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Description
Brief biographical information in directory format. Common features include birth date and place, family, education and degree(s), career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information. Includes more than 1.4 million biographies. Supports complex searches combining fields like political affiliation, degrees earned, birth year and place, gender, occupation, state or country, etc.
Concurrent users: 5
Help
Help available on the left side of each screen. Includes detailed search tips.
User tools and features
Allows printing and downloading of biographies; does not support e-mailing or direct export to database management tools.
Dates covered
1985 to the present with historical biographies dating back to 1607.
Updating frequency
Daily.
Sources
More than 20 Who's Who books, including Who's Who in America and its regional volumes, Who's Who in Business and Finance and other volumes covering professions, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in American Politics, and Who's Who in American History (featuring all of the 110,000 biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985).
Type of coverage
Brief biographies in directory form.
Print counterpart or
related resources
More than 20 Who's Who books, including Who's Who in America and its regional volumes, Who's Who in Business and Finance and other volumes covering professions, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in American Politics, and Who's Who in American History (featuring all of the 110,000 biographies from the Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607-1985).
All print subscriptions at Rutgers libraries canceled as of 2009. See QuickSearch for specific holdings.
Producer/content provider
Marquis Who's Who
Vendor/electronic presentation provider
Marquis Who's Who
Core Subject(s)