From Brian Hubbard, Head of Reference:
Ely Library is pleased to announce the addition of Biography Resource Center: African Americans to our array of electronic resources. The database is available on and off-campus from our Quick Links list accessible from the Library Home Page.
Biography Resource Center: African Americans provides nearly 30,000 narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable African Americans from the respected Gale sources available in the Biography Resource Center. Biographies include notable African American figures such as Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Harriet Tubman, Usher, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, W.E.B. Du Bois, and many others. Also included are more than 42,000 full-text periodical articles, websites, and recent update news briefs. Users can search on name, personal facts such as birth/death dates and place, occupation, and gender, or combine criteria to create a targeted custom search.
The database provides access to the biographies in almost 60 volumes of six Gale reference sources:
Contemporary Black Biography
Notable Black American Men
Notable Black American Scientists
Notable Black American Women
St. James Guide to Black Artists
Who's Who Among African Americans
In addition to essays that provide key biographical facts and summaries of individuals' lives and careers, search results also yield:
Links to nearly 250 vetted web sites
Approximately 2,000 portraits
More than 42,000 full-text periodical articles from nearly 300 magazines
Biography Resource Center: African Americans provides nearly 30,000 narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable African Americans from the respected Gale sources available in the Biography Resource Center. Biographies include notable African American figures such as Maya Angelou, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Harriet Tubman, Usher, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, W.E.B. Du Bois, and many others. Also included are more than 42,000 full-text periodical articles, websites, and recent update news briefs. Users can search on name, personal facts such as birth/death dates and place, occupation, and gender, or combine criteria to create a targeted custom search.
The database provides access to the biographies in almost 60 volumes of six Gale reference sources:
Contemporary Black Biography
Notable Black American Men
Notable Black American Scientists
Notable Black American Women
St. James Guide to Black Artists
Who's Who Among African Americans
In addition to essays that provide key biographical facts and summaries of individuals' lives and careers, search results also yield:
Links to nearly 250 vetted web sites
Approximately 2,000 portraits
More than 42,000 full-text periodical articles from nearly 300 magazines