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Reference Databases: People

Gale Literature Resource Center
A literature reference database that includes biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. The LRC is built on the Gale Group three author databases: Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online.
Obituaries and Death Notices
Includes paid death notices from more than 600 newspapers. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person.
In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information. Coverage includes more than 600 newspapers, some starting in the 1960.