Resource Name & Link to Resource: | Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) |
Description: | Indexes current and retrospective reference sources that cover over 13 million individuals, both living and deceased. Sources include biographical dictionaries and who's whos, subject encyclopedias, volumes of literary criticism, and indexes. BGMI does NOT index periodical articles or books of biography about a SINGLE individual, but it does refer you to Biography Index, a paper index available in the 2nd floor Reference Collection of Young Library (call number: Z5301 .B5; subscription ends with August 2005 issue), which indexes periodical articles that contain biographical information. (For online access to the articles indexed in Biography Index, including material after August 2005, use Biography Reference Bank.) |
Resource Type(s): | All Relevant Database(s), Key Database(s) |
Access information: | Resource is available on-campus or off-campus via EZProxy; Click the resource name to access it or here for off-campus instructions. |
Fulltext: | This resource does not provide direct access to fulltext content. |
Vendor Name: | Gale Cengage Learning |
Research Guides: | Biographical Information, Genealogy, History |
Update Frequency: | Updated twice yearly |
Special usage notes: | BGMI does NOT index periodical articles or books of biography about a SINGLE individual, but it does refer you to Biography Index, a paper index available in the 2nd floor Reference Collection of Young Library (call number: Z5301 .B5; subscription ends with August 2005 issue), which indexes periodical articles that contain biographical information. (For online access to the articles indexed in Biography Index, including material after August 2005, use Biography Reference Bank.) To see if we own a paper copy of any resources cited and to find additional electronic resources, search the InfoKat Discovery Library Catalog. If we do not own the item in any format, and you are a UK-affiliate, you may request it through Interlibrary Loan. |
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