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Biography Subject GuideMajor Reference WorksIndexes and Abstracts Biographical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias by Discipline Recommended Web Sites
Major Reference WorksInternationalBiography Resource Center [Remote access – UVM only]Subscription database containing full-text biographical information on people from all periods, locations and subject areas. Includes 427,000 biographies from numerous reference sources, plus more than 538,000 full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines. Current Biography (multi-volume) REF CT 100 .C8 Published 1940-present, contains about 150 biographies annually of people who are prominent in the news and popular culture (emphasis on Americans). Also contains obituaries for people whose biographies were previously published. Includes portraits. Encyclopedia of World Biography (22 volumes) REF CT 103 .E56 1998 Contains articles on nearly 7,000 people from ancient times to the present whose decisions, philosophies, inventions, artistic and literary creations and medical breakthroughs have shaped the world. Includes some portraits. Published 1998. Merriam-Webster’s Biographical Dictionary REF DESK CT 103 .M47 1995 Short biographical sketches on 30,000 important, celebrated, or notorious figures from the last 5,000 years. Does not include living persons. Pseudonyms and Nicknames Dictionary (2 volumes) REF CT 120 .P8 Identifies 55,000 original names behind 80,000 pseudonyms, stage names, aliases, nicknames, and other assumed names of prominent individuals throughout the world, across a wide variety of fields, and over time. Who’s Who. . . Various call numbers Who’s Who publications provide basic information on people by geography, occupation, sex, and other categories. To see a list of these publications, go to the library catalog, click “Quick Search,” and type whos who in the search box. United StatesAmerican National Biography (24 volumes)REF E 176 .D565 1999 Includes about 17,500 signed biographies of people whose significant actions occurred during their residence in what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history. Published 1999; successor to the Dictionary of American Biography. Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography (9 volumes) REF E 176 .A655 Information on about 15,000 prominent native and adopted citizens of the United States from earliest settlement of the country, plus several thousand eminent citizens of other countries in North and South America and persons of foreign birth closely associated with American history. Includes some portraits. Published 1887. Dictionary of American Biography (19 volumes) REF E 176 .D563 Scholarly essays on 19,173 deceased, noteworthy persons of all periods who lived in the territory now known as the United States. Narrower in scope than Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, but articles are of greater distinction. First ten volumes originally published 1928-1937; ten supplements published 1941-1980. National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (63 volumes) REF E 176 .N27 Biographical sketches of persons prominently connected with the history of the United States. More comprehensive than Dictionary of American Biography and more up to date than Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography. Not arranged alphabetically; use indexes to find articles. Includes portraits. Published 1992-1978. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary (3 volumes) REF CT 3260 .N57 Profiles of 1,359 prominent women who were alive at the founding of the American colonies up to end of 1950, including the wives of presidents. Notable American Women, the Modern period: A Biographical Dictionary REF CT 3260 .N573 A supplement to Notable American Women, this volume covers 442 women who died between January 1951 and January 1976. Great BritainDictionary of National Biography (63 volumes plus supplements)REF DA 28 .D4 Scholarly, signed articles about deceased men and women of the British Isles and the colonies, including noteworthy Americans of the colonial period. Published 1885-1990. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (60 volumes) REF DA 28 .O95 2004 Signed , scholarly essays on 49,705 deceased, noteworthy persons from the earliest times to the year 2000 who were born and lived in the British Isles or its territories or who visited or settled in the British Isles for significant periods. Also contains 408 entries for family and group names. Includes some portraits. Published 2004. 
Index and AbstractsAlmanac of Famous People (2 volumes)REF CT 104 .B56 Index to biographical information about more than 36,000 famous and infamous people from Biblical times to the present. Published 2004. Biography and Genealogy Master Index [Remote access – UVM only] A good place to begin a search for biographical information. It indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Coverage: 1975-present. Biography Index (21 volumes) REF Z 5301 .B5 A cumulative index to English-language biographical material in books and magazines. Coverage: 1946-1996. New York Times Obituaries Index (2 volumes) REF CT 213 .N47 Volume 1 lists over 353,000 names entered under the heading “Deaths” in the New York Times Index from September 1858 through December 1968. (For some years, may not include the victims of murders, accidents, and suicides.) Volume 2 adds 36,000 names of people listed between 1969 and 1978.
