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Biography

American National Biography Online (access limited to LAC on-site users)

www.anb.org/articles/index.html

The American National Biography (ANB) Online offers access to portraits of more than 17,400 American men and women from all eras and walks of life. The biographical entries include helpful descriptive bibliographies. Online version of the landmark work published in 24 volumes in 1999 by Oxford University Press and American Council of Learned Societies.

Biography.com

www.biography.com/

Contains brief biographical information on over 20,000 personalities.

Canada Heirloom Series

http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/heirloom_series/default.htm

This web version of a print series includes several biographical volumes each containing biographies of notable Canadians: Pathfinders : Canadian tributes, Wayfarers : Canadian achievers, Visionaries : Canadian triumphs, and Canada at the Millennium: A TransCultural Society. There is a search feature for each volume but no global search capability.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online provides access to the full texts of all the published volumes of this major Canadian research work. A key feature of the DCB Online is the search interface permitting keyword searching of the full text of all volumes.

Library and Archives Canada: Biography Page

www.collectionscanada.ca/topics/002-200-e.html

This page offers a selection of Library and Archives Canada resources on the topic of biography and people.

Famous Canadians Theme Page

www.cln.org/themes/famous.html

From B.C.'s Community Learning Network, a collection of links to resources that provide biographical information on famous Canadians. Covers a wide range of categories, including entertainers, politicians, authors, scientists and engineers, explorers, artists, astronauts, athletes, business people, inventors, journalists, and musicians.