Two new databases to try!
In March, the UNH Library made available trials for the American National Biography (ANB) and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ONDB). We received a good deal of positive feedback from these two trials, and we have decided to begin a subscription to them beginning April 2005. The Library has added very few new databases this year, but these two products combined cost less than $2200 and truly are essential for an academic library.
Please try them and let us know what you think!
Jennifer Carroll, Electronic Resources Librarian
- American National Biography
The American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. Please note that all the articles originally included in the ANB Online were on biographical subjects who died before the end of 1995. Articles on important figures who have died since 1995 are being added in quarterly updates, but coverage of people in this category is not yet complete. If you cannot find an article on a subject, he or she may have died after 1995, or may be living.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
