religious, economic, scientific, and popular life the online edition is updated quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, and links to selected web sites.
Biography in Context from Gale This link opens in a new window
Text, video, audio clips and images about 250,000+ people from throughout history, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Formerly Biography Resource Center.

Britannica Online from Britannica This link opens in a new window
Full text contents of the Encyclopædia Britannica plus videos, images, quizzes, image galleries and more
Funk and Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia from EBSCO This link opens in a new window
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Full-text of the 25,000 entries of this encyclopedia. 2009 edition.