Biography Reference Bank

Use this resource to look for:

  • The biographies of all the Nobel Peace Prize winners
  • A list of the important figures during World War II
  • The biographies of famous Latino writers
  • Historic and current biographies of people in the arts

Biography Reference Bank offers a comprehensive collection of biographies, including the complete full-text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine and thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases. In addition to keyword searching, users can locate biographies of interest by browsing various genre categories, including actors, authors, composers, explorers, figures relevant to U.S. and world history, inventors, musicians, Presidents of the United States, current world leaders, and many others.

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