http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/tags/B/encyclopedias-dictionaries-almanacs.html en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:41:36 -0400 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/biography-index-retrospective-from-ebscohost.html <div style=" width: 200px; float: left;"><div class="vt_img_left vt_small_img"> <span class="top"> </span> <span class="bottom"> </span> <img src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/databases/E/S_ebsco.jpg" alt="EBSCOhost interface" height="123px" width="185px" /> </div><img alt="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/icons/L_vtonly.gif" title="This resource is restricted to Virginia Tech users only" width="15" /> <img alt="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_mobile.gif" title="This resource provides a mobile interface; see description for link" width="10" /> <img alt="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_screencast.gif" title="Screencast tutorials available for this resource" width="20" /> <img alt="database provides Get VText links" class="dsp2" height="20" src="http://www.lib.vt.edu/images/L_getvtext-20.gif" title="database provides Get VText links" width="80" /></div><h2><span> <a href="http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=BIR" title="Biography Index Retrospective 1946-1983 from EBSCOhost" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=BIR')" shape="rect">Biography Index Retrospective 1946-1983 from EBSCOhost</a> </span></h2><p><i>Biography Index Retrospective</i> indexes citations of biographical articles and book chapters, interviews and profiles, and obituaries covering over 300,000 people: public figures, writers, artists, sports figures, politicians, religious leaders, scientists, educators, military leaders, teachers, actors, and business people. 1946-1983.</p><p><a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/biography-index-retrospective-from-ebscohost.html">Full record</a></p> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:42:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/biography-index-retrospective-from-ebscohost.html Article searching Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs Restricted to Virginia Tech users Get VText http://www.lib.vt.edu/find/databases/B/bilingual-dictionaries-oxford-reference.html <div style=" float: left; 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