Biography

Biographical information about notable people from all time periods and areas of study. Includes entries from 170 reference sources, including:

• Contemporary Black Biography
• Contemporary Musicians
• Encyclopedia of World Biography
• Newsmakers
• Writer's Directory

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Reliable information from magazines, encyclopedias, and dictionaries on a wide range of subjects including art and music, literature. language arts, geography, history, social studies, world cultures and languages, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, health, and sports.

Middle and High school-appropriate. Includes Middle Search Plus, MAS Ultra - School Edition, Consumer Health Complete, Health Source - Consumer Edition, and Science Reference Center databases. (EBSCO)

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Encyclopedia, magazine, and journal articles, plus primary sources, images, video, and more for middle and high school students. (Gale)

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Designed specifically for high school libraries, MAS Complete is a full-text database providing hundreds of popular high school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such art, history, sports and music, it also includes thousands of biographies and primary source documents, plus over a million photos, maps and flags.