Biographies

Databases

What is a database?

Databases are online versions of print encyclopedias and other reference books which the library pays for just like buying books.

They do not count as “Internet” resources because they provide the same information as reference books - they are just in an “electronic” format for easier access.

• Click on the database name to begin. 

• If you are at home or school, you need to log-in with your Mesa library card number and PIN to use them. If you do not know your PIN, you will have to come in to the library to choose one.

• Write down the name of the database you want to use before you log-in from home or school, because we have a long list of databases to choose from.

Help me...
• Get a Pin • Choose a database • Get technical help •

	Biography Resource Center Entries from 80 biographical reference books on noted U.S. and international individuals.
	Literature Resource Center Includes journal articles, critical essays, plot summaries, author biographies and portraits, and an encyclopedia of literary terms. Includes Contemporary Authors & Contemporary Literary Criticism.
	MasterFile Premier - Ebsco Available in English and Spanish. Covers 2,800 periodicals on current events, general interest, social science, business and education. 1,800 are full-text.

Web sites

Biography.com Find biographies, some portraits, and links for famous people of the past through contemporary personalities.

Presidents Extensive information on the U.S. Presidents from the Internet Public Library.