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Finding Biographical Information

Check American National Biography Online for biographical sketches of American men and women.
 

For information on contemporary and living persons, try:

Current Biography. R 920 C976.
Articles about people in the news here and abroad; issued monthly with an annual cumulative volume.
 

Use these sources to find information on the lives of people who are deceased:

Dictionary of American Biography. R 920.073 D554
Covers Americans from the past.
Dictionary of National Biography. R 920 D
Covers men and women in British history.
Who Was Who in America. R 920.073 W628


If you have a name you can't identify the best place to look is:

New Century Cyclopedia of Names. R 929.4 N
Includes persons, places, literary characters, works of art, plays and operas. Mythological and legendary persons are listed as well.

Biographical sources on people in specific fields, from specific time periods, and from specific parts of the country can also be found in the reference section. Some of these include:

Contemporary Authors. R 928.1 C761

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. R 920 D554.
Who's Who in Fashion. R 746.92 S817w

Who's Who in the Middle Ages. R 940.1 F495w

Who Was Who in the Greek World. R 938 W628

Who Was Who in the Roman World. R 937 W628

For full-length biographies on specific persons, search by subject in the online catalog using either:

  1. the person's name or
  2. their occupation, followed by the subheading BIOGRAPHY

(example: AARON, HANK or BASEBALL PLAYERS -- BIOGRAPHY)