American Studies

Scholarly biographical articles with short bibliographies on deceased notable Americans.

Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.

A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Provides complete biographical and bibliographical references.

Provides well over 13,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.

Includes biographical entries on more than 135,000 authors.

Includes many American figures.

Includes over 1 million biographies from business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment. Updated daily, this source also includes biographies that have appeared in Marquis Who's Who print titles since 1985, plus historical biographies from Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985.

This resource provides extensive biographical and career information on more than 20,000 professionals in the entertainment industry, including performers, choreographers, directors, technicians, writers, composers, producers, executives, designers, critics and more.