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    Biographical Sources

  American National Biography Available in Full Text 
Over 18,300 biographies of deceased men and women from American history. Database details..
  Biographies Plus Illustrated
Over 95,000 biographical profiles, 26,000 images, and links to articles. Database details..
  Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to reference sources covering biographical information. Database details.. This is the best database to use if you need a print source or if you can't find a full-text online article. Check resulting titles in Voyager to see if they are available in the library.
  Biography Resource Center Available in Full Text 
Biographical information on more than 340,000 people from Gale biographical sources, and an additional 1 million brief biographies from Marquis Who's Who. Database details..
  Heritage Quest Available in Full Text 
    1700s-early 20th century
Includes digital images of U.S. federal census records, U.S. Serial Set, genealogy sources, local history collections, and other primary sources. Database details.
  Literature Resource Center Available in Full Text 
Literature reference database complete with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. Database details..
  Oxford Music Online Available in Full Text 
Online version of Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Limited to 3 simultaneous users for Grove Music Online section. Database details.

    Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

  Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Available in Full Text 

    Reference Sources

  African American Music Reference Available in Full Text 
Contains over 2,000 essays coveraging blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. Database details.
  Classical Music Reference Library Available in Full Text 
Reference materials covering the entire history of Western classical music. Database details.


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