The full text of the 2nd edition of the OED and the 3 volume Additions Series as well as new and revised entries that will form part of the upcoming 3rd edition (in progress). Search OED Online for word definitions, etymologies, and quotations.
The full text of over 1,000 reference books -- including many scholarly subject encyclopedias -- covering a wide variety of disciplines and subjects. A good source for background information. Includes Twayne's Authors Series.
Covers more than 19,000 prominent U.S. men and women from all periods of history. Excludes living people.
The bibliographies are great tools for finding primary and secondary sources; they contain information about published and unpublished primary sources and evaluative comment on notable secondary sources.
Biography Index Retrospective is an archive index covering notable individuals from all time periods and countries. Indexing and citations include book reviews, interviews, obituaries, diaries and memoirs.
Includes the full text of biographies from major reference works, such as The Grove Dictionary of Art, Current Biography, and The Dictionary of American Religious Biography, among others. Also includes Biography Index (1946-1983).