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Biography & Genealogy
Research Databases
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Those databases specified with "No Remote Access" must be used from a computer inside the library. "Remote Access (CLP Card)" databases are only accessible with a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) library card. Click here if not a CLP cardholder.
Biography
| African American Experience | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Full text information on African American history and culture.
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| Biography and Genealogy Master Index | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Comprehensive index to biographical reference works.
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| Biography Reference Bank (HW Wilson) | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Contains full text biographical articles from hundreds of reference sources. Includes citations for magazine articles (some are available in full text).
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| Biography Resource Center | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Comprehensive database of biographical information. Includes full text biographical articles from many popular magazines.
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| Contemporary Authors | Library Access | Remote Access | ||
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Biographical and critical articles on current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures and television.
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Genealogy
| Ancestry Library Edition | Library Access | NO Remote Access | ||
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A comprehensive source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.
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| Footnote |
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(Pennsylvania Department Only) | NO Remote Access | ||
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A database of original source documents, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, US Presidents, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and many more.
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| Historic Pittsburgh | Available to Everyone | |||
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Search U.S. Census Schedules for the City of Pittsburgh (1850-1880) and Allegheny City (1850-1870), view images of historic Pittsburgh maps and photographs.
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