Title: American National Biography
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Description: The American National Biography (ANB) contains over 18,300 signed biographies of deceased persons "whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history." You may search by name, gender, occupation, birth or death date, or full text (words and phrases). New biographies and revisions are added three times per year, including articles on recently deceased notables. Over 2,500 illustrations are included in ANB, and each entry has a descriptive bibliography. ANB Online also includes over 900 articles from the Oxford Companion to United States History, which provide historical and social context to the biographies. Researchers can search across broad research topics, including American literature, the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, Women's history, Native American heritage, and Hispanic American heritage.
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