Biography Resource Center

This database integrates award-winning biographies from respected Gale sources with related full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and newspapers, as well as tens of thousands of images and links to vetted websites. Search for people---both current and historic from all eras and fields of endeavor---based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender, as well as keyword and full text. Or, combine search criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

Encyclopedia of World Biography
A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture.

Business Leader Profiles for Students

Profiles of significant contributors to business and industry, past and present, written especially for high school students.

Contemporary Novelists

Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of contemporary novelists, written by subject experts.

Contemporary Poets
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of poets from around the world, written by subject experts.