Biography Database Index at the Des Plaines Public Library

Biography Resource Center Gale	Information on athletes, entertainers, politicians, historical figures, authors and many others.	Click here from home.
Contemporary Authors Gale	Biographical information on authors with full-text articles.	Click here from home.
Encyclopedia Americana Grolier Online	Article links, Web sites, research Topics, current events, maps and biographies.	Click here from home.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Grolier Online	Articles, pictures, maps, interactive atlas, timelines, dictionary and thesaurus.	Click here from home.
Literature Resource Center Gale	Literary criticism, articles, historical timelines, biographies and more.	Click here from home.
The New Book of Knowledge Grolier Online	Articles, current events and fun activities.	Click here from home.
New Book of Popular Science Grolier Online	Encyclopedia articles and activities on science and math.	Click here from home.
Student Resource Center - Silver Gale	Magazine articles, primary documents, photographs and illustrations.	Click here from home.
Biographical Reference Collection Virtual Reference Library Gale	Over 330 encyclopedias and specialized reference sources. Includes The Encyclopedia of World Biography and other biographical reference works.	Click here from home.
World Book Encyclopedia	Multimedia version of the print encyclopedia.	Click here from home.

	Free Web sites Biography.com – Brief biographies provided by the Biography Channel. Find A Grave - Information on the final resting places of thousands of famous people.

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