Biographical Resources at Yale

Canada

• Dictionary of Canadian biography, 1966- .
• Cite as: Dict. Canadian biog.
• Locations:
SML Reference: F1005 D53 (LC)
Divinity Reading Room: F1005 D49 (LC)
Medical Historical Reference: Hist Ref 13 F1005 966D (v. 1 only)
Also available online here.
• Who's who of Canadian women, 1983- .
• Cite as: WW Canadian women
• Location: SML: F1005 W46 (LC)

Latin America

• Indice biográfico de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica, 2000. (3. ed., corr. y ampliada)
• Cite as: Indice biog. de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica (3. ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: DP58 I533 2000 (LC)+ Oversize
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica [microform].
• Burkholder, M.A. Biographical dictionary of audiencia ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821, 1982.
• Cite as: Biog. dict. of audiencia ministers in the Americas, 1982
• Location: LSF: KG B87 (LC)
• Burkholder, M.A. Biographical dictionary of councilors of the Indies, 1717-1808, 1986
• Cite as: Biog. dict. of councilors of the Indies, 1986
• Location: LSF: KG81 B87 1986 (LC)

Mexico

• Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México, c1995. (6. ed.)
• Cite as: Dicc. Porrúa (6. ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: F1204 D53 1995 (LC)
• Enciclopedia de México, 1966-1977. (1. ed.)
• Cite as: Encic. de México, 1966-1977
• Location: SML Reference: F1204 +E52 (LC)
• Enciclopedia de México, 1987-1988. (ed. especial)
• Cite as: Encic. de México, 1987-1988
• Location: SML: F1204 +E52 1987 (LC)
• Miquel i Vergés, J.M. Diccionario de insurgentes, 1969
• Cite as: Dicc. de insurgentes, 1969
• Location: SML: F1232 M56 (LC)
• Orozco L., F. Gobernantes de México, 1985.
• Cite as: Gobernantes de México, 1985
• Location: SML: F1205 O655 1985 (LC)
• Ruiz Castañeda, M. del C. Catálogo de seudónimos, anagramas, iniciales y otros alias usados por escritores mexicanos y extranjeros que han publicado en México, 1985.
• Cite as: Cat. de seudónimos, 1985
• Location: LSF: Z1049 M6 R84 1985 (LC)
• Ruiz Castañeda, M. del C. Correcciones y adiciones al Catálogo de seudónimos, anagramas, iniciales y otros alias usados por escritores mexicanos y extranjeros que han publicado en México, 1990.
• Cite as: Correcciones y adiciones al Cat. de seudónimos, 1990
• Location: SML: Z1049 M6 R84 1985 (LC)
• Vázquez Gómez, J. Dictionary of Mexican rulers, 1325-1997, c1997.
• Cite as: Dict. of Mexican rulers
• Location: LSF: F1205 V34X 1997 (LC)
• Also available to members of the Yale community as an electronic book here.

United States

• American biographical index, 1993.
• Cite as: Am. biog. index
• Location: SML Reference: CT213 +A548 1993 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: American biographical archive [microform]
• American national biography, 1999.
• Cite as: Am. nat. biog.
• Locations:
SML: CT213 A68X 1999 (LC)
Beinecke Reference: CT213 A68X 1999 (LC)
Medical Historical Library Reference: Hist Ref 13 CT213 A68 1999
Also available in electronic format to members of the Yale community here.
• Concise dictionary of American biography, c1990. (4th ed.)
• Cite as: Concise DAB (4th ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: E176 +D53 1990 (LC)
• Encyclopedia of American biography, c1996. (2nd ed.)
• Cite as: Enc. Am. biog. (2nd ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: CT213 E53X 1996 (LC)
• Who was who in America, 1607/1896- . 1942- .
• Cite as: WWW Am., [date]
• Locations:
SML Reference: E176 W482 (LC)
Art & Architecture: E176 W481 (LC)
Beinecke Reference: E176 +W481 (LC)
Bass Reference: E176 W482 (LC)
Divinity Reading Room: E663 W55 (LC)
Kline Anthropology: E176 W482 (LC)
Medical Historical Reference: Hist Ref 13 E176 W36
• Black women in America : an historical encyclopedia, 1993.
• Cite as: Black women in Amer.
• Location: SML Reference: E185.86 +B542 1993 (LC)
• Also availaable in electronic format to members of the Yale community through Osford African American studies center here.
• Dictionary of American Negro biography, c1982.
• Cite as: Dict. Am. Negro biog.
• Locations:
LSF: E185.96 L6 1982 (LC)
Bass Reference: E185.96 L6 1982 (LC)
• Encyclopedia of frontier biography, 1988-1994.
• Cite as: Encyc. frontier biog.
• Location: SML Reference: F596 T57 1988 (LC)

