The ANB contains over 17,500 profiles on historical figures written by an expert in the field and completed with a bibliography. The scope of the work is enormous--from the earlest recorded European explorations to the very recent past.
Includes biographical coverage of economists worldwide.
Databases
Bloomberg
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.
Providing information about more than 12,000 authors from all time periods and from all parts of the world.
Scholarly art encyclopedia covering all aspects of Western and non-Western visual art.
It includes the full text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 volumes),The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
Part of an ongoing project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics.
Biographical guide to the more than 13,000 individuals who have served in the national legislature and Continental Congress. Searchable by name, position, and state.