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Biography Index Past and Present
Combining retrospective coverage with current indexing, this database offers users comprehensive, reliable information and insight about remarkable people from all periods of history and walks of life. It covers Biography Index from its first publication in 1946 through the present day and includes citations for material published as early as 1914.
Powerful Biographical Resource for All
Biography Index Past and Present is perfect for anyone searching for detailed biographical information, including students, scholars, media professionals, book clubs and researchers.
Indexed biographical subjects range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities, providing contextual information on writers, artists, statesmen, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, actors, business people and other important individuals.
The information is reflected in citations from thousands of periodicals internationally, as well as from notable books indexed back to 1946. Unedited over time, entries on individuals accurately reflect the perspective of the era during which they were written.
Source Types Include:
- Book reviews
- Diaries
- Interviews
- Memoirs
- Obituaries
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Current Biography
American monthly magazine (1940-)
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This edition covers the years from 1940 through 2025, and cumulates and supersedes the previous edition, Current Biography Cumulated Index, 1940-2021. The reader will need to only consult this index in order to locate a name that appeared in the previous 83 volumes of Current Biography. The dates after the names indicate the monthly issue(s) and yearbooks containing the biographies and obituaries.
In addition to the alphabetical name index, this edition includes a Profession Index. The Profession Index lists the over 21,000 subjects by more than 850 professions—from AIDS activists to Zoologists. A subject is listed under as many professions as their biography profiles.
The Current Biography Cumulated Index makes it easy to find biographies of individuals profiled from the first edition published in 1940. With both a Name Index and an Index by Profession, this time-saving tool will quickly direct researchers to the Yearbook in which the biography appears. A must-have source for all subscribers to Current Biography.