Covers the ethical, legal and public policy issues surrounding health care and biomedical research. Citations are derived from the literature of law, religion, the social sciences, philosophy, and the popular media as well as the health sciences. This database provides a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Citations are drawn from 3,000 periodicals, as well as more than 2,000 books. Periodicals indexed are selected from a variety of subject areas.
Entries range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.
Provides access by occupational subject terms as well as personal names. A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Indexes 327 periodicals in the core literature of biology and agriculture. Citations and excerpts of reviews of current English Language fiction and nonfiction books. The advanced search from the online, public version of the Britannica Encyclopedia , contains the full text of the encyclopedia.