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Marquis Who's Who^® contains detailed biographical information on outstanding achievers worldwide in a wide variety of professions and virtually every important field of endeavor. The file contains over 1.1 million profiles drawn from the entire 19-volume Marquis Who's Who library since 1985, including active, retired, and deceased listees. Approximately 95% of the file consists of fielded biographies; approximately 5% consists of free-text biographies.

Volumes included in the file are:
Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals^®; Who's Who in Adverising^®; Who's Who in America^®; Who's Who in American Education^®; Who's Who in American Law^®; Who's Who in American Nursing^®; Who's Who in Entertainment^®; Who's Who in Finance and Industry^®; Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare^®; Who's Who in Religion^®; Who's Who in Science and Engineering^®; Who's Who in the East^®; Who's Who in the Midwest^®; Who's Who in the South and Southwest^®; Who's Who in the West^®; Who's Who in the World^®; Who's Who of American Women^®; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America^®; Who Was Who^®;.

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Subject Coverage [top]

Marquis Who's Who^® profiles key individuals worldwide in all fields including:

• Business, Industry, and Finance; Communications and Media; Education; Government and the Military; Law; Medicine and Health Care; Religion; Science and Technology; Sports and Athletics; Visual and Performing Arts.

Most records contain the following information:

• Vital Statistics; Education; Family Background; Religious and Political Affiliation; Home and Office Address; Career History; Creative Works; Civic and Political Activities; Professional and Club Memberships.

Print Counterparts [top]

• Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals®
• Who's Who in Advertising®
• Who's Who in America®
• Who's Who in American Education®
• Who's Who in American Law®
• Who's Who in American Nursing®
• Who's Who in Entertainment®
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry®
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare®
• Who's Who in Religion®
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering®
• Who's Who in the East®
• Who's Who in the Midwest®
• Who's Who in the South and Southwest®
• Who's Who in the West
• Who's Who in the World®
• Who's Who of American Women ®
• Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America®
• Who Was Who®

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Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• NA

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available

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Terms and Conditions [top]

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Marquis Who's Who is a registered trademark of Reed Publishing (Nederland) B.B., used under license

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¹ Approximately 5% of all biographies.

² Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

³ Displays Position Held, Company Name, Location, Years of Employment.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Also /DF.

⁵ Also /NA, NA=.

⁶ Displays full address information.

⁷ Displays Degrees, Name of School, School Location, Years of Attendance.

⁸ Display includes Spouse and Children Information.

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Rates For File: Marquis Who's Who®[234]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.17
Cost per minute:                   $1.75
Rank Elements                      $0.00

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