Both historical and contemporary in scope.
Emphasis is on North America and Western Europe.
Biography Resource Center Database of biographical information on more than 185,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It contains approximately 250,000 biographies from both print and electronic sources. Included are full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals. IBN provides names, dates, nationalities and occupations in addition to references to full biographical entries. Nationality and occupation are given in the language of the original source, or in German.