People & Biographies Subject Guide

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LexisNexis Library Express LexisNexis® Library Express
LexisNexis® Library Express provides full-text access to full-text to over 6,000 unique magazines and newspapers.  People search is available. 
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Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
(Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Contains essays on Native American groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Search by name of tribe.
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Writer's Directory
(Gale Virtual Reference Library)
This resource features biographical and contact information for thousands of living authors worldwide who have at least one English publication. Entries typically include name, pseudonyms, addresses, birth date, career information, and a list of their works.
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A&E Biography.com
Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present.

American Presidents: Life Portraits
A Site to Complement C-SPAN's 20th Anniversary Television Series, American Presidents: Life Portraits.

Biography-Center
A-Z directory of multi-lingual biography websites for more than 8,000 people.

Dead or Alive?
Find out if famous people are living or have passed away.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present
This site has links to biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers and others. Also includes a bibliography of books about women.

Internet Public Library - Biographies
IPL's links to biographical websites on artists, architects, authors, politicians, entertainers, musicians, and more.

InfoPlease - Biographies
30,000+ biographies of presidents, athletes, entertainers & more from Information Please Almanac.

PBS Biographies
Explore PBS's exceptional biographies of notable American people.

People.com
You don't have to subscribe to People magazine to keep up with your favorite celebrities.

Political Graveyard
Comprehensive source of U.S. Political biographies.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees
Biographies of inducted members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from 1986 to present.

TIME 100
TIME magazine's top 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

Who2
Find famous people fast at Who2.com.