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    American National Biography

    Featuring thousands of illustrations, and tens of thousands of hyperlinked cross-references and links to other (select) websites, the American National Biography is a powerful research tool for all levels of study.

    Published in 24 volumes in 1999 and then online in 2000, the ANB won instant acclaim as the new authority in American biographies. Winner of the American Library Association's Dartmouth Medal as the best reference work of the year, the ANB now serves readers in thousands of school, public, and academic libraries around the world.

    Key features of the ANB include:

    • A responsive design enabling seamless access across different formats
    • Searching using a query builder, helping you get straight to the content you need
    • Social media integration, so you can share content across channels
    • Searching across multimedia, including images and podcasts where available, making it easier to find different types of content

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  • American National Biography

    Biographical encyclopedia

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

    Background

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

    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.

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

    Awards and reception

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    In 1999, the American Library Association awarded the American Nat