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Search the
complete content of the acclaimed print resource, plus photographs!
Reflecting the entire contents of the printed monthly magazine Current Biography—a trusted resource in library collections since 1940—this database offers your patrons the most reliable and interesting profiles of the people making tomorrow’s headlines plus historical figures back to World War II.
The depth and range of biographical information in this database makes it ideal for patrons in all fields of study, from business and science to the arts and humanities, as well as patrons in multidisciplinary fields such as women’s studies, multicultural studies, media studies, and more.
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New! Graphical interface makes it easier to find profiles and pictures of key historical figures and current newsmakers.
New! ReadSpeaker text-to-speech converter has been extended to biographical profiles.
Current Biography Illustrated features:
- The information patrons want on celebrities, politicians, business people, writers, actors, sports figures, artists, scientists, and many other notable figures and news makers.
- Lively, substantive biographies, written by in-house biography writers, that average 2,500 words each and feature the subject’s own views, attitudes and opinions, as well as observations of journalists, colleagues, and associates.
- Bibliography of works about the subject and article citations to guide researchers to further information.
- Profiles of more than 20,200 individuals, with accompanying images that bring profiles to life.
- Approximately 250+ new profiles each year.
- New! Graphical interface, including a more graphical look and feel to the Search screen, more prominent links to additional content, image explosion, and new paragraph spacing to make onscreen text easier to read.
- New! Suggested searches on the Search screen, including Born on this Date, Featured Biography, Recently Added, Topic of the Month, plus links to four randomly chosen profiles.
- Uniform name authority control, making searching easy and reliable.
- Searching by name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works, and/or keywords.
- New! ReadSpeaker text-to-speech converter so that patrons can listen to MP3s of profiles in the library or on the go.
- Language translations, allowing patrons to convert articles from English into 11 other languages.
- My WilsonWeb customization.
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Current
Biography profiles average 2,500 words and feature this
information
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Subject’s full name with
indication of any preferred form or pseudonym, with a guide to
pronunciation where necessary.
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Birthdate.
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Business or home address.
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Field or profession.
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Objective account of subject’s
life and career.
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Subject’s own views, attitudes
and opinions. Observations of journalists, colleagues, and
associates.
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References to additional sources
of information.
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Thanks to the versatility of WilsonWeb, you can seamlessly search Current Biography Illustrated on its own, or in combination with any of these trusted biographical resources for the fullest possible answer to your query:
Biography Index: 1984- Present
Biography Index Past and Present
Biography Index Retrospective: 1946-1983
Junior Authors & Illustrators
World Authors
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Current Biography 1940 to
Present
Featuring the same comprehensive content as Current Biography Illustrated, but without the illustrations. Also available in print. Updated monthly on WilsonWeb.
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