Biography Reference Bank Select Edition

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The perfect option for libraries that want a
full-text biographical resource,
Biography Reference Bank Select Edition provides comprehensive coverage of people in the news and history-makers, along with images and an improved, user-friendly interface.

Covers over 236,000 individuals
More than 36,000 images
Database grows by 1,000 or more profiles a year
Content from a wide variety of high quality Wilson resources: Current Biography, World Authors series, Junior Authors & Illustrators series, Nobel Prize Winners series
Includes entries from the acclaimed references Facts About Presidents and Speeches of the American Presidents
Features profiles licensed from other respected reference publishers
Links to full text articles and book reviews in the thousands of periodicals covered by other Wilson databases
Search by name, profession, gender, ethnicity, birth/death date, titles of works, and keyword
Daily updates provide up-to-the-minute coverage of newsmakers
New frameless interface provides an updated look and feel
Auto-complete functionality for the Profession/Activity and Place of Origin fields. Enter the first few letters of the word you are looking for and WilsonWeb will suggest possible professions and/or places.
Wilson's lively narrative profiles, brief bios, biographical data, images, and links to additional information have been brought together to for the new Master Biography Record.
The new scrollable image viewer is handy for subjects with more than one image.