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Database Title	Summary - Full Description	Coverage	Full Text
Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas	Gives international career information, including about prospective companies, and guides to living in another country.	Full	Yes
Biography and Genealogy Master Index	The Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches appearing in more than 2700 biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, selected indexes, and other reference works. Coverage includes contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.		No
Biography Resource Center	A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 280,000 biographies from various sources , with full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals compiled over the past 40 years. Researchers will find thousands of "thumbnail" entries as well as "narrative" biographies, providing an in-depth overview of the subject's life and accomplishments. Lists of "Additional Resources" are also provided for more than 30,000 of the most famous people included in the database.		Partial
Books in Print Online	BIP provides current bibliographic information and prices for books published and distributed in the U.S. Forthcoming books six months in advanced are included. Many records include published reviews. Lists prize winners. Includes publishers directory.	1979-current	Partial
British Newspapers, 1600-1900	Provides access to historic newspapers, newsbooks, ephemera and national & regional papers from British Isles. This interface searches: 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th century British Library Newspapers.	1603-1900	Yes