Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & General Reference

Access to biographical dictionaries and "Who's Who" books, used for finding which reference book has an entry on a particular person.

Cross-search scholarly encyclopedias with biographical information, such as Encyclopedia of World Biography and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Formerly named Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).

Short, full-text biographical entries on over one million persons, from all of the different Who's Who sets. To access, click on the blue Continue button, then use the Search Within Results box on the left to search for your person.