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Subscription databases

These databases provide specialized information, including newspaper and magazine articles that are not available for free on the Internet. They are paid for by your library. | Free Web sites

Subscription Databases

Biography Resource Center Gale	Information on athletes, entertainers, politicians, historical figures, authors and many others.

Contemporary Authors Gale	Biographical information on authors with full-text articles.

Encyclopedia Americana Grolier Online	Article links, Web sites, research Topics, current events, maps and biographies.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Grolier Online	Articles, pictures, maps, interactive atlas, timelines, dictionary and thesaurus.

Literature Resource Center Gale	Literary criticism, articles, historical timelines, biographies and more.

The New Book of Knowledge Grolier Online	Articles, current events and fun activities.

New Book of Popular Science Grolier Online	Encyclopedia articles and activities on science and math.

Student Resource Center - Silver Gale	Magazine articles, primary documents, photographs and illustrations.

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.

World Book Encyclopedia	Multimedia version of the print encyclopedia.

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.