Guides: Databases by Type: Biography: Databases by Type: Biography

Top Sources

Biography in Context (Gale in Context Biography)
Biographical information on people from throughout history.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included

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Academic OneFile (Gale Academic OneFile)
Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more.

Coverage: 1980-
Some Full Text: Yes
Full Text Titles Included
America: History & Life (WPI access ends on 8/31/2020)
Due to budgetary constraints, access to America History & Life will end on 8/31/2020. Web of Science (Arts & Humanities Citation Index), Humanities International database, and JSTOR are recommended alternative options. Please contact our research librarians at gr-reslib@wpi.edu for further assistance.

Coverage: 1954-
Some Full Text: No
Titles Indexed
American Men and Women of Science
Biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological, and related sciences.

Coverage: 2007
Some Full Text: Yes
Biography in Context (Gale in Context Biography)
Biographical information on people from throughout history.

Coverage: Current
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included
JSTOR
Online archive of eBooks and complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields.

Coverage: 1800s-
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included | Search Tips
LexisNexis Academic -- Now called Nexis Uni
Full text news, legal, business, and biographical information.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes
Titles Included | Search Tips
New York Times (Historical)
Search full text and images 1851-2016 including news, illustrations, editorials, and advertisements.

Coverage: 1851-2016
Full Text: Yes
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The Gordon Library also has print copies of the current 4 weeks of issues, located on the 2nd and ground floors.
Readers' Guide Retrospective [access end 3/30/2021]
The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890.

Coverage: 1890 - 1982
Full Text: No

Additional Websites

Biography.com

For more Biography resources visit the Boston Public Library and register for an eCard. Any student, faculty or employee may get a BPL eCard or full Borrowers card.

Library Catalog
Search for WPI library materials including print and electronic books, journals, and audio visual materials.

Coverage: Varies
Full Text: Yes