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The American National Biography (ANB) is a source of biographical information on Americans of significance. The one fast rule for inclusion is that the person must have died before 1996. Content attempts to represents wormen and minority groups of all sorts. Each article ends with a bibliography of primary and secondary sources about the person covered and location information for relevant manuscripts.
To browse by profession (health):
- Go to the 'Occupations & Realms of Renown' area on the front page of American National Biography and click on 'complete list.'
- In the pop up box scroll to and click 'Health and Medicine.'
- You will be given another list of specific health and related professions; click on the one in which you are interested.
- The occupation you chose will be placed in the ANB search interfact. You can now run a search for everyone in the database that fits that profession or limit your search further with keywords or date ranges.