American National Biography is the most comprehensive and current reference of its kind, and the first biographical dictionary of this scope to be published in more than 60 years. The ANB -- the winner of the 1999 Dartmouth Medal Award and the American History Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize for 2001 -- is available online by annual subscription.

The ANB Online is a ". . . powerful database with algorithms and indexes that work . . . designed with real human searchers in mind . . ." (Reference Books Bulletin) and was chosen as one of the Best References of the Year by the Library Journal. The ANB Online is updated with new biographies quarterly and includes features and materials not available in the print edition including illustrations, internal cross-references within the biographies, and links to external online resources.

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