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Biographies

• Biography Resource Center
  http://www.kcls.org/cgi-bin/ipcheck?biography
  A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

• Biographical Dictionary
  http://www.s9.com/biography/
  A searchable source of more than 19,000 notable men and women from ancient times to the present day.

• Nobel Prize Internet Archive
  http://www.almaz.com/nobel/
  Nobel prize winners with brief biographical sketches, bibliographies, links, and even portraits.

• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
  http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
  Biographies of women writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, artists, and others.

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Biography Search

• Biography.com: Bio Search
  http://www.biography.com/search/
  A searchable database of over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present."

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Biographical Sources in the Library

• Search for biographies in the library.

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