Containing 3.2 million. short biographical entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America, Western and Central Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. The entry for each person contains the name, variations of the name, pseudonymes, the years of birth and death or years mentioned, occupation, source quoted (archive, fiche-no and page) and bibliographic information about the sources used. The microfiche editions of the archives containing the complete texts of the biographical entries are in the Van Pelt Microforms Department.