287
Biography Master Index

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Last Update To Bluesheet: November 24, 2009

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File Description Print Counterparts Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Sort
Subject Coverage Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Rank
Sources Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Predefined Format Options
Tips Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Rates


File Description [top]

Biography Master Index (BMI) is a master key to biographical information on over 5,000,000 persons who have distinguished themselves in all fields of endeavor. BMI indexes some 1,500 biographical dictionaries and directories representing 4564 volumes, including current works such as Who's Who in America and The Writers Directory, as well as such retrospective sources as Great Lives from History and Medieval Women Writers. Each BMI record provides the complete name of the person (as it appears in the source), the years of birth and death (when known), and complete bibliographic citations of the source publications that contain a biographical sketch on the person. BMI provides citations to 14,543,000 biographical sketches. The database corresponds to Gale Research's eight-volume publication, Biography and Genealogy Master Index and its annual updates from 1982 through the present, and a similar microfiche product known as Bio-Base.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 287

to identify sources which contain biographical information on approximately 4,000,000 people.

USE THE EXPAND COMMAND

to view all entries for an individual's name.

     EXPAND NM=GERSTNER, LOU

USE THE PORTRAIT INDEX

to locate photographs, drawings, etc. of an individual.

     S PI=YES AND S2



Subject Coverage [top]

Titles cover noteworthy and newsworthy individuals from all fields, including:

  • Architechture
  • Art
  • Education
  • Fine Arts
  • History
  • Humanities
  • Literature
  • Medicine
  • Music
  • Performing Arts
  • Politics
  • Science and Technology
  • Social
  • Sciences
  • Sports


Sources [top]

Approximately 1,775 separate editions and volumes of approximately 630 biographical source books are indexed.



Print Counterparts [top]

  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: Noteworthy persons from the beginning of recorded history to the present day are included
File Size: 5,358,164 records as of November 2009
Update Frequency: Annual reload


Database Content [top]

  • Directories


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Directories


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • International


Geographic Restrictions [top]

  • None


Special Features [top]

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


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
BIOGRAPH Biography


Contact [top]

BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX (BMI) is produced by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Electronic Search Assistance
27500 Drake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535

Telephone: 1-800-877-4253, press 5 (US & Canada)
E-Mail: gale.contentQA@cengage.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

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Biography Master Index (File 287)

Addendum: Data from "Marquis Who's Who" publications has been licensed from "Marquis Who's Who." "Marquis Who's Who" is a registered trademark of Reed Reference Publishing.


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SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R) File 287:Biography Master Index 1980-2006 
    (c) 2006 Gale Research Inc. 
    1623982 
  /NM,NM=,YB=  Gerstner, Louis V., Jr.    1942- 
  NC=   NUMBER OF CITATIONS: 21 
     
  /TI,JN=  Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book of Corporate Managements. 2003 edition. 
        Three volumes. Parsippany, NJ: Dun & Bradstreet, 2003. Use the 
       "Principal Officers and Directors Index" in the Cross-Reference volume 
        to locate biographies. The "Principal Officers and Directors Index" 
        often alphabetizes by titles of address, such as Dr., Mrs., and Baron. 
        Names with prefixes, such as Mc, De, and De La, may sometimes be 
  JC=      located in more than one place in the index.((Dun&B 2003)
     
    International Directory of Business Biographies. Four volumes. Edited by 
        Neil Schlager. Detroit: St. James Press, 2005.((IntDrBB)
    The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who. 2003 edition. East 
    (...) 
     
     


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S NEW(W)YORK(W)TIMES
/NA NA Name1 Word S LOU?(1N)GERSTNER/NA
/NM NM Name1 Word S LOU?(1N)GERSTNER/NM
/TI TI Title Word S BIOGRAPHY(W)INDEX/TI

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


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None AN DIALOG Accession Number
JC= JC Source Code Phrase S JC=BIOIN 16
JN= JN Source Title Phrase S JN=BIOGRAPHY INDEX
NA= NA Name Phrase S NA=GERSTNER, LOU?
NC= NC Number of Citations Phrase S NC>5
NM= NM Name1 Phrase S NM=GERSTNER, LOU?
PI= None Portrait Indicator Phrase S PI=YES
SO= SO Source Information Word
& Phrase
S SO=(BIOGRAPHY(W)INDEX)
S SO=BIOGRAPHY INDEX
YB= YB Year of Birth Phrase S YB=1942
YD= YD Year of Death Phrase S YD=1839


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
NA, NM, YB, YD SORT S3/ALL/YB/NA
PRINT S5/5/1-25/YD


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. Other RANK codes include: NA, SO RANK SO S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/NA,SO/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
DIALOGWEB
FORMAT
RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record
3 -- Name, Year of Birth, Year of Death, and Number of Citations
3 Short Name, Year of Birth, Year of Death, and Number of Citations
4 Medium Name, Year of Birth, Year of Death, and Number of Citations
5 Long Full Record
6 Free Name
7 -- Full Record
8 -- Name
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 00047208/5
DISPLAY 00046668/NA,SO
PRINT 00030323/5


Rates [top]

Rates For File: Biography Master Index[287]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $4.76
Cost per minute:                   $1.37
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.01    $2.01
     3    $2.01    $2.01
     4    $2.64    $2.64
     5    $2.64    $2.64
     6    $0.00    $0.00
     7    $2.64    $2.64
     8    $2.01    $2.01
     9    $2.64    $2.64
KWIC95    $0.12       NA
KWIC96    $0.13       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00
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