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Biographies are non-fiction works about a person's life and an autobiography is a person's telling of their own life. These types of works can help us understand creative works, important people or moments in history.
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- MasterFILE Premier Multi-disciplinary database with full-text coverage of almost 2,000 general periodicals. Emphasis is popular, rather than scholarly publications. Contains more than 80,000 biographies and 100,000 primary source documents.
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