Biography Index (BiographyInd)
Index to a wide range of biographical material
Why select this database?
- Covers biographical information from English-language periodicals and books for all subject areas covered by H.W. Wilson indexes.
- Indexes articles, books, and autobiographies for biographical subjects from antiquity to the present.
- Includes individual and collective biographies from all fields and nationalities.
| Database details |
| Subjects |
| autobiographies |
interviews |
| bibliographies |
journals |
| biographies |
juvenile literature |
| book reviews |
letters |
| critical studies |
obituaries |
| drama |
pictorial works |
| fiction |
poetry | |
| Sources |
Over 3,000 periodicals
Over 2,000 books
For more information view:
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| Number of records |
Over 498,000 |
| Dates covered |
1984 to present |
| Updated |
Weekly |
| Producer information |
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USA
Phone: 1-800-367-6770
+1-718-588-8400
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http://www.hwwilson.com
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| Copyright |
Biography Index, Copyright the H.W. Wilson Company, coverage beginning July, 1984. All rights reserved.
Except as otherwise provided by contract, the following are prohibited: copying the Database in machine-readable form, making multiple printouts and other uses of the Database inconsistent with the United States Copyright Law. The H.W. Wilson Company makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the database, including any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not be liable for consequential or incidental damages or lost profits or other claims related to the database or its use. |
Index labels and examples of
an expert search in Biography IndexUse a colon after an index label (for example, au:)
when you are not certain of your search terms. Use an equal sign
after an index label (au=) for
an exact match search. You can search with an index label from any
search screen. The information you type overrides any default menu
selections. The following examples show sample rather than actual
searches.
| Search indexes |
Labels |
Examples |
| Keyword |
kw: |
dancer+
[keyword searches the Notes, Source Phrase, Subject, and Title indexes] |
| Accession number |
no: |
bbio99008055 |
| Article type phrase |
at= |
obituary
[use to limit other search terms;
browse index for available article types] |
| Author |
au: |
lipski |
| Author phrase |
au= |
lipski alexander
[last name first]
|
| Corporate author phrase |
co= |
american film institute |
| Descriptors |
de: |
inventor+ |
| Descriptors phrase |
de= |
toy industry |
| Dewey Decimal number |
dd: |
616.890092 |
| Intended audience phrase |
ia= |
juvenile
[use to refine other search terms] |
| Issue |
is: |
5 |
| Library of Congress number |
lc: |
RC464.K36 |
| Monograph record number |
mr: |
BBIO97012163
[links analytic records to source record] |
| Named person phrase |
na= |
dylan bob
[last name first] |
| Notes |
nt: |
references |
| Place of publication |
pl: |
ireland |
| Publication date |
pd: |
1994
[browse index for date formats] |
| Publisher |
pb: |
harcourt |
| Record type |
rt: |
article
[use to refine other search terms;
Record Types: analytic; article; monograph] |
| Reviewed journal phrase |
rj= |
peer-reviewed journal
[not common in records prior to 1999] |
| Source |
so: |
war |
| Source phrase |
so= |
civil war history |
| Standard number |
sn: |
0028-4866
0679746048 |
| Subject |
su: |
anthropologist+ |
| Subject phrase |
su= |
authors peruvian |
| Title |
ti: |
nightmare+ |
| Title phrase |
ti= |
leonardo da vinci |
| Volume |
vo: |
3 |
| Year |
yr: |
1997-1998 |
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