It indexes articles and books, autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction, drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews. Current Biography Provides biographies and obituaries of prominent individuals worldwide since 1940. Profiles cover politicians, business people, artists, actors, writers, sports figures, etc. Expanded Academic Index Indexes periodicals in a large number of subject areas. It is a good place to start any search and provides full-text for many of the indexed articles.
Subjects covered include current events, the humanities, general sciences, and the social sciences.
Indexing for the latest six months of The New York Times is covered. Genealogists may wish to use Expanded Academic Index for gathering background information or for locating genealogy articles. Includes related disciplines, such as multicultural studies, psychology, religion, political science, etc. Provides worldwide coverage of the journal literature in history, selected book reviews, and references to dissertations. Covers literature published from 1955 to present.