GENERAL RESOURCES
American National Biography
REF CT213.A68 1999
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Current Biography
REF CT100.C88
Dictionary of American Biography
REF E176.D5635
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography,
The
REF CT103.M27
Who’s Who
REF DA28.W6
AFRICAN/AFRICAN AMERICAN
African American Voices
REF E185.96.A48 1996
African Biographical Dictionary, An
REF DT18.B76 1994
Contemporary Black Biography
REF CLOSED DT18.C66
Who’s Who Among African Americans
ART
REF E185.96.W6
Artists: From Michelangelo to Maya Lin
REF N40.E74 1995
Contemporary Artists
REF NA6490.C6567 1989
Living Artists
REF N6512.E45 2000
St. James Guide to Black Artists
REF CLOSED N40.S78 1997
ASIAN AMERICANS
Asian American Voices
REF E184.O6A842 1997
Notable Asian Americans
REF E184.O6N67 1995
Who’s Who Among Asian Americans
REF E184.L6W36
HISPANIC/LATINO/CHICANO AMERICAN
Dictionary of Hispanic Biography
REF CT1343.D53 1996
Hispanic American Biography
REF E184.S75H57
Hispanic American Voices
REF E184.S75H564 1997
HISTORICAL
European Historical Biography
REF CT759.R47
Who Was Who in America
REF E663.W54
Who’s Who in the Middle Ages
REF D115.F5 1971
LITERARY
American Ethnic Writers
REF PS153.M56A414 2000
Contemporary Authors
REF Z1224.C58
Dictionary of Literary Biography
REF PS21.D5185
Maryland
Black Experience in Maryland
REF MD E185.93.M2R63
Maryland Biographical Dictionary
REF MD F180.M28 1999
Marylanders Who Serve
REF MD JK1010.M38 1992
MUSIC
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American & African Musicians
REF ML105.S67 1982
Jazz Veterans: A Portrait Gallery
REF ML385.D323 1996
Popular Musicians
ML105.P66 1999
NATIVE AMERICAN
Native North American Almanac
REF E77.N37 1994
Native North American Voices
REF E98.O7S77 1997
Notable Native Americans
REF E89.N67 1994
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
American Men and Women of Science
REF Q141.A473
Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
REF Q141.H2 1987
Dictionary of Scientists (MDL)
REF Q141.D52 1994eb
Notable Black American Scientists
REF CLOSED Q141.N726 1999
Notable Scientists: From 1900 to the Present
REF Q141.N728 2001
WOMEN
African American women: A Biographical Dictionary
REF E185.96.A45 1993
Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary
REF E98.W8B38 1993
Notable Black American Women
REF CLOSED E185.96.N68
Notable Hispanic Women
REF E184.S75N68 1993
Who’s Who of American Women
REF CT3260.W5
ONLINE RESOURCES
Databases
Biography Resource Center from GaleNet
This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group
sources. Biography Resource Center also includes full-text articles from
hundreds of periodicals.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index from GaleNet
This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for
biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations
and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes any print
product that includes biographical information on multiple persons. It also acts
as an index to other indexes.
Biography Information from Lexis-Nexis Academic (Reference Section)
Here, you will find biographical information on politicians, business
executives, and more.
Internet
4000 Years of Women in Science
http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
Biography
http://biography.com
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
The Faces of Sciences: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
First Ladies of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
tbw/dec 2002