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African American Almanac
 - Allegany County
 - Garrett County
The African American Almanac provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture. It includes a chronology, primary documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, and hundreds of brief biographies, photographs, maps, and statistical charts. 
American Men and Women of Science
 - Allegany County
 - Garrett County
This respected resource is a biographical dictionary of the significant players in physical, biological, and related sciences. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists. 
Biography Resource Center
 - Allegany County
 - Garrett County
Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. 
Literature Resource Center
 - Allegany County
 - Garrett County
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline.