Research
Biography Guide
The Library's Subject Guides help you find resources that are specialized for certain areas of study. There are many other resources available which provide generalized information--not specific to one topic or area. To see more of these general resources, see the Subject Guide: General page.
Reference Books
Reference books provide background information on a people, terms and concepts.
General
- Current Biography / DEN Ref CT100 .C8
- American National Biography / DEN Ref CT213 .A68
- Who's Who / DEN Ref DA28 .W6
Specific
NOTE: Biographical sources can be found in almost any topic area. Here are a few examples:- American National Biography
- The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives / DEN Ref CT213 .S37 1998
- Biographical Dictionary of American Indian History to 1900 / DEN Ref E89 .W35 2001
- Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia / DEN Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999
- Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-Century British Politics / DEN Ref DA28.4 .L39 2002
- The Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary / DEN Ref CT114 .R57 2002
- International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists / DEN Ref Q141 .O27 2002
- A Century of Nobel Prize Recipients: Chemistry, Physics & Medicine / DEN Ref Q141 .C252 2004
- Dictionary of Scientific Biography / DEN Ref Q141 .D5
Databases
Databases provide information about journal, magazine and newspaper articles.- Biography Index
- Remember to look in subject-specific databases for more information on people!
Web Resources
Here are a few web sites we think you might find useful:
- Biographical Directory of The US Congress: 1774-Present: Brief biographies of all US Representativs & Senators. From the US Government.
- Biography.com Companion website to the A&E Biography Channel; links to information about each person profiled on the channel via a 25,000-name database. "
- History - The Presidents of the United States Presidential biographies offered by the White House website.
- History - The First Ladies of the United States Biographies about First Ladies throughout US history; offered by the White House website.
- Librarians' Index to the Internet: People page. Browse or search this librarian-created web directory.