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- Biography Resource Center Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
- Gale Student Resource Center Student Resource Center provides biographical information through a selection of reference materials, thousands of full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary documents, and multimedia content.
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- World Book Info Finder Based on World Book Encyclopedia, this resource for students features rich collections of multimedia on a variety of topics; a biography center; science fair projects; links to world newspapers, research guides, and much more.
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- Biography.com Includes biographies, photos, interviews and video clips. From A&E’s Biography channel.
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