Ready Reference: Biographies
Biography is: |
(1) a written history of a person's life;
(2) biographical writings in general;
(3) a life history (as of a coin). |
- This section provides links to biographical resources on Internet.
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TITLE: |
a.k.a. |
DESCRIPTION: |
Includes over 7,400 "author pseudonyms, aliases,
nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms des plumes, maiden names...
etc."--Title screen. |
KEYWORDS: |
aliases, pseudonyms, authors |
TITLE: |
American Biography |
DESCRIPTION: |
"These biographies were written by middle-school
students about famous (and infamous) figures in American history."--Title screen. |
AUTHOR: |
Eric Lundman |
KEYWORDS: |
united states, biographies |
TITLE: |
Authors
'N Books |
DESCRIPTION: |
"This collection provides information on over 3,050
authors who wrote over 85.000 collectible books using over 8,500 true and pen
names."--Title screen. It also provides checklists of the author's books. This site
has very brief biographical information on authors of collectible books. |
E-MAIL: |
webmaster@authorsnbooks.com |
KEYWORDS: |
biographies, authors, collectible books |
TITLE: |
Biographical Dictionary |
DESCRIPTION: |
"This dictionary covers more than 19,000 notable men and
women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day."--Title
screen. |
KEYWORDS: |
biographies |
TITLE: |
Biographie.net |
CREATOR: |
Biographie.net. |
DESCRIPTION: |
A "biographical search-engine, which indexes more than
2500 biographies, in English, French and soon Spanish"--Supplied by vendor. Users can
select the language for searching. |
E-MAIL: |
webmaster@biographie.net |
KEYWORDS: |
biographies, celebrities, stars |
TITLE: |
Biography.com |
DESCRIPTION: |
Contains biographical magazines and books, over 20,000
searchable and browsable in-depth biographies, discussion lists, etc. |
KEYWORDS: |
biographies |
TITLE: |
Dead People Server |
DESCRIPTION: |
"A list of interesting celebrities who are, or might
plausibly be dead, with information as to who has really Rung Down the Curtain and Joined
the Choir Invisible, and who's Just Resting."-Title screen. |
KEYWORDS: |
dead, deceased biographies |
TITLE: |
Encyclopedia & Biography |
DESCRIPTION: |
A keyword searchable meta-index for locating names, terms and
phrases in encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries. |
KEYWORDS: |
encyclopedias, biographies |
TITLE: |
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive |
DESCRIPTION: |
An annotated, hyperlinked list of all Nobel laureates in the
categories of literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, or physiology &
medicine. |
KEYWORDS: |
nobel prize winners, biographies |
TITLE: |
OCLC NetFirst Calendar
Planner |
CREATOR: |
OCLC. |
DESCRIPTION: |
Provides birth anniversaries and events happened on the days
of a week in the past years. The calendar started from the week of September 13, 1998. It
also lists annotated links to the sites that offer biographical information of the persons
and historical information of the events. A very nice reference source for biographies and
historical events. |
KEYWORDS: |
calendar, biographies, historical events |
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