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In selecting a biographical source, keep in mind the person's nationality, his relative fame or obscurity, books/articles he has written, where he lived, and his profession or field of study. Sources for specific disciplines often provide biographical information.
Databases
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Provides biographical information, including portraits when available, for over 55,000 individuals pertinent to the British Isle's history from earliest times to 2002.
Contemporary Authors
from Gale
Provides information on major and minor writers in all genres: fiction, nonfiction,
poetry, drama, academic, journalism... and includes notable international authors. Also in print format: REF Z 1224 .C761
Encyclopedia Britannica
The Encyclopędia Britannica database includes more than 73,000 articles from the printed Encyclopędia Britannica, including more than 8,000 articles that are not found in the print set.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Provides access to the 1998 edition of the Encyclopedia of World Biography.
Reader's Guide
Full Text from WilsonWeb
Contains
comprehensive indexing and abstracting of the most popular general-interest
periodicals published in the United States and Canada, plus the
full text of selected periodicals. Change the default setting from "SmartSearch" to "Subject" and enter the person's last name to retrieve articles written about him/her. To broaden your search, select the complete Omnifile Full Text Mega Edition which contains the Reader's Guide database.
Academic Search Complete
from EBSCOhost
A multi-disciplinary database that searches a total of 10,900 scholarly and general interest publications.
ProQuest Newspapers from ProQuest
Full text of N.Y.Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal. A good source for obituaries.
Print Sources
| American National Biography. | REF E 176 .D 557 1999 |
| Biography Index. | Index Shelves: REF Z5301 /B615 |
| Chambers Biographical Dictionary. | REF CT 103 .C4 1997 |
| Current Biography/Current Biography Yearbook. | REF CT 100 .C976 |
| Dictionary of National Biography. (Great Britain) | REF DA 28 .D554 |
| Dictionary of World Biography. | REF CT 104 .D54 |
| Dictionary of Georgia Biography. | REF CT 230 .D53 1983 |
| New York Times Obituaries Index. | REF CT 213 .N47 1858-1968; 1969-1978 |
| Obituaries on File. | REF CT 120 .L43 1979 |
| Personal Name Index to the New York Times Index, 1851-1974. | REF CT 104 .F28 1976 |
Some Sources for Specific Disciplines
| AccessScience@McGraw-Hill
|
REF BL603 .S54 2002 |
| Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. | REF CT 103 .C4 1997 |
| Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Musicians. | REF ML105 .S612 |
| Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators. | REF LA 2311 .O55 |
| Grove
Dictionary of Art |
REF N 31 .D5 |
| International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. | REF H41 .I58 Biographical Supplement |
| Literature
Online Reference Edition |
