• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
  Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) is a comprehensive index to millions of biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Consortium (8 Libraries) Shares 8 Simultaneous Users.
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• Contemporary Authors
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1010 .C65
  Contemporary Authors is a comprehensive source of biographical information on over 100,000 modern novelists, playwrights, poets, scriptwriters, non-fiction writers and journalists.

• Biography Index
  • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference CT 104 .B54
  • Dates covered: 1946-current
  Indexes English-language periodicals and selected books. Includes autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, finction and drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews.

• Biographical Dictionaries and Directories
  

  A biographical dictionary is a collection of articles on selected individuals, often arranged by country of origin or occupation. Biographical dictionaries provide brief, factual information about people, living or deceased.

  There are several categories of biographical dictionaries; the most comprehensive is a universal dictionary which includes people from all time periods, countries, and occupations. Who's Who (Ref. CT 120 I5) is an example of this type. National or regional dictionaries are limited in coverage to a particular geographical area, while subject biographical dictionaries limit entries to specific professional groups.

  Typical examples of these are the Dictionary of American biography, American National Biography, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. The Dictionary of American Biography (Ref. E 176.D56) is an authoritative work in over twenty volumes, with over 14,000 extensive articles on persons now deceased who made significant contributions to Amercan life and culture. Typically, articles in this set include sources for additional information.

  The American National Biography (Ref. CT 213 A68 1999) offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women from all eras and walks of life.

  Each volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography (Ref. PN 451.D54) docuses on a specific period or literary movement, and includes contributors to literature from the United States as well as other countries. Entries include a chronological career summary, a list of publications, as well as bibliographic citations to works by and about the subject.

  An example of a directory-type biographical source is the Biographical Directory of the American Congress (Ref. JK 1010 .A5). Containing over ten thousand entries of brief information on U. S. representatives and senators, delegates of the Continental Congress, territorial delegates, etc., this and other directories typically are brief compilations of information on individuals of a particular profession or discipline.

A biographical dictionary is a collection of articles on selected individuals, often arranged by country of origin or occupation. Biographical dictionaries provide brief, factual information about people, living or deceased.

There are several categories of biographical dictionaries; the most comprehensive is a universal dictionary which includes people from all time periods, countries, and occupations. Who's Who (Ref. CT 120 I5) is an example of this type. National or regional dictionaries are limited in coverage to a particular geographical area, while subject biographical dictionaries limit entries to specific professional groups.

Typical examples of these are the Dictionary of American biography, American National Biography, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography. The Dictionary of American Biography (Ref. E 176.D56) is an authoritative work in over twenty volumes, with over 14,000 extensive articles on persons now deceased who made significant contributions to Amercan life and culture. Typically, articles in this set include sources for additional information.

The American National Biography (Ref. CT 213 A68 1999) offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women from all eras and walks of life.

Each volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography (Ref. PN 451.D54) docuses on a specific period or literary movement, and includes contributors to literature from the United States as well as other countries. Entries include a chronological career summary, a list of publications, as well as bibliographic citations to works by and about the subject.

An example of a directory-type biographical source is the Biographical Directory of the American Congress (Ref. JK 1010 .A5). Containing over ten thousand entries of brief information on U. S. representatives and senators, delegates of the Continental Congress, territorial delegates, etc., this and other directories typically are brief compilations of information on individuals of a particular profession or discipline.

• General

• Biography.com
  Official site of A & E's Biography television series. The material at this site is from the Columbia Biographical Dictionary. Over 25,000 individuals are represented.

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  

  "This first phase presents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years. We are certain that this new means of consulting theDictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada (DCB/DBC), a major research and publishing project launched by the University of Toronto and the Université Laval in 1959. . ."

• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
  Created by Danuta Bois. Biographies of women are searchable by name or subject.

• Namebase
  Entries in this index are derived from approximately 700 investigative books published since 1962 and thousands of periodicals from 1973. This Web site is browsable by name or category.

• Arts & Humanities

• artnet.com - Research Library - Artist Biographies
  Artist articles are derived from the Grove Dictionary of Art and from scholars commisioned by art.com.

• Social Sciences

• Anthropology Biography Web
  This site provides brief descriptions of anthropologists and other scientists that have direct influence on the discipline of anthropology. This is a site-in-progress with additions added periodically.

• Biographical Directory. United States Congress
  Search for members of congress from 1774 to the present.

• Potus -- Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library)
  In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included.

• Literature

• Authors on the Web
  A collection of literary author biographies available on the web.

• American Literature - Biographical Sources

• Sciences

• Four Thousand Years of Women in Science
  This database can be accessed by an alphabetical list, a time-ordered list, and a field of study ordered list.

• People and Discoveries
  People and Discoveries (Public Broadcasting Service) is a databank consisting of 120 entries about 20th century scientists and their stories.

• Multicultural

• Notable African Americans

• Notable American Indians

• Notable Hispanic Americans

• Some Noteworthy Americans of Asian or Pacific Island Heritage

• Genealogy

• Ancestry.com
  ". . . Users have access to hundreds of millions of fully searchable individual records, including all available US Census records (1790 – 1930). Users can search by record type, locality, or simply view scanned images of original historical documents. Access to these records is available through both free and premium subscription models, with nearly half of the content available on the site offered free to all visitors . . ."

• FamilySearch
  Access the online genealogical resources of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

• Local History and Genealogy Reading Room (Library of Congress)
  The Library of Congress has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications. The Library's genealogy collection began as early as 1815 when Thomas Jefferson's library was purchased.