Biography in Context offers authoritative reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, audio podcasts, and images. Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers, it is continuously updated to ensure students have access to the latest information.

Biography in Context is built on a foundation of more than 700,000 biographical entries covering more than 400,000 notable international figures from all time periods and areas of study. Providing coverage of the most-searched and studied people, Biography in Context includes more than 4,400 portal pages on the world’s most notable contemporary and historical figures.

Sources include more than 170 eBook titles from Gale and its publishing partners, as well as millions of full-text articles drawn from hundreds of periodicals and newspapers.