Biography Today, Annual Cumulation 1995

Laurie Lanzen Harris and her team built a genuinely useful library resource with the Biography Today series, and the 1995 Annual Cumulation delivers the familiar formula: accessible profiles of entertainers, athletes, authors, and public figures written for readers aged nine and up, gathered from all the year's issues into one volume. The readable style and Omnigraphics editorial standards make it appropriate for school research, and the broad subject range means most students could find a figure relevant to their interests. The honest caveat is straightforward: this material is now thirty years old. Many of the 1995 figures have faded from cultural prominence, and the historical context is firmly of its era. For a library looking to fill a reference gap or a researcher studying that period, it has value; for general purchase, newer volumes serve students better.