Reference Books

Credo Reference: Biography (~50 full text ebooks)

 

In the Library—
General biographical resources are shelved in the CT call number section.

The Book of Women's Firsts: Breakthrough Achievements...- CT3260.R428 LRC-R
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia - CT103.C4

The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography - CT213.C36 LRC-R
International Who's Who- CT120.I5 LRC-R
Brief resumes of prominent people throughout the world.

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography - CT103.M27 LRC-R
One to two page descriptions of influential figures from the history of the world. A short bibliography ends each article.

Who's Who in America - E663.W56 LRC-R
Brief resumes of prominent people in the U.S.

Who's Who…An Annual Biographical Dictionary - DA28.W6 LRC-R
Brief resumes of prominent people in Great Britain.

Subject and specialized sources are shelved among related topical works.
For example, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians is shelved in the ML, or music section.

 

While generally defining terms and concepts, some sources may give biographical information for persons important in their particular field.

Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology & Counseling - BF31.B25 LRC-R

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology - BF109.A1B56 LRC-R\

Black Lives: Essays in African American Biography - ebook

Dictionary of Pastoral Care & Counseling - BV4011.D43 LRC-R

Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements -BR1644.D53 LRC-R
Many significant religious leaders are described in this book.

A Dictionary of Scientists - ebook

Encyclopedia Judaica - DS102.8.E496 LRC-R

Oral Roberts: An American Life - ebook

Oxford Dictionary of Saints - ebook

Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors...People Who Changed the World - ebook

Library Catalog, ebrary and eBook Collection (ebook databases)
Search: Type the person's name or biography for the Subject search option.
Try Advanced keyword search: select Subject, type biography and for Any Field/ Key Fields type the individual's name.

The ORU A to Z Journals List includes journals, magazines, trade publications, newspaper titles and more.

Example of titles by subject:
A-to-Z: Biography (~905)

Try a title keyword search.
Example:

 

Biography in Context

Contains media rich content and includes nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography.

• 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals
• 170+ reference titles
• 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events
• Integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content
• Hundreds of topic pages covering the highest-interest features
• Use Advanced Search to set search result limits

 

Credo Reference

Search: Advanced Search > mark Biographies under Selected subjects or titles
 

Advanced Search Results

Concept Map Results

Choose an appropriate database and use the indexes or subject fields to limit to people and/or biographies. The search suggestions below can be used in most EBSCO databases.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Premier

Search: Click More in the top menu > click Indexes > For Browse an Index choose People (shown right)

Funk & Wagnall's World Book Encyclopedia

Master File Premier

Newspaper Source

 

Subject Related Databases

America: History & Life

Search: Type biography and change Select a Field (optional) to SU Subject Terms. On the second line type the person's name. (shown below)

Or, use the People index (See Academic Search Complete, above)

ATLA Religion Database

Humanities International Complete

Search: Author Profiles-- Humanities

MLA International Bibliography

MEDLINE 

Oxford Music Online

PsycINF0

Biographical Dictionary

28,000+ notable men and women from ancient times to the present day http://www.s9.com/biography/

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present

Biographical information on members of Congress - http://bioguide.congress.gov/

Biography Center

http://www.biography-center.com/

Biography.com

http://www.biography.com and http://www.biography-center.com

Biography Reference Bank

http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/biobank.htm

Catholic Encyclopedia

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

The Catholic Information Network's (CIN) Saints, Martyrs and Other Holy Persons

http://www.cin.org/saints.html
Collection of texts on the theology of sainthood, saints' biographies, and more.

Composer Biographies

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
Biographies of women who have contributed to our culture in many different ways.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences

https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html

Forbes' World's Richest People

http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/28/billionaires.html

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

http://www.roman-emperors.org/

Infoplease Biography

http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
Search dictionaries, encyclopedias, and/or almanacs for biographical information.

Jewish Heroes and Heorines in America (Florida Atlantic University Libraries)

http://www.fau.edu/library/brodytoc.htm

Library Spot's Biographies

http://www.libraryspot.com/biographies/

National Gallery of Art: Index of Artists

http://www.nga.gov/collection/an.htm

National Inventor's Hall of Fame

http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

National Women's Hall of Fame

http://www.greatwomen.org/

Nobel Prize Internet Archive

http://www.almaz.com/nobel/
Represents every Nobel prizewinner, in every category, with a brief biographical sketch, bibliography, links, and portrait (when available).

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, etc.

Time 100: The World's Most Influential People

http://www.time.com/time/time100/

White House's Presidents' Hall and First Ladies' Gallery

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/