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1. Biography Resource Center - Gale Cengage Learning Full-text database provides biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Teacher resources available. More info 2. LexisNexis Academic People - LexisNexis Search over 20 biographical sources, including foreign and domestic directories of business, government, and law leaders. Also recommended 1. Black Women Writers - Alexander Street Press Black Women Writers celebrates the many voices of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women's struggles through time. More info 2. Credo Reference - Credo Reference Full text for over 250 reference books covering art, biography, business, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. More info 3. Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online - Gale Cengage Learning Over 16,000 biographical and critical essays on predominantly American and British authors from all eras and genres. 4. Latin American Woman Writers - Alexander Street Press Latin American Women Writers is an extensive searchable collection of prose, poetry, and drama composed by women writing in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also included are essays by Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, who address both the universal concerns of women in every age and the distinctive issues of their struggles in the region. More info 5. LexisNexis Academic - LexisNexis Selected full-text articles, broadcast transcripts, speeches, biographies, laws, legal cases, SEC filings, company profiles, statistics, and other sources covering general news, business information, legal materials, medical and health information, and general reference information. More info  - Tutorial 6. Literature Resources from Gale (formerly Literature Resource Center) - Gale Cengage Learning Full-text database provides biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every time period and literary discipline. Also includes overviews of major literary works, Web links, timelines, MLA International Bibliography, Twayne's Authors, and Scribner Writers. Teacher resources available. More info  - Tutorial 7. Student Resource Center - Gold - Gale Cengage Learning Contains curriculum-targeted full-text primary documents, biographies, essays, critical analyses, magazines and newspapers articles, graphics, audio and video clips. Aimed at middle school and high school students. Includes Student Resource Center-Health Module. Teacher resources available. More info

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