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Biographical Information

Provided through the Wyoming State Library, this collection of more than 4,000 databases covers U.S., U.K., and Canada and includes census, vital, church, court, and immigration records. If off campus, you will be prompted to login with your NWC login.

Biography In Context (Gale)

Search for people - both current & historic from all eras and fields of endeavor.

Blooms Literary Reference Collection (Blooms Literature)

This resource contains critical essays from over 500 literary journals and 2,300 scholarly and critical books, including 700 titles published by Bloom's Literary Criticism and Facts On File. Also included in the database are more than 13,000 biographies, 45,000 character entries, 5,000 synopses of literary works and hundreds of images and videos. Also, explore some of the most significant figures in literature from ancient times to the present day.

Britannica Academic Edition

An excellent online encyclopedia, dictionary, and world atlas. Don't know much about your topic? Start here.

Family Search

The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world. From Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah

FindLaw Constitutional Law Center

Not specifically a government site, this site, produced by Thomson Reuters, is a free educational resource site dedicated to the United States Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court: historical documents, biographies, Supreme Court Decisions, Town Hall forum, Federal & State Statutes & more....

Gale Ebooks (Was Gale Reference or GVRL)

All of your favorite reference books online. Search within one reference title, across several reference titles, or even across several other Gale databases.

HathiTrust

HathiTrust (pronounced "Hot'-y") is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than sixty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide.

History Reference Center

(via EbscoHost) Full text from more than 860 history reference books and encyclopedias, cover to cover full text from nearly 60 history magazines, 58,000 historical documents, 43,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 12,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical film and video.

InfoPlease

Provides a free, online encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, biographies and more...

Library of Congress

The LOC's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. Search the library's catalog and collections.

Literature Criticism Online (Gale)

Includes author biographies and reviews and criticism of their works in contemporary, children, drama, poetry, and short story literature.

Literature Resource Center (Gale)

Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline; 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors.

MAS Ultra - School Edition

(via EbscoHost) Designed specifically for high school libraries; provides full text for more than 700 popular general interest and current events publications as far back as 1975; also more than 500 full text pamphlets, 542 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

MasterFILE Complete

(via EbscoHost) Multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 2,000 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975. Also includes more than 360 full text reference books, 84,074 biographies, 86,135 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 107,135 photos, maps and flags.

National Portrait Gallery - Portal to American Portraits

Search more than 100,000 portrait records from the Catalog of American Portraits (CAP), a survey of American portraits in public and private collections across the United States and abroad.

Oxford Art Online (Grove Art Online)

A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Was Grove Art Online.

Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. Browse poems, poets, articles, videos and more.

Scribner Writer Series [Gale]

Scribner Writers Series provides original, scholar signed essays on the lives and works of authors from around the world from all time periods. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical information that places the author and their works in personal and historical context.

World of Scientific Biography by Eric Weisstein (& World of Science Encyclopedia)

Contains author compiled encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics.