American National Biography

The American National Biography (ANB) is a 24-volume biographical encyclopedia set that contains about 17,400 entriesTemplate:Sfn and 20 million words,Template:Sfn first published in 1999 by Oxford University Press under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

Background

A 400-entry supplement appeared in 2002.Template:Sfn Additional funding came from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.Template:Sfn

The ANB bills itself as the successor of the Dictionary of American Biography, which was first published between 1926 and 1937. It is not, however, a strict superset of this older publication; the selection of topics was made anew.Template:Sfn

It is commonly available in the reference sections of United States libraries,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn and is available online by subscription (see external links).

Awards and reception

In 1999, the American Library Association awarded the American National Biography its Dartmouth MedalTemplate:Sfn as a reference work of outstanding quality and significance. The American Historical Association's Waldo G. Leland Prize was awarded for 2001.Template:Sfn

It has been criticized for missing cross references and occasional errors,Template:Sfn and for its cost, which is said to limit availability in poor countries.Template:Sfn

Selected access

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General editors: John Arthur Garraty, PhD (1920–2007) & Mark Christopher Carnes, PhD (born 1950)

Volumes via Internet Archive (full access, free, with registration)

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Volumes via Google Books

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→ [[[:Template:GBurl]] Supplement 1: "Cumulative Occupations Index"] Template:LCCN (Supps. 1 & 2); Template:ISBN Template:Catalog lookup link.

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Via online

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See also

• Oxford Biography Index
• The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography

Bibliography

References

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