Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
What is it? Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) has citations to over 13.6 million biographical sketches. It indexes current reference sources, as well as the many retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Many of the sources are available in the MSU Libraries reference or general collection. Updated twice a year, with about 300,000 new citations on each update.
Why use it? Citations to biographical dictionaries & other sources. Not full text.
Coverage: 1975-present
Access: Available on networked computers on the MSU campus in Bozeman and via the proxy server. Two simultaneous users.
Vendor: Gale
Learn more: Title List of publications indexed.
BGMI indexes over 1,500 biographical dictionaries and Who's Whos, subject encyclopedias with biographical entries, volumes of literary criticism, and other indexes. BGMI has been published since 1975, but many of the biographical dictionaries it indexes are even older.
Subjects: Biography & Genealogy, History, Reference
- Liaison(s):
- Greg Notess
- Related Databases:
- British Periodicals
- America: History and Life
- Anthropological Literature
- ARTFL Project
- Avery Index
Total interactions: 3498
Rank: 128 out of 245 databases
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 (based on 3498 out of 1527403 total interactions with all of our databases)
Last updated: 2017-07-18 21:34:33
