Biography Databases

For access to most databases you will need a USERNAME and PASSWORD. A pamphlet is available in the LRC which contains that information.

AccessScience contains more than 7,100 articles, 115,000 dictionary terms and hundreds of Research Updates in all areas of science and technology. Access Science also contains 2,000 biographies of scientists and mathematicians, Web sites related to the main articles and an Image Gallery.

Biography Resource Center provides biographies of people in the areas of literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, and the arts. The Biography Resource Center contains more than 422,000 biographies on more than 335,000 people from around the world and throughout history.

Encylopaedia Britannica contains three encyclopedias with more than 100,000 articles, atlas, dictionary, images and video clips, reviewed Web sites, magazine articles and more.