World Biographical Information System 
Access: On-Site Access Only
Description: WBIS contains biographies of 10 million men and women, living and deceased, from all social classes and professions, from all countries and regions, from 4000 BC to the present. WBIS Online selected components:
- American Biographical Archive (ABA I, ABA II)
- Biographical Archive (ABEPI I, ABEPI II)
- Biographical Archive of the Benelux countries (BAB I)
- British Biographical Archive (BBA I, BBA II)
- Deutsches Biographisches Archiv III
- French Biographical Archive (ABF I, ABF II)
- German Biographical Archive (DBA I, DBA II)
- Italian Biographical Archive (ABI I, ABI II)
- Russian Biographical Archive (RBA)
- Scandinavian Biographical Archive (SBA I)
- Spanish, Portuguese and Latin-American
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List of LC microfiche holdings for components of WBIS online .
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s)
Almanacs, Biographies & Encyclopedias
European Studies
Subscription Database List
Related Databases
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American National Biography
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography Index
Biography Resource Center / Lives & Perspectives Collection
Credo Reference : Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2003
