Finding Information on Famous People



REFERENCE BOOKS**

 

Contemporary Newsmakers [REF] CT120 .C663
Current Biography [REF] CT100 .C8 (1940-present)
Dictionary of American Biography [REF] E176 .D562
Dictionary of British Biography [REF] DA28 .D4
Encyclopedia of Native American Biography [REF] E89 .J69
Encyclopedia of World Biography [REF] CT103 .M27
Notable Asian Americans [REF] E184.O6 N67 1995
Who's Who Among Black Americans [REF] E185.96 .W46
Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans [REF] E184.S75W36
Who's Who in America [REF] E663 .W56 1998

** Reference books are available for use in the Library



LIBRARY DATABASES

Biography Reference Bank

Infotrac Expanded Academic Index
Masterfile Premiere
National Newspspers (5)



INTERNET SITES

 

Time Magazine's Person of the Century Poll
http://www.time.com/time/time100/index.html
Biographical Dictionary
http://www.s9.com/biography/
Internet Public Library's Biographies
http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/ref1000.html

Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-present
www.almaz.com/nobel/

Hyperhistory Timeline (People)
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/
History of Science, Technology, & Medicine - Biographies http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/hstm/hstm_ove.htm

 

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