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Current Biography
American monthly magazine ()
Current Biography is an American monthly magazine published by the H. W. Wilson Company of New York City, a publisher of reference books, that appears every month except December. Current Biography contains profiles of people in the news and includes politicians, athletes, businessmen, and entertainers.
Published since , the articles are annually collected into bound volumes called Current Biography Yearbook.
Current biography logo ideas This title critically evaluates examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Having so much full text available makes life easier for the library staff. Schultheiss, Tom Multiple photos accompany most of the entries.A December issue of the magazine is not published because the staff works on the final cumulative volume for the year. Articles in the bound volumes correct any mistakes that may have appeared in the magazine and may include additional relevant information about the subject that became available since publication of the original article.
The work is a standard reference source in American libraries, and the publisher keeps in print the older volumes. Wilson also issues cumulative indexes to the set, and an online version is available as a subscription database.
Current biography logo design It has been delivering up-to-date biographies of men and women of contemporary importance since Users can also browse indexes to retrieve targeted results. Larsen, John C. Unlike other Wilson publications, when quoting, Current Biography cited authors, publication titles, and publication dates.Monthly content
Current Biography profiles are written by the Wilson Company's in-house staff. They are typically produced by consulting previously published press accounts and occasionally by conducting interviews with the subjects. Running from 2, to 5, words, articles usually are accompanied by a black-and-white photograph of the subject, a mailing address for the subject, and a short bibliography.
Between 15 and 20 profiles are included in each monthly issue. Obituaries are regularly printed of those previously profiled.
Current biography magazine: Comprehensive Searching Users can search biographies in Current Biography Illustrated by occupation, activity, gender, place of origin, birthday, lifespan, or any combination of these search criteria. Current Biography is renowned for its unfailing accuracy, insightful selection and the wide scope of influence of its subjects more Monthly content [ edit ]. Biography Reference Source.
They briefly summarize the life of the subject and add details occurring subsequent to the original profile. The entire series is available through the company's WilsonWeb online service, which many public libraries subscribe to.
Unlike other Wilson publications, when quoting, Current Biography cited authors, publication titles, and publication dates.
These sources are not included in each entry's further reading section, which included page numbers but not authors.
A reference confirmed that Current Biography is a standard biographical reference work at accredited American library schools.Current Biography Yearbook provided short obituary notices from people of all nationalities.
Its first cumulated index, in , aggregated and replaced the decennial indexes contained in the , , and Current Biography Yearbooks.
Current biography logo A December issue of the magazine is not published because the staff works on the final cumulative volume for the year. The work is a standard reference source in American libraries, and the publisher keeps in print the older volumes. Published since , the articles are annually collected into bound volumes called Current Biography Yearbook. The entire series is available through the company's WilsonWeb online service, which many public libraries subscribe to.It listed names alphabetically, with references to the relevant Current Biography issue or yearbook.
In , the H.W. Wilson Company began publishing an annual sister volume, Current Biography International Yearbook, which focuses on people living outside the United States. This series was discontinued after publication of the volume.
Articles in Current Biography are often used and listed as supplemental material in obituaries that appear in major media outlets.
Contributors
Notable contributors who have written for Current Biography include Cullen Thomas, the author of the prison memoir, Brother One Cell (); Mike Batistick, the author of the play, Ponies, which was produced Off-Broadway in ; Albert Rolls, the author of the books, Stephen King: A Biography () and "Thomas Pynchon: The Demon in the Text" () among others; Daniel Ford, author of "Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, " () and other books; and Yongsoo Park, author of the novels, Boy Genius () and Las Cucarachas (), and the memoir The Art of Eating Bitter (), and writer-director of the independent feature film, Free Country ().
Charles Moritz served as editor-in-chief of Current Biography from until He was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Judith Graham and then Elizabeth A. Schick. From to , the editor-in-chief was Clifford Thompson, winner of a Whiting Writers' Award for nonfiction for Love for Sale and Other Essays and author of Twin of Blackness: A Memoir as well as a novel, Signifying Nothing.
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Bibliography
- Ferguson, Gary L. (). "Lives of the Poets, Novelists, and Dramatists: The Wilson Authors Series". Reference Services Review. 16 (3): 31– doi/eb ISSN&#;
- Hallenberg, Albert ().Biography and genealogy master index A reference confirmed that Current Biography is a standard biographical reference work at accredited American library schools. This title critically evaluates examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. Its first cumulated index, in , aggregated and replaced the decennial indexes contained in the , , and Current Biography Yearbook s. Roberts, Randall L.
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- Bunge, C. A. (September ). "Rev. of Current Biography Cumulated Index, –". Wilson Library Bulletin. 48 (1):
- Roberts, Randall L. ().
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