Biographical Resources

Affiliated with the Biography Channel tv cable show; includes video as well as text.

The list from Time Magazine of the "most influential people" of the year - artists, scientists, activists, political leaders, etc.

This is a master source for conducting film research. It contains production data, awards, user reviews, plot summaries, and whether it is commercially available on video or DVD. The database can be searched for titles, personal names, plots, quotes, and character names. Here are some numbers: over 200,000 films and TV shows cited, information on over 400,000 actors and actresses and 40,000 directors. Editor's choice

This site contains the complete list of Pulitzer Prize winners from 1917 to the present. It also lists nominated finalists since 1980, and the full text of winning entries in the Journalism categories from 1995 onward.