Biographical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias by DisciplineArt and ArchitectureBryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (5 volumes)REF N 40 .B94 1918 Contemporary Architects REF NA 680 .C625 1994 Contemporary Artists REF N 6490 .C6567 1996 Dictionary of Art (34 volumes) REF N 31 .D5 1996 Electronic: Grove Art Online [Remote access – UVM only]Dictionary of Women Artists (2 volumes) REF N 8354 .D53 1997 St. James Guide to Black Artists REF N 40 .S78 1997 BusinessBiographical Dictionary of American Business LeadersREF HC 102 .5 .A2 I53 1983 Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the present REF HF 3023 .A2 O64 2000 Movers & Shakers: The 100 Most Influential Figures in Modern Business REF HF 3023 .A2 M68 2003 EconomicsBiographical Dictionary of Dissenting EconomistsREF HB 76 .B5 1992 Fifty Major Economists REF HB 76 .P74 1999 Great Economists Before Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives & Works of One Hundred Economists of the Past REF HB 76 .B54 1986 Great Economists Since Keynes: An Introduction to the Lives & Works of One Hundred Modern Economists REF HB 76 .B55 1985 EducationBiographical Dictionary of American Educators (3 volumes)REF LA 2311 .B54 Directory of American Scholars (6 volumes) REF LA 2311 .C32 2002 National Faculty Directory (3 volumes) REF L 901 .N34 (latest volumes) Patterson's American Education REF L 901 .P3 (latest volume) Environmental StudiesAmerican Nature Writers (2 volumes)REF PS 163 .A6 1996 Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists REF QH 26 .B535 1997 Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the 17th Century to the Present REF S 926.A2 A94 1993 FilmDirectors and their Films: A Comprehensive Reference, 1895-1990REF PN 1998 .B85 1993 Great Movie Stars (3 volumes) REF PN 1998 .A2 S54 1995 International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (5 volumes) REF PN 1997.8 .I58 1990 Women Filmmakers & their Films REF PN 1998.2 .W66 1998 Literature (in English)African American Writers (2 volumes)REF PS 153 .N5 A344 2001 American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies (multi-volume) REF PS 129 .A55 17th century to the present. British Writers (multi-volume) REF PR 85 .B688 14th century to the present. International Literature in English: Essays on the Major Writers REF PR 9080 .I57 1991 Literature Resource Center [Remote access – UVM only]Covers all eras and genres. Print counterparts: Contemporary Authors (REF Z 1224 .C6) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (REF PN 41 .D42) Native North American Literature: Biographical and Critical information on Native Writers and Orators from the United States and Canada from Historical Times to the Present REF PS 508 .I5 N38 1994 MathematicsMathematicians from Antiquity to TodayREF QA 28 .F3 Notable Women in Mathematics: A Biographical Dictionary REF QA 28 .N68 1998 MusicBaker's Biographical Dictionary of MusiciansREF ML 105 .B16 Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music REF ML 105 .H38 1996 International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2 volumes) REF ML 105 .C7 1987 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 volumes) REF ML 100 .N48 2001 Electronic: Grove Music Online [Remote access – UVM only]Contemporary Musicians (42 volumes) REF ML 385 .C645 PhilosophyFifty Major Philosophers: A Reference GuideREF B72 .C59 1987 One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers REF B 804 .O55 1998 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 volumes) REF B 51 .R68 1998 Women Philosophers REF B 105 .W6 K47 1989 Political Science and GovernmentAmerican Political Leaders: From Colonial Times to the PresentREF E 176 O27 1991 Dictionary of Political Biography REF D 412 .D53 1998 Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biography REF D 412.6 .H88 1999 Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers REF JA 83 .R725 1998 ScienceAmerican Men and Women of Science (8 volumes)REF Q 141 .A474 Dictionary of Scientific Biography (18 volumes) REF Q141 .D5 Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists (5 volumes) REF Q 141 .N73 1995 SociologyBeyond the enlightenment: Lives and thoughts of social theoristsREF HM 478 .S35 2004 Sociological Theory: Classical Statements REF HM 24 .A77 1995 Women in Sociology: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook REF HR 19 .W59 1991
Recommended Web SitesBiography.comhttp://www.biography.com/ Infoplease Almanac: Biography http://www.infoplease.com/people.html LibrarySpot: Biographies http://www.libraryspot.com/biographies/ PBS Biographies http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html Last updated: August 29, 2007 By: Trina Magi |
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