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WilsonWeb has combined the in-depth, original profiles of Current Biography, the World Authors series, the Junior Authors & Illustrators series, plus other Wilson biographical resources with the thorough periodicals coverage of Biography Index, and full-text articles, page images, and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases, to bring you Wilson’s largest biography database yet. Wilson Web recently added 5,000 new biographies from American National Biography. This latest expansion follows the previous addition of about 100,000 names, reflecting personal names cited in nearly every WilsonWeb database. Now, Biography Reference Bank draws from every article about any individual on any of the WilsonWeb databases-biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries!
Content Available in WilsonWeb
- Now covers 550,000 people.
- In addition to the narrative profiles, there are links to 380,000+ related full text articles.
- Stay current with the latest news on each figure: click to related full-text articles, abstracts, and images from thousands of periodicals covered by other Wilson databases.
- More than 36,000 images—and growing—bring the profiles to life.
- More color photos than you’ll find in any competing biography database.
- Substantive narrative profiles, many average 1,500 to 2,000 words. Search an ever-expanding range of data, with annual additions, licensed profiles from other leading publishers, and daily updates to periodicals coverage.
- Database grows by 1,000 profiles or more each year, at no additional cost.
- Features book review excerpts from Wilson’s Book Review Digest Plus at no additional charge.
- Search with precision by name, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnicity, birth/death dates, titles of works, and keyword.
- Variety of search options makes this product invaluable for women’s studies, multicultural studies, and other areas beyond simple name look-ups.
- Updated daily; available exclusively on WilsonWeb.
Biography Reference Bank is the "ultimate" biographical database from Wilson, encompassing all the trusted Wilson resources including Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, 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, Biography Reference Bank contains links to every article on any individual–full text articles, abstracts, book review excerpts, and more–from the thousands of periodicals covered by other Wilson databases.
