Biographies

For subject assistance contact: Chris Bombaro, Collections & Research Services Librarian, 245-1868.

The links in this section will help you begin the research process.

Research Essentials - creating bibliographies, identifying search terms, finding good sources How to Find Materials in the Waidner-Spahr Library - using the catalog and databases to find books and articles Citing Sources and Plagiarism

 

Print Resources:

GENERAL	UNITED STATES	WORLD
Who's Who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary REF DA28 .W6 1999	Dictionary of American Biography REF E176. D563	The Dictionary of National Biography (Great Britain) REF DA28 .D472
Who's Who in the 21st Century REF CT121 .W46 2003	Who's Who in American Politics REF E176 .W6424	Who's Who in British History: Beginnings to 1901 REF DA28 .W616 1998
Current Biography REF CT100. C8	Who's Who in the West REF E176 .W646	Who's Who in the World REF CT120 .W5
Who Was Who REF DA28 .W65	Who's Who in the South and Southwest REF E176 .W645	Who's Who in the Ancient World REF DE7 .R33 1971
	Who's Who in the East REF E747 .W59	Who's Who in the Middle Ages REF D115 .F5 1971
	Who's Who in Congress REF JK1010 .W452 2001	Who's Who in Shakespeare's England REF PR2910 .P3 1999
	Who Was who in America 1607-1896 REF E663 .W632	Who's Who in the Arab World REF D198.3 .W5
	American National Biography REF CT213. A68 1999	The International Who's Who REF CT120 .I5
	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present REF JK1010 .A5 2005	Dictionary of World Biography REF CT104. D54 1998
		Encyclopdia of World Biography REF CT103. E56 1997

 

Electronic Resources:

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is the first place you should look when seeking biographical information on any living or deceased person worldwide. It is an electronic index to over 13 million biographical entries in 3,400+ biographical reference works. This source will not give you the actual biography, but will tell you where you can find it. This source allows only three users at one time.

Dictionary of National Biography
Biographies of people who shaped the British Isles.

American National Biography (ANB)
Nearly 20,000 biographies, revised three times per year.

Biography Channel
From the cable channel, Arts & Entertainment Television.

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists.

Updated February 12th, 2008