Austria

• Das grosse Buch der Osterreicher, c1987.
• Cite as: Grosse Buch der Osterreicher
• Location: LSF: CT905 +K57X 1987 (LC)
• Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, 1856-1891
• Cite as: Biog. Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
• Location: SML Reference: CT903 W87 (LC)
• Osterreichisches Personen Lexikon, c1992.
• Cite as: Osterreichisches Personen Lexikon
• Location: SML: DB98 A1 A343 1992

Belgium

• Nouvelle biographie nationale, 1988-<2007>
• Cite as: Nouv. biog. nat.
• Location: SML Reference: CT1163 A2 N68 1988 (LC)
• Biographie nationale, 1866- .
• Cite as: Biog. nat.
• Location: SML Reference: CT1163 A22 (LC)
• Nationaal biografisch woordenboek, 1964-<1990>.
• Cite as: Nat. biog. woordenboek
• Location: SML Reference: CT1163 N37 (LC)

Denmark

• Dansk biografisk leksikon, 1979-1984. (3. udg.)
• Cite as: Dansk biog. leksikon (3. udg.)
• Location: SML Reference: CT1263 D352 1979 (LC)
• Scandinavian biographical index, c1994.
• Cite as: Scandinavian biog. index
• Location: SML Reference: CT1243 +S32 1994 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Scandinavian biographical archive [microform].

Finland

• Finsk biografisk handbok, 1895-1903.
• Cite as: Finsk biog. handbok
• Location: SML Reference: CT1220 F55 (LC)
• Heikinheimo, I. Suomen elämäkerrasto, [1955].
• Cite as: Suomen elämäkerrasto
• Location: SML Reference: DK448 H45
• Scandinavian biographical index, c1994.
• Cite as: Scandinavian biog. index
• Location: SML Reference: CT1243 +S32 1994 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Scandinavian biographical archive [microform].

France

• Dictionnaire de biographie française, 1933-<1995>.
• Cite as: Dict. biog. fran.
• Locations:
SML Reference: CT143 +D53 (LC)
Divinity Reading Room: CT143 D5 (LC)
Beinecke Reference: CT143 +D53 (LC)
• Index biographique français, 1993.
• Cite as: Index biog. fran.
• Location: SML Reference: CT1003 +A83 1988 Index (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Archives biographiques françaises [microform].
• Nouvelle biographie général, 1853-1866.
• Cite as: Nouv. biog. gén.
• Location: SML Reference: CT103 N68 (LC)

Germany

• Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, 1875-1912. Reprinted, 1967-1971.
• Cite as: Allgemeine deutsche Biog.
• Locations
SML: CT1053 A44 1967 (LC) [reprint]
Divinity: Film B2235 [microform]
Also available online here.
• Deutscher biographischer Index, 1998 (2. kumulierte und erw. Ausg.)
• Cite as: Deutscher biog. Index (2. kumulierte und erw. Ausg.)
• Location: LSF: CT1053 +D48 1998 Index (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Deutsches biographisches Archiv [microform]
• Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ/DDR : 1945-1990, 1996-1997.
• Cite as: Biog. Handbuch der SBZ/DDR
• Location: SML: CT1099.3 B56 1996 (LC)
• Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich, 1998.
• Cite as: Biog. Lexikon zum 3. Reich
• Location: SML Reference: DD256.5 B558 1998
• Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon, 1998.
• Cite as: Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon
• Location: SML Reference: PN479 M48 1998
• Wer war Wer in der DDR, 1995
• Cite as: WWW DDR
• Location: SML Reference: DD281.5 W47 1995
• Who's who in Germany, 1956- .
• Cite as: WW Germany
• Location: SML: DD85 W5 (latest volume in Reference)

