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[edit] Databases

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index - Citations only
  

Index of reference books covering contemporary and historical figures.

• Book Review Index - Some full text
  

References to more than 4,000,000 reviews of approximately 2,000,000 distinct book and periodical titles. BRI Online dates from 1969 to the present and covers every review published in nearly 500 periodicals and newspapers.

• Encyclopedia of World Biography - Some full text
  

Approximately 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods.

• Academic OneFile - Some full text
  

Articles in a variety of subject areas from scholarly journals and general periodicals.

• Literature Resource Center - Full text
  

Critical analyses of literature and biographies of authors.

• LexisNexis Academic - Full text
  

Full-text of national and regional newspapers, including book, movie, and music reviews. (1990-present). Note: Click on "News," then click on "Arts & Sports"

• MLA Bibliography - Some full text
  

References to sources on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore (1963-present).

• Books in Print (Global) - Some full text reviews
  

Publication information on books in print and some out of print, with some reviews. Includes titles from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.; also videos and audiocassettes from the U.S.

[edit] Reference Sources

Unless otherwise noted all print sources are located in the Reference Stacks on the first floor of the library.

• Book Review Digest (Indexes and Abstracts -- Range 108)

• Book Review Index (Indexes and Abstracts -- Range 109)

• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (PN681.5.C57 1987)

• Contemporary Authors (PS129.C623)

• Contemporary Black Biography (E185.96)

• Contemporary Literary Criticism (PN771.C59)

• Current Biography (CT100 .C8)

• Dictionary of Literary Biography (PS21 .D5)

• Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (PN761.N5 1981)

• Poetry Criticism (PN1010.P499 1991)

• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (PN771.G27)

• Women in World History (HQ1115 .W6)

[edit] Websites

• Biography Index
  Extensive alphabetical list of biographies; emphasis on mathematicians.

• LitCheck
  Consise bibliographies of authors since 1950.

• New York Times Book Index
  Reviews since 1996. (Note: Use search box provided at the right of the screen, under "Book Search.")