Biography Library Guide

Magale Library catalog:

A book-length biography or autobiography gives breadth and depth not possible in articles.

Select the “Search Library Catalog” button on the right side of page
On the search screen, put the name of the individual in the subject line for books and films.

Electronic resources:

(Sources listed are not intended to be a comprehensive list.)

• Academic Video Online: Premium(Alexander Street Press)
• Britannica Online
• Contemporary Authors (Gale)(Short author bios on writers from many fields, not just literature)
• Credo Reference
• EBSCO eBook Collection
• Films on Demand
• Gale Virtual Reference Library(GVRL)
• Obituaries of famous and notable people in the New York Times can be found in Academic OneFile.
  • These obituaries are renowned for providing thumbnail sketches of a person’s accomplishments and of the reasons the person was famous or infamous, as well as interesting tidbits about the person.
• Proquest Ebook Central
• Salem Press ebooks.   (American Presidents and First Ladies, Great Lives from History series, Innovators)

Some print series to try in the Magale Library Reference collection:

(Sources listed are not intended to be a comprehensive list.)

• American National Biography  Call number CT 213 .A68 1999
• Current Biography Yearbook Call number CT 100 .C8 date of volume
• Dictionary of Literary Biography  Call number PN 41 .D52
• Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists Call number Q 171 .N73 1995