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The Resource Gale In Context : Biography

Gale In Context : Biography

Label
Gale In Context : Biography
Title
Gale In Context
Title remainder
Biography
Title variation
Biography
Title variation date
<July 29, 2019->
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. It offers media-rich content in context that is updated daily including 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals; 170+ award-winning Gale reference titles; 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events; integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content; hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features. Also included is the Lives & Perspectives Collection supporting high-school curricula and university coursework by providing multidisciplinary content on notable figures and the societal forces that have shaped their lives. The integration of this collection provides first-time-ever access to 160,000 bios drawn from: American Men & Women of Science, Encyclopaedia Judaica, Governments of the World, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, and nearly 40 other respected titles from Macmillan Reference USA, Charles Scribner's Sons and Gale
Cataloging source
LML
Characteristic
updating database
Dewey number
920
Entry convention
integrated entry
Former title
  • Biography in context
  • Biography resource center
Frequency
daily
LC call number
CT104
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Regularity
regular
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Gale Group
  • Gale (Firm)
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Biography
  • Biography
Label
Gale In Context : Biography
Link
https://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=BIC&locid=mlin_n_merrvlc
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Title from home page (viewed July 29, 2019)
Color
multicolored
Control code
1548838
Form of item
online
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/formOfOriginalItem
online
Lccn
2009267101
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)42451575
  • (OCoLC)42451575
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Label
Gale In Context : Biography
Link
https://libraries.state.ma.us/login?db=BIC&locid=mlin_n_merrvlc
Publication
Note
Title from home page (viewed July 29, 2019)
Color
multicolored
Control code
1548838
Form of item
online
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/formOfOriginalItem
online
Lccn
2009267101
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)42451575
  • (OCoLC)42451575
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web

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