Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Available for use from home and at all library locations

An illustrated collection of more than 55,000 people who have shaped the British past over the last 2400 years

• The full text of the new 60 volume edition and the original 33 volume edition.
• The dictionary includes men and women who died in or before 2007.
• Over 10,000 portrait illustrations.
• 3 updates a year
• Articles on themes and groups
• A range of search options: Search for a biography of a person. Find people without a full entry including acquaintances and relatives by searching the full text. Search by themes, dates, places, fields of interest, religion, life events.