Biography magazine subscription

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Six times a year, Current Biography offers ongoing access to the most important individuals and personalities of today.

  1. Six issues per year allow researchers to keep up with the day’s most talked-about and influential people.
  2. Twenty people are profiled in each issue, spanning a wide variety of professions and cultures.
  3. People profiled in each issue include those who have never appeared in the Current Biography series before, along with a handful of individuals who were profiled in the past but need a significant update based on their more recent accomplishments.
  4. Subscriptions typically begin in January or July and continue for twelve months. We can accommodate alternative start dates to align with your budget year.
  5. Multiple photos accompany most of the entries. Now Printed in Full Color!
  6. Free Online Access Included with a Subscription to the Salem Press/Grey House Platform, your readers will be able to search through the biographies of those profiled. An unlimited number of simultaneous users and remote access included.

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A compilation of over 200 up-to-date, contemporary profiles of accomplished and rising stars of politics, industry, entertainment and the arts from the U.S. and around the world.

H.W. Wilson's Current Biography Yearbook combines a full year of the monthly magazine Current Biography into a single, permanent record. It has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since 1940. Current Biography is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects.

Current Biography Yearbook offers ongoing access to the important personalities of today:

  1. Includes the day's most talked-about and influential people.
  2. A remarkably wide range of professions
  3. Obituaries, where appropriate, of figures profiled in previous yearbooks.
  4. A complete index listing all those profiled in the current year.
  5. Multiple photos accompany most of the entries. Now Printed in Full Color.

Profiles are approximately 2,500 words and include biographical statistics and a bibliography for easy access




Description from publisher:
Mother Theresa. Princess Diana. Tom Clancy. Johnnie Cochran. Betty Shabazz. These are just a few of the people you'll find biographical information on in the Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Originally published in 1973 by McGraw Hill, this 17-vol. authoritative set is entirely revised and updated - the first complete revision in 25 years. Here's what you'll find in this admired biographical reference source:
  • 17 volumes with almost 7,000 entries - 40 percent more than the 1973 set
  • Approximately 400 new entries - with more multicultural coverage
  • Thousands of high-resolution photographs - designed to produce clearer photocopies
  • Updated entries and bibliographies - includes new developments since the last edition as well as newly discovered facts and interpretations of historical figures
  • Easy-to-use page format
  • Multi-access, consolidated index, and much more.
This set includes not only the 17 vols. in the 2nd Edition, but annual supplement volumes 18-23 - all in one convenient collection. All of the photographs from the 2nd Edition and s

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