Biography Index provides access to biographical material in books and journals. Biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities. In addition, this database provides access by occupations and professions. Updated monthly, the database was first published in July 1984. 225 English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere.
Periodical coverage includes a wide range of scientific journals, from popular to professional.
An abstract of each book is also provided. Periodical coverage includes approximately 100 leading magazines from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. To be indexed in Book Review Digest, a book must have been published or distributed in the United States or Canada. A work of nonfiction must have received reviews in two or more of the periodicals on the Book Review Digest selection list. A work of fiction must have received reviews in at least three of the periodicals.