|
 Biography
Links
Biography
Links
Biography Resource Center & The Complete Marquis Who's Who
http://mblc.state.ma.us/cgi-bin/remote.pl
Search this database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from
throughout history,
around the world, and across all disciplines and subject
areas. It combines more than 400,000 biographies from over 800 volumes of more
than 130 respected print sources and includes links to full-text articles from
more than 265 magazines.
A
Massachusetts
library card number is required to search it. Once you have logged in,
Biography Resource Center can be selected under the General databases.
A&E's
Biography
http://www.biography.com/
A general database of biographies from the A&E network and
based on the popular show Biography, this site offers basic biographical
information on more than 25,000 individuals.
Astronaut
Biographies
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
Provides
biographical information on the members of the space flight crews and candidates
for future missions in NASA's space flight program.
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
http://bioguide.congress.gov
A searchable directory provides biographical information on the more than
thirteen thousand persons who have served in the U.S. Congress, including those
who served in the Continental Congress.
First Ladies of the USA
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
This site presents each First Ladies’ history in an interesting,
easy to read manner.
The
Presidents
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
In
this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet
members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
Political
Leaders 1945 to the Present
http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/00index.htm
Information on political leaders from all countries 1945-present.
Information includes a list of current leaders and selected biographical
information.
Rulers
Heads of State and Government, Historical and International
http://rulers.org/
This
site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain
cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all
countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases.
Back
to Top
|
