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Biographical Resources

  • Biography
    A searchable and browsable online collection of 15,000 cross-referenced biographies from A&E Television.
  • Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Duke only)
    Indexes current, readily-available biographical reference sources. More Info
  • Biography Resource Center (Duke only)
    A biographical source that culls from major reference works as well as less mainstream journals.
  • Contemporary Authors
    Now part of the Literature Resource Center (see below)
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
    Now part of the Literature Resource Center (see below)
  • Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
    Provides more than 3000 separate brief biographies on figures transplanted and aboriginal to New Zealand.
  • Literature Resource Center (Duke only)
    Provides the full text of biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age, nation, language, and literary discipline.
  • Lives - the Biography Resource
    Provides links to thousands of web-based biographies.
  • Basic Sources for British Biography
    Materials available in the Duke University Libraries.
  • Who2
    Brief biographies of famous persons, accessible through browse and search functions, as well as "loops" of individuals with common interests.
  • Who's Alive and Who's Dead
    "Helps you keep track of which famous people have died and which are still alive."