Biographies

• American National Biography Online
  A biographical resource on more than 18,000 people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.


• Biographical Dictionary
  "This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women, and can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords."
• Biographical Directory of The US Congress: 1774-Present
  "This governmental website provides brief biographies of all the men and women that have served in the US House of Representatives and the US Senate."
• Biography.com
  "Biography.com, a companion Website to the A&E Biography Channel, offers links to more information about each person profiled on the channel via a 25,000-name database. "
• Biography Reference Bank
  Contains the full text of more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries, including all the articles from all volumes of Current Biography, the World Author Series, Nobel Prize Winners, World Artists, World Film Directors, American Reformers, and numerous biographical books on musicians and composers from throughout history. Also includes 26,000 photographs of individual subjects and bibliographic citations (with some abstracts and full text) of relevant material in other indexed periodicals.
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
  "This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others."
• History - The Presidents of the United States
  A collection of Presidential biographies offered by the White House website.
• History - The First Ladies of the United States
  A collection of biographies about First Ladies throughout US history offered by the White House website.
• Lives - The Biography Resource
  "Links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more".
• POTUS: Presidents of the United States
  "Find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included".