Biographies Plus
Wilson Biographies Plus contains the full text of the articles from more than 100 print volumes of biographical reference books published by H.W. Wilson. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H.W. Wilson databases. Wilson Biographies Plus contains more than 45,000 biographies. It includes all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers throughout history.The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, and keyword.
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