E-Resource Spotlight: Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank is an essential full-text database for biographical research in any discipline, such as women’s studies, cultural studies, media studies, and more! This biographical database offers in-depth profiles from Current Biography and World Authors, the periodical coverage of Biography Index and the specialist content of Junior Authors & Illustrators. This database provides coverage of more than 750,000 individuals, over 90,000 of whom have an associated full-text biography, more than 3.5 million records, links to more than 650,000 related full-text articles, over 36,000 photo images, and substantive narrative profiles averaging 3,000 words in length. Biography Reference Bank search results can be limited by source type, and searchable indexes can be used to browse by biography name, document type, geographic terms and more. Users can even search for individuals based on any combination of occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday, and lifespan.