| When looking for biographical information, time can be saved by knowing more than just the name of the person. Facts like birth/death dates, the field in which the person is well-known, and the country in which he or she lives/lived will help in selecting an appropriate source of biographical information. These steps should assist in making the search easier:
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| A to Z of women in world history (REF) CT 3202 .K84 2002
Biography almanac
Biographical dictionary
Biography.com
Biography Center
Cambridge biographical encyclopedia
Contemporary Black biography (1992+)
Current biography (1940+)
Dictionary of universal biography of all ages and of all peoples
Encyclopedia of world biography
Houghton Mifflin dictionary of biography |
Index to women of the world from ancient to modern times (REF) HQ 1123 .I74x 1970 [& supp]
Infoplease.com
International who's who (1947+)
Lives, the biographical resource
New York Times obituaries index, 1858-1968 [1970]
Riverside dictionary of biography
Webster's biographical dictionary
Who's who in gay and lesbian history
*Who's who in the world
Women in world history |
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ADB & NDB: Gesamtregister (REF-CD) CT 1053 .A5 2003
African American biographical database (covers 1790-1950)
African American biography
African biographical dictionary
American national biography
Asian American biography
Australian dictionary of biography (covers 1788-1980)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Canadian who's who (1964+ )
Concise dictionary of American Jewish biography
Dictionary of American biography [& supps]
Dictionary of Canadian biography (covering 1000-1930)
Dictionary of Irish biography [1978]
Great North American Indians: profiles in life and leadership [1977]
Historical encyclopedia of American women entrepreneurs: 1776 to the present
History Today who's who in British history
Notable Asian Americans [1995]
Notable Latino Americans
Oxford dictionary of national biography (British) |
U X L Hispanic American biography (REF) E 184 .S75 U94 2003
Who was who (British) (covers 1897-1970)
*Who was who in America (covers 1607+)
Who was who in the USSR [1972]
Who's who (British) (1915+)
Who's who among African Americans (1975+)
Who's who among Asian Americans (1994/95)
Who's who among Hispanic Americans (1991/92-1994/95)
*Who's who in America (1899+)
Who's who in Ancient Egypt
Who's who in Australia (1971+)
Who's who in France (1953-1992)
Who's who in Russia and the CIS Republics
Who's who in the Ancient Near East
Who's who in the Arab World (1967+)
*Who’s who of American women
Who's who of Southern Africa (1962+)
Wisconsin biographical dictionary
For additional geographic areas, check the online catalog (keyword search: "country name and biography"). See also the Marquis publications, Who's who in the Midwest, East, South & Southwest, and West, available in print and online. | | |
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A to Z of American women in the visual arts
African-American architects; a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945
AskART.com
Contemporary architects
Dictionary of contemporary American artists
Encyclopedia of Jewish American artists
Encyclopedia of world art [1959]
Facts on File biographical encyclopedia of artists
Index to artistic biography [1973 & supp] |
Macmillan encyclopedia of architects (REF) NA 40 .M25 1982
Modern Chinese artists: a biographical dictionary
Union list of artist names (ULAN)
Who was who in American art, 1564-1975
Who's who in architecture: from 1400 to the present
Who's who in art (1964+)
*Who's who in American art
World artists, 1950-1980
World artists, 1980-1990 |
| A to Z of American women business leaders and entrepreneurs (REF) HD 6054 .4 .U6 S5 2002
Encyclopedia of American women in business; from colonial times to the present
Icons of business: an encyclopedia of mavericks, movers, and shakers
Standard & Poor's register of corporations, directors, and executives (1966+) |
Who's who in advertising (1990/91) (REF) HF 6178 .W48
*Who's who in finance and business
Who's who in insurance (1975-1996) |
| American philosophers before 1950 B 851 .A43 2003
American philosophers, 1950-2000
Biographical dictionary of modern American educators
Directory of American scholars (1942-1999)
Encyclopedia of archaeology. The great archaeologists
Fifty key thinkers in psychology
Holy people of the world: a cross-cultural encyclopedia
National faculty directory (current year)
Oxford dictionary of saints | Peculiar prophets: a biographical dictionary of new religions (REF) BL 72 .L48 1999
Pioneers of early childhood education
Pope encyclopedia: an a to z of the Holy See
*Who's who in American education
Who's who in Christianity
*Who's who in religion
Women of classical mythology |
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AMG all music guide http://www.allmusic.com/
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Chronicle of classical music
Contemporary theatre, film, and television (1984+)
Enter the playmakers: directors and choreographers on the New York stage
Great composers, 1300-1900 [1966]
International cyclopedia of music and musicians
International encyclopedia of dance |
International motion picture almanac (1962+) (REF) PN 1993 .3 .I55
Motion picture performers: a bibliography of magazine and periodical articles, 1900-1969 (suppl. 1970-1974)
New biographical dictionary of film
New grove dictionary of music and musicians
Musicians since 1900 [1978]
Who was who in the theatre, 1912-1976
Women vaudeville stars: eighty biographical profiles |
| Benet's reader's encyclopedia PN 41 .B4 1996
Dictionary of literary characters
Encyclopedia of early television crime fighters: all regular cast members in American crime and mystery series, 1948-1959
Encyclopedia of gods
Index to characters in the performing arts (1966-1973) | Masterplots cyclopedia of literary characters PN 44 .M3 1963a
My name in books: a guide to character names in children’s literature
Name is familiar--: who played who in the movies?
Television characters 1,485 profiles, 1947-2004
Who was really who in fiction |
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African-American writers: a dictionary PS 153 .N5 A3444 2000
American authors, 1600-1900 [1938]
Asian American writers
Australian writers, 1975-2000
British authors before 1800 [1952]
Contemporary authors
Contemporary poets
Cyclopedia of world authors II | Dictionary of literary biography yearbook (1980-2002) (REF) PS 21 .D53x
Dramatists [1979]
European authors, 1000-1900 [1967]
Longman dictionary of poets
Nobel prize laureates in literature
Novelists and prose writers [1979]
Spanish American authors: the twentieth century
Who's who in writers, editors, & poets (1995/96) |
| A to Z of chemists QD 21 .O34 2002
A to Z of women in science and math
American men & women of science (1971-1998/99)
Biographical dictionary of scientists
Biographical dictionary of women in science
Cambridge dictionary of scientists
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive: Biographies Index | Nobel scientists: a biographical encyclopedia Q 141 .K78 2002
Notable women in the physical sciences: a biographical dictionary
Prominent scientists: an index to collective biographies
*Who's who in American nursing
*Who's who in science and engineering
Who's who in science in Europe |
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American government leaders: major elected and appointed officials, federal, state and local, 1776-2005 (REF) E 176 .L5 2006
American presidents
American sportswriters and writers on sport
Biographical directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978 [& supps 1978-1994]
Cops, crooks, and criminologists: an international biographical dictionary of law enforcement
Current world leaders (1978-2006)
Directors of Central Intelligence as leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, 1946-2005
First Ladies of the United States
Gangsters, swindlers, killers, and thieves: the lives and crimes of fifty American villains
Official Congressional directory | Oxford companion to world sports and games [1975] GV 567 .O9x
Portraits of justice: the Wisconsin Supreme Court's first 150 years
Presidential also-rans and running mates, 1788 through 1996
*Who's who in American law
*Who's who in American history
Who's who in American politics (1967+)
Who's who in military history: from 1453 to the present day
Who's who of Nobel Prize winners, 1901-1990
Women rulers throughout the ages |
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