Biography Reference Ultimate
这个顶级人物传记数据库汇集了无与伦比的权威传记资源与丰富的背景信息。内容包括全文参考书、深度杂志文章,以及对历史与当代国际人物的学术性报道。
独特的传记内容
Biography Reference Ultimate 收录了 Salem Press 荣获奖项的《历史伟人》(Great Lives from History)系列,以及《大英百科全书》(Encyclopaedia Britannica)提供的数千篇人物传记。这些内容持续更新,不断新增新人物传记,并对已有条目进行修订,确保用户获取的始终是最新、最权威的信息。
该数据库还对多种最受欢迎、研究最深入的人物传记及相关类型提供了卓越覆盖,包括《Biography》期刊中自创刊以来的所有内容,以及来自市场上最可靠参考资源的数千篇叙述性人物档案——这些资源在其他数据库中无法获取。
内容来源包括:
- 《Current Biography》、《Biography》与《Biography Today》杂志的完整专辑
- Salem Press(包括《历史伟人》(Great Lives from History) 系列
- 《大英百科全书》(Encyclopaedia Britannica)
- H.W. Wilson 人物传记系列(包括《青少年与世界作家》《诺贝尔奖得主》)
- 《剑桥美国人物传记词典》(Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography)
- 哈佛大学出版社(Harvard University Press)
- 哥伦比亚大学出版社(Columbia University Press)
- 《采访》(Interview)杂志精选文章
Biography Reference Ultimate 电子书专辑
Biography Reference Ultimate 配套提供了一套独特的电子书专辑,收录了来自顶级教育出版社与学术机构的权威参考书籍。 该专辑涵盖众多知名人物的传记,涉及商业、电影、历史、音乐、政治、体育等多个领域,内容丰富,主题广泛。
直观的用户体验
Biography Reference Ultimate可在Explora平台使用,该功能提供全面的搜索功能,并提供全新的视觉浏览体验,帮助用户快速查找、缩小搜索范围,同时提高搜索效率。
研究人员可按类别探索主题,包括艺术家、运动员、探险家和先驱、历史人物、发明家、音乐家、政治家和科学家。 每个传记主题页面都包含概述、相关子主题和概述文章,前三名搜索结果(可选择查看所有结果)以及相关电子书的滚动浏览(如有)功能。
在高级搜索界面中,用户可以通过 Lexile 阅读水平以及信息来源类型来限定搜索结果。信息来源包括人物传记、访谈、讣告、参考书籍、学术期刊以及其他相关文章与资料。此外,用户还可以根据职业、族裔和国籍进一步筛选搜索结果。
请访问Explora专题页面,了解更多功能特性及系统整合方案。
Biography Reference Ultimate数据库还与EBSCOhost和EBSCO Discovery Service兼容。
Sources Include
- The complete collections of Current Biography, Biography and Biography Today magazines
- Salem Press (including Great Lives from History series)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- H.W. Wilson Biographical series (Junior & World Authors, Nobel Prize Winners)
- Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography
- Harvard University Press
- Columbia University Press
- Select articles from Interview magazine
Biography Reference Ultimate eBook Collection
A unique e-book collection accompanies Biography Reference Ultimate, featuring reference books from leading educational publishers and presses. It includes a rich selection of biographies on notable figures in business, film, history, music, politics, sports and more.
Intuitive User Experience
Available through Explora, Biography Reference Ultimate offers comprehensive searching as well as a new visual browsing experience to help users find, narrow down, and focus their searches.
Researchers can explore topics by category, including artists, athletes, explorers and pioneers, historical figures, inventors, musicians, politicians and scientists. Each biography topic page features an overview, related subtopics and overview articles, the top three search results (with the option to view all results) and a carousel of relevant e-books, when available.
From the advanced search screen, results can be limited by Lexile reading level and source types that include biographies, interviews, obituaries, reference books, academic journals and other related articles and sources. Users can also limit search results by occupation, ethnicity and nationality.
Visit the Explora page to learn about additional interface features, functionality and integrations.
The Biography Reference Ultimate database is also compatible with EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service.