Biography is defined as "an account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another." This short guide lists representative print sources in the area of biography, including databases and Web sites that will guide you to biographical and related sources.
For starters, general biography is classified in the CT section of the Reference area and the second floor of the Library. Specific biographical materials, however, may cataloged in their assigned subject areas. For example, Notable Native Americans is shelved in the E 89 area, the Indians of North America -- Biography section.
DATABASES To search biography-related databases, see the Biography database list.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
You can also find biographical materials on specific individuals, general biography or historical periods by doing a word search through Skyline .
General Biographical |
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American National Biography |
REF CT 213.A68 1999 |
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Current Biography Yearbook; also see Biographies Plus Illustrated |
REF CT 100.C8 |
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Index to Marquis Who's Who Publications |
REF CT 210.M37 |
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |
REF CT 214.N277 |
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Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary |
REF CT 120.P8 1982 |
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Who Was Who |
Titles cataloged in Skyline |
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Who's Who |
Ready REF DA 28 .W6 |
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Arts and Humanities |
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African-American Writers: a Dictionary |
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REF PS 153.N5A3444 2000 |
Asian American Biography |
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REF E 184.O6 A8253 1995 |
Dictionary of Hispanic Biography |
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REF CT 1343.D53 1996 |
Dictionary of Literary Biography |
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REF PS 129 .D49 |
Distinguished Asian American Political and Governmental Leaders |
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REF E 184.O6 N35 2002 |
Longman Dictionary of Poets: the Lives and Works of 1001 Poets in the English Language |
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REF PN 1111 .B6 1985b |
Notable Native Americans |
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REF E 89 .N67 1995 |
Oxford Companion to English Literature |
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REF PR 19.O94 2000 |
Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century |
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REF N 6490.P72 2000
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Historical Biographies |
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The Cold War, 1945-1991: Leaders and Other Important Figures in the United States and Western Europe |
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REF D 839.5.C65 1992 |
Dictionary of World Biography; also known as Great Lives from History: |
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REF CT 104 .D54 1998 |
volume 1. Ancient World |
volume 2. Middle Ages |
volume 3. Renaissance |
volume 4 The 17th and 18th centuries |
volume 5-6 The 19th century |
volume7-8-9. The 20th century |
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing |
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REF D 14 .E53 1999 |
Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs : 1776 to the Present |
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REF HF 3023.A2 O64 2000 |
Lifelines : Famous Contemporaries from 600 B.C. to 1975 |
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REF CT 104 .W45 |
Supreme Court Justices : Illustrated Biographies, 1789-1993 |
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REF KF 8744 .S86 1993 |
Who's Who in the Middle Ages |
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REF CT 114.S56 2001 |
Who's Who in Modern History, 1860-1980 |
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REF CT 168.P34 1981 |
International Resources |
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Dictionary of International Biography |
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REF CT 101.D5 |
The International Who's Who |
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REF CT 120.I5 |
The International Who's Who of Women |
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REF CT 3235 .T58 |
Who's Who in the World |
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REF CT 120.W5 |
Who's Who in the Middle East (also called The Middle East and
North Africa) |
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Ready REF >DS 49 .M5 |
Science and Technology |
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African American Firsts in Science and Technology |
REF Q 141 .W43 1999 |
American Women in Science: a Biographical Dictionary |
REF Q 141.B254 1994 |
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists |
REF Q 141 .B528 2000 |
Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists |
REF Q 141.B53 1994 |
Dictionary of Scientific Biography |
REF Q 141 .C55 |
Encyclopedia of World Scientists |
REF Q 141.O25 2001 |
International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists |
REF Q 141 .O27 2002 |
Who's Who in Science and Engineering |
REF Q 141.W576 |
Social Sciences |
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American Environmental Leaders : From Colonial Times to the
Present |
REF GE 55 .B43 2000 |
Biographical Dictionary of Modern Peace Leaders |
REF JX 1962.A2 B56 1985 |
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology |
REF BF 109.A1B56 1997 |
Citizen Action Encyclopedia: Groups and Movements That Have
Changed America |
REF JS 303.5 .H35 2002 |
Columbia Dictionary of Political Biography |
REF D 108.C65 1991 |
Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists: An International Biographical
Dictionary of Law Enforcement |
REF HV 7911.A1A94 2000 |
Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters |
REF F 596 .M48 2003 |
Environmental Activists |
REF GE 55 .E57 2001 |
Who's Who in Finance and Industry |
REF HF 3023.A2 W5 |
WEB SITES
Academy of Achievement
Biography -- At Infoplease.com.
Biography Center
Biographical Dictionary
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Dead People Server
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Encyclopedia of Soviet Writers
NASA Astronaut Biographies
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Poets Corner
Presidents of the United States of America
Prominent African Americans
Who Named It?
Women in Architecture and Interior Design
Women's International Center |