Biography Resources

Contains brief descriptions of business executives and covers more than Marketline. Registration required to use Bloomberg. See the Bloomberg link on the left of this page.

The primary resource for information on modern authors, including those who were active prior to 1960 and whose works continue to influence contemporary literature. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Access to the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, the Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series and the Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook.

Has extremely brief biographies (generally work history) of business executives. Search under Company, then Profile, then Key Employees.

Backfile goes back to 1851. Obituaries can be found by restricting to Document Type but free text searching sometimes works as well.

Scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art.

Biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the 4th century BC to the 21st century.