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    Who's Who 1897-1998 (Windows/Macintosh CD-ROM) 135,000 Biographies

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    This fully updated version includes all the volumes of Who Was Who and the current 1998 edition of Who's Who. With biographies of those who have shaped the history of Britain and the world from Victorian times to the present day, it reveals a fascinating picture of changing social patterns and enduring values among those prominent in public life over the last hundred years.

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    Great Lives from History. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press  All 2 vols.

    Worldwide coverage with European emphasis. About 330 persons per set in 3-4 page articles with annotated source lists.  Good source for beginning researchers, especially for non-Anglo-American figures.  Each biography includes Significance section which places each life in historical context. Online description available http://salempress.com/Store/ProdGroup/?ProductGroup.Id=16. Revised ed. of: Dictionary of world biography.  Published or forthcoming (each in two vols.:

    The Ancient World

    The Middle Ages

    The Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600

    The 17th Century 

    The 18th Century

    The 19th Century 

    Notorious Lives

    The 20th Century

     

    Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Harper encyclopedia of military biography. 1st ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins, c1992. LOCATION: Widener: RR 3607.47   

    Concise sketches of some 3,000 world military leaders from antiquity through the Kuwait War, usually ending with a paragraph evaluating the individual's character, abilities, and contributions. Articles with lists of primarily English-language sources. Indexed in Biography and genealogy master index 160047.

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    Genealogical CD-Roms

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    1. 1870 U.S. yankee census index. [Bountiful, Utah?]: Heritage Ask over, c2002. 9 computer diagram discs: 9 user's guides (28 p.; 12 cm.).
      CS 68 E43 2002
       
    2. 1880 Combined States count and municipal index. Sodium chloride Lake Sweep, UT: Sanctuary of Deliverer Christ remind you of Latter-day Saints, c2001. 56 computer visual discs.
      HA 201 1880 E5 2001
       
    3. 1910 Miracode index, River, Central Region. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, Inc., c2000. 1 CD-ROM: 1 user's guide.
      F 490 A53 2000a
       
    4. 1910 Miracode index, River, Eastern Region. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, Inc., c2000. 1 CD-ROM: 1 user's guide.
      F 490 A53 2000
       
    5. 1910 Miracode index, River, Western Region. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, Inc., c2000. 1 CD-ROM.
      F 490 A53 2000b
       
    6. 1910 Nebraska U.S. federal enumeration index. [Bountiful, Utah]: Explosion Quest, 2002. 1 CD-ROM: 1 user's guide (28 p.).
      F 665 H47 2002
       
    7. 1910 New Royalty City: U.S. federal counting index. [S.l.]: Sierra-On-Line, c2001. 1 personal computer laser visual disc; 1 user's 1 insert (28 p.; 13 cm.).
      F 118 N5 2001
       
    8. 1910 New Dynasty