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Biography Master Index (BMI) is a master key to biographical information on approximately 4,000,000 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 (2nd edition, 1980), and its annual updates from 1982 through the present, and a similar microfiche product known as Bio-Base.
USE FILE 287to identify sources which contain biographical information on approximately 4,000,000 people. USE THE EXPAND COMMANDto view all entries for an individual's name. EXPAND NM=GERSTNER, LOUUSE THE PORTRAIT INDEXto locate photographs, drawings, etc. of an individual. S PI=YES AND S2 |
Titles cover noteworthy and newsworthy individuals from all fields, including:
Approximately 1,775 separate editions and volumes of approximately 630 biographical source books are indexed.
| Dates Covered: | Noteworthy persons from the beginning of recorded history to the present day are included |
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| File Size: | 4,969,204 records as of January 2006 |
| Update Frequency: | Annual |
| ACRONYM | CATEGORY NAME |
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| BIOGRAPH | Biography |
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BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX (BMI) is produced by the Thomson Gale. Questions concerning file content should be directed to: Electronic Search Assistance 27500 Drake Road Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
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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.
| DIALOG(R)File 287:BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX-1/1997 | |
| (c) 1997 The Gale Group. All rts. reserv. | |
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| /NM,NM= | Gerstner, Louis V., Jr. |
| NC= | NUMBER OF CITATIONS: 7 |
| /TI,JN= | Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and |
| magazines. Volume 16: September, 1988-August, 1990. New York: H.W. | |
| JC= | Wilson Co., 1990. (BioIn 16) |
| Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and | |
| magazines. Volume 17: September, 1990-August, 1992. New York: H.W. | |
| Wilson Co., 1992. (BioIn 17) | |
| Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and | |
| magazines. Volume 18: September, 1992-August, 1993. New York: H.W. | |
| Wilson Co., 1993. (BioIn 18) | |
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| SEARCH SUFFIX |
DISPLAY CODE |
FIELD NAME |
INDEXING |
SELECT EXAMPLES |
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| None | None | All Basic Index Fields | Word | S NEW(W)YORK(W)TIMES |
| /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.
| SEARCH PREFIX |
DISPLAY CODE |
FIELD NAME |
INDEXING |
SELECT EXAMPLES |
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| None | AN | DIALOG Accession Number | ||
| JC= | JC | Source Code | Phrase | S JC=BIOIN 16 |
| JN= | JN | Source Title | Phrase | S JN=BIOGRAPHY INDEX |
| 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 |
| The LIMIT command is not applicable to BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX. |
| SORTABLE FIELDS | EXAMPLES |
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| NM, YB, YD | SORT S3/ALL/YB/NA PRINT S5/5/1-25/YD |
| RANK FIELDS | EXAMPLES |
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| All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. | RANK AU S3 |
| User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. | TYPE S3/NA,SO/1-5 |
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DIALOGWEB FORMAT |
RECORD CONTENT |
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| 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 |
| FIELD NAME | EXAMPLES | ||
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| DIALOG Accession Number | TYPE 00047208/5 DISPLAY 00046668/NA,SO PRINT 00030323/5 |
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