GENERAL BIOGRAPHIES:
Biography.com  25,000 database of the most famous.  Good links to other sites.
Biographical Dictionary  Short dictionary style entries for more than 28,000 men and women from the ancient past to the
     present day.  
Congressional Biographical dictionary  U. S. Congress 1774 to the present
Famous People of the 20th Century  From About.com
Information Please Almanac  30,000 + entries from an encyclopedia, dictionary, or almanac
AllRefer.com  Extensive info from trusted sources on over 100,000 articles.  Divided into topics such as earth & environment, history, literature & arts, health & medicine etc.  Each section includes biographies.  Annoying pop ups
Who's Alive and Who's Dead  Birth and death date if dead, Status - alive/dead, if dead, age at death.
Who's Who online from Marquis  In library use only

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08/11/2006    reference@publibuc.org     570-523-1172