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Biographical Resources
African American Biographical Database
Biographies of thousands of African Americans with coverage from 1790-1950. (Free Resource)
American National Biography online
The ANB includes over 17 thousand biographical entries and includes illustrations, cross-references, and links to external web sites not available in the print version.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Provides short biographies of all members of Congress from 1774 to the present. (Free Resource)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
An index to nearly 15.4 million biographical sketches in current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
Biography Resource Center
Includes full-text biographical articles from hundreds of periodicals. Allows you to search for subjects by birth and death dates, nationality, ethnicity, and occupation.
Current Biography Illustrated
Includes biographies and obituaries published since 1940. Also includes photographs for many of the subjects.
International Who's Who
Biographical and directory data on nearly 22,300 prominent persons worldwide. Allows full text, nationality, and profession searches.
Directories
AnyWho Online Directory
U.S. and international white and yellow pages provided by AT&T Worldnet Service. (Free Resource)
Congressional Staff Directory
Provides brief contact and biographical information of members of Congress and contact information for their staff.
CQ World Powerbase
Contact information for key government officials and personnel in every country including staff at defense ministries, intergovernmental organizations and embassies.
Federal Staff Directory
Provides contact information for officials and staff of the executive branch of the federal government as well as independent and quasi-official agencies. Biographical information for key staff, information on
Superpages.com
Verizon's comprehensive yellow pages online. (Free Resource)
Switchboard
This web site allows you to create or modify your telephone/email listings. (Free Resource)
Telephone Directories on the Web
Listings of domestic and international electronic telephone directories. Comprehensive international listings for Europe and Latin America. Coverage varies for Asia and Africa. (Free Resource)