Great Britain

• British biographical index, 1990.
• Cite as: Brit. biog. index
• Locations:
SML Reference: CT773 +B75 1990 (LC)
British Art Reference: CT773 +B75 1990
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: British biographical archive [microform]
• The concise dictionary of national biography : from earliest times to 1985, 1992.
• Cite as: Concise DNB, 1992
• Location: SML: DA28 D58 1992

Ireland

• A concise dictionary of Irish biography, 1970. (rev. and enl. ed.)
• Cite as: Concise dict. Irish biog., 1970
• Location: SML Reference: DA916 C76 1970
• A dictionary of Irish biography, 1998. (3rd ed.)
• Cite as: Dict. Irish biog. (3rd ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: CT862 B69 1998 (LC)
• A biographical dictionary of Irish writers, 1985.
• Cite as: Biog. dict. Irish writers, 1985
• Locations:
Bass: PR8727 B5
SML Reference: PR8727 C55 1985
• Modern Irish lives : a dictionary of twentieth-century biography, 1996.
• Cite as: Modern Irish lives, 1996
• Location: SML Reference: CT862 M63X 1996 (LC)
• Modern Irish writers : a bio-critical sourcebook, 1997.
• Cite as: Modern Irish writers, 1997
• Location: LSF: PR8727 G66 1997
• Also available in electronic format to members of the Yale community here.

Italy

• Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, 1960-<2005>
• Cite as: Diz. biog. degli Ital.
• Locations:
SML Reference: CT1123 D59 (LC)
Beinecke Reference: DG463 D54
• Indice biografico italiano, 1993.
• Cite as: Indice biog. ital.
• Location: SML Reference: CT1123 +I39 1993 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Archivio biografico italiano [microform]

Netherlands

• Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, 1969.
• Cite as: Biog. woordenboek der Nederlanden
• Location: SML Reference: CT1143 +A22 1969 (LC)
• Note: Unchanged reprint of the edition Haarlem 1852-1878.
• Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, 1974.
• Cite as: Nieuw Nederlandsch biog. woordenboek
• Location: SML Reference: CT1143 M65 1974 (LC)
• Note: Reprint of the 1911-1937 ed.
• Wie is wie in Nederland, 1984- .
• Cite as: WW Nederland
• Location: SML: CT1143 E37 (LC) (latest issue in Reference)

Norway

• Norsk biografisk leksikon, 1923- .
• Cite as: Norsk biog. lexikon
• Location: SML Reference: CT1293 N67 (LC)
• Scandinavian biographical index, c1994.
• Cite as: Scandinavian biog. index
• Location: SML Reference: CT1243 +S32 1994 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Scandinavian biographical archive [microform].

Portugal

• Indice biográfico de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica, 2000. (3. ed., corr. y ampliada)
• Cite as: Indice biog. de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica (3. ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: DP58 I533 2000 (LC)+ Oversize
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica [microform].
  

Spain

• Indice biográfico de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica, 2000. (3. ed., corr. y ampliada)
• Cite as: Indice biog. de España, Portugal, e Iberoamérica (3. ed.)
• Location: SML Reference: DP58 I533 2000 (LC)+ Oversize
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Archivo biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica [microform].
  

Sweden

• Scandinavian biographical index, c1994.
• Cite as: Scandinavian biog. index
• Location: SML Reference: CT1243 +S32 1994 (LC)
• Note: Indexes full-text articles in: Scandinavian biographical archive [microform].
• Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 1918- .
• Cite as: Svenskt biog. lexikon
• Location: SML Reference: CT1313 S94 (LC)
• Svenska män och kvinnor, 1942-1955.
• Cite as: Svenska män och kvinnor
• Location: SML Reference: CT1313 S93 (LC)

Switzerland

• Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, 1921-1933.
• Cite as: Dict. hist. