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The quality of Wilson editorial standards combined with comprehensive coverage, an impressive number of images, and a user-friendly interface make Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated an affordable choice for researchers worldwide. In-depth, full-text profiles plus up-to-date bibliographies make this the perfect first stop for any biographical inquiry. With coverage of newsmakers and figures of prominence from a wide range of fields, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated will be welcomed by researchers in a wide range of fields.

Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated encompasses biographical coverage from a host of high quality Wilson biographical resources, including Current Biography, the World Authors Series, and the Junior Authors & Illustrators series. In addition, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated includes over 80,000 profiles licensed from a number of respected reference publishers. See below for a full list of sources.

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Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated encompasses trusted Wilson resources including Current Biography, the Junior Authors & Illustrators Series, the Wilson biographical series on world artists, authors, composers, songwriters, musicians, film directors, plus more than 80,000 profiles licensed from the high-quality publishers listed below. In addition to this list, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains links to full text articles, abstracts, book review excerpts, and more from the thousands of periodicals covered by other Wilson databases.

 

H.W. Wilson
American Authors 1600-1900
American Composers Today
American Reformers
American Songwriters
Authors Today & Yesterday
British Authors Before 1800
British Authors of the 19th Century
Composers of Today, 2nd Edition
Composers of Yesterday
Composers since 1900
Composers since 1900 1st Supplement
Current Biography 1940-Present (all vols. from 1940-Present)
Current Biography International Yearbook (all vols.)
European Authors 1000-1900
European Composers of Today
Great Composers 1300-1900
Greek and Latin Authors 800 B.C.-A.D. 1000
Junior Authors & Illustrators Series, 9 vols.
Leaders of the Information Age
Living Musicians
Living Musicians 1st Supplement
Musicians since 1900
Nobel Prize Winners
Nobel Prize Winners Supplement 1987-2001 (3 vols.)
Old Worlds to New
Popular American Composers
Popular American Composers 1st Supplement
Spanish American Authors
World Artists 1950-1980
World Artists 1980-1990
World Authors 1900-1950
World Authors 1950-1970
World Authors 1970-1975
World Authors 1975-1980
World Authors 1980-1985
World Authors 1985-1990
World Authors 1995-2000
World Film Directors, 2 vols.
World Musicians

 

Chambers Harrap
Chambers Biographies

 

Congressional Directory
Selected biographical information and contact details

 

Fitzroy Dearborn
Computer Pioneers
Dictionary of Woman Artists, 2 vols.
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The 19th Century
Encyclopedia of Interior Design, 2 vols.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Encyclopedia of Mexico
Encyclopedia of Television
Encyclopedia of the Essay
Encyclopedia of the Novel, 2 vols.
International Dictionary of Black Composers, 2 vols.
Reader's Guide to Russian Literature
Who's Who in British History, 2 vols.

 

Garland Publishing
African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
European Immigrant Women in the United States
Handbook of American Women's History
Hollywood Songsters: A Biographical Dictionary
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary
Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe

 

Greenwood
Biographical Dictionary of American & Canadian Environmentalists
Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists
Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians
Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders, 2 vols.
Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences
Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists
Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration
Biographical Dictionary of the Union
Biographical Dictionary of U.S. Secretaries of Treasury, 1789-1995
Biographical Dictionary of WWII Generals & Flag Officers
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Executive Branch, 1774-1989
Brainard's Biographies of American Musicians
Dictionary of American Religious Biography

 

Harvard University Press
Notable American Women, 4 vols.

 

Helicon
Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography

 

Houghton Mifflin
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
The Great American History Fact-Finder
The Reader's Companion to Military History
Who's Who of Sports Champions

 

James Clarke & Co.
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Encyclopedia of the Early Church

 

Oryx
African American Political & Governmental Leaders
African Americans and Civil Rights, from 1619 to the Present
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
Encyclopedia of Religion in American Politics
Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting
Encyclopedia of Television News
Encyclopedia of Women & Sports in America
Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics
Lives and Legacies: Scientists, Mathematicians & Inventors
Outstanding Women Athletes
Storytelling Encyclopedia
Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners

 

Oxford Publishing, Ltd.
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
A Dictionary of Architecture
A Dictionary of Astronomy

A Dictionary of Biology
A Dictionary of British History
A Dictionary of Buddhism
A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
A Dictionary of Chemistry
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
A Dictionary of Ecology
A Dictionary of English Folklore
A Dictionary of Physics
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
A Dictionary of Political Biography
A Dictionary of Scientists
A Dictionary of Shakespeare
A Dictionary of Sociology
A Dictionary of the Bible
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
The Oxford Companion to British History
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
The Oxford Companion to Music
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
The Oxford Companion to The Earth
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
The Oxford Companion to Western Art
The Oxford Dictionary of Dance
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints

 

Oxford University Press
American National Biography (5,000 biographies, Winter 2004)

Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 4 vols.
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, 20 vols.
Grove Dictionary of Art, 44 vols.
Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 2nd Edition, 23 vols.
New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 vols.
New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 4 vols.
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics & the Law, 2 vols.

 

Note: All the profiles from the Wilson titles listed above are included in Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated. Profiles licensed from other publishers include a selected list from the titles noted.

 

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Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank Select Edition
Biography Index
Current Biography Illustrated
Current Issues: Reference Shelf Plus
Junior Authors & Illustrators
World Authors: 800 B.C.—Present

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