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General Education Biography Resources
Biography In Context
A comprehensive database of biographical information on over 480,000 people. Formerly
Biography Resource Center
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes more than 15 million biographical sketches from reference books. Find a citation and then look in
LEO
to see if JMU Libraries has the reference book it is in.
Biographical Dictionary
Includes brief entries on over 28,000 notable people past and present.
Biography.Com
Site by A&E Entertainment Network includes over 25,000 biographical entries.
American National Biography
A biographical resource for notable people in American history with a database offering portraits...
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