Wilson Web Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
The biographies are searchable by name, profession, title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, keyword, and presence of images.
Note: Wilson Web also includes:
Famous First Facts contains all of the entries from the revised Fifth Edition of Famous First Facts. Since the first publication, in 1933, through the Fifth Edition, published in 1997, Famous First Facts has been the standard record of notable American firsts. The entries are searchable by subject, name, city, state, and date, as well as by keyword.Short Story Index - Locate more than 84,000 stories—plus the full text of more than 1,600 stories—with the pinpoint accuracy of electronic searching! For the reader seeking short fiction by a favorite author, the teacher looking for the quintessential example of a particular genre, or the student researching the body of work of a literary figure.
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10/25/05