Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
Coverage Dates:2004  
Provider:Oxford University Press  
Access:In-library and remote access. Off-Campus Access Information  
Updated:Three times per year in January, May, and October  
Description: Search the full text for people, dates, or events; browse by person's name, contributors, or themes; or get a random biography. Includes biographies with images in some cases of deceased persons of note (either good or bad) associated with the British Isles from the fourth century BC to 2000. "In total, the Oxford DNB includes lives of 54,922 people. It incorporates in rewritten or revised form all 38,607 lives contained in the Dictionary of National Biography , the precursor of the Oxford DNB , published between 1885 and 1900, and in its supplements, published between 1901 and 1996." (text from Introduction, Volume 1) (GB) There are a maximum of 3 simultaneous users for this database  
Print Equivalent: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Ref. DA 28 .O95 2004]  
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Last updated October 2, 2007.