Publication Characteristics

Biography

Works consisting of an account of the events, works, and achievements, personal and professional, during a person's life.

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Abstract

Works consisting of an account of the events, works, and achievements, personal and professional, during a person's life.

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  • Historical Biography

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Indexing Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. INDEXER: Check appropriate century tags. Biographies as a subject are indexed under the main heading BIOGRAPHIES AS TOPIC. CATALOGER: Use for individual and collective biographies. For autobiographies, use the Publication Type AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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Previous Indexing

  • Current Biog-Obit [Publication Type] (1966-1996)
  • Historical Biography [Publication Type] (1966-1996)

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  1. V01.175w
  2. V02.170w
  3. V02.530.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biography. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019215. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019215
  2. Biography. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biography
  3. Biography. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36279