"Providing the reference librarian or any researcher with concise, accurate,
       objective, and well-documented biographical articles about living leaders in
       all fields of human accomplishment the world over."
     "Annual emphasis is on around 200 international personalities, primarily
       those, who in some way influenced American scene."
     "Subjects are given the opportunity to check the copy before it is published
       and approve the photograph."

 AUTHORITY:

     H. W. Wilson Press is a reputable publisher of reference works

 ARRANGED:

     biography is in essay form
     usually includes a picture
     provides references
     updates past entries with an obituary reference
     there are many cumulative indexes within the set

 REFERENCE QUESTIONS:

     Maria Shriver wrote the book: Ten Things I Wish I'd Known-- Before I Went
       Out into the Real World (the story of her life). Although having rich parents,
       Maria was determined to make it on her own merits in life. Please locate
       her picture AND skim her biography. It's worth it. [ 1991, page 518 ]
     Find the obituary of Leo Castelli. [ 2000, page 616 ]
     The only thing you know is that she is a musician, and that she was born in
       1895. A short biography is in the 1979 yearbook. [ Alberta Hunter, page 174 ]
     Madelin Korbel Albright was our Secretary of State during the Clinton
       administration. In the 1995 yearbook she is listed with three other individuals
       under which subject [ Social Sciences, in the section Of "Classification by
       Profession" ]