Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Short biographical sketches of Senate and House members from 1774-present. Includes photographs.


Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne

Biographical dictionary published in the 1870s. Contains many persons not found in other biographical dictionaries; especially strong for French persons. Full text available via Hathi Trust. In French.


Birds of the World

Provides detailed scientific information for over 10,700 birds across the globe. Each online species entry contains recordings of that bird's songs and calls, images, videos, migration patterns, and maps of distribution.


BookFinder.com

Search for new, out-of-print, used and rare books.


Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism

Scholarly encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Hindu tradition.


Brill's New Pauly Online

Extensive encyclopedia on the Greco-Roman classical world and its interactions with other cultures in antiquity and the early Middle Ages.


Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)

Suite of software and tools to search, visualize, and analyze small molecule crystallographic data. Included is the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), "the world's repository of experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures."


Chicago Manual of Style

Online guide to the most recent editions of the Chicago (or Turabian) citation and formatting style.


Deutsche Biographie

Electronic versions of the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) and the Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Searchable by name, birth/death dates, religion, occupation, and author of article.  The ADB includes people from early times to the end of the 19th century.   Skillman has the complete 56-volume print version of the ADB ( CT1053 .A5 in Storage). The NDB includes people who died between 1815 and 1950.


Dictionary of African Biography

Biographical information on the men and women who shaped Africa's history from earliest times to the present.