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Electronic Journal Indexes

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LexisNexis Academic. Reference. Biographical Information.
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Print Indexes Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Abstracts/Indexes

Almanac of Famous People
Reference CT 104 .A55 1989

Biography and Genealogy Index
Reference CT 213 .B57

Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia
Reference CT 103 .C26 1998

New York Times Index Covers 1851 to the present.
Abstracts/Indexes

For death notices use New York Times Obituaries Index (1858-1978)
Reference CT 213 .N47 v.1,2

Selected Internet Guides

Biography.com
From Arts and Entertainment television network. See Find section for online version of Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

American National Biography

Biographical Dictionary
Ancient times to present. Searching by keyword, name, profession, or date.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Lives, the Biography Resource

Important Reference Works

Current Biography
Articles and photographs of people currently in the news. Coverage is worldwide.
Reference CT 100 .C8 1940+

Encyclopedia of World Biography
Reference CT 103 .M37

Who's Who in the World
Reference CT 120 .W5

Pertinent Subject Headings

To find a book about a person, search the library's online Catalog by subject with the person's name, such as Frost Robert 1874 1963 Biography.

Some Additional Specialized Biographies

Art
Who's Who in American Art
Reference N 6536 .W5

Authors
Contemporary Authors
Reference Z 1224 .C61

Dictionary of Literary Biography
A Reference series

World Authors
A Reference series, covering 1900-1990.

General
American National Biography
Reference CT 213 .A68 1999 v.1-24

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers
Reference B 104 .B56 1996

Biographical Directory of the American Congress
Reference JK 1010 .A5 1996

Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television
Reference PN 2285 .C58

Dictionary of American Religious Biography
Reference BL72 .B68 1993

National Faculty Directory
Reference L 901 .N34 1998 v.1-3

Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives
Reference CT 213 .S37 1998 v.1-2

Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995.
Reference AS 911 .N9 W53 1996

Music
Baker Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Reference ML 105 .B16 1991

The Rock Who's Who"
Reference ML 102 .R6 H5 1996

Science
American Men and Women of Science
Reference Q 141 .A47 1998/99 v.1-8

Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Reference Q 141 .D5 v.1-18

Women
Dictionary of Women Artists
Reference N 43 .D53 1997 v.1-2

Notable American Women, 1607-1950
Reference CT 3260 v.1-3

Notable Black American Women
Reference E 185.96 N68

For more information about Biography, contact Sandi Groleau, Reference Librarian, sgroleau@bates.edu.

Link to the Subject Guides at Bowdoin or Colby Colleges.


Page author: Sandi Groleau
Date: 10/11/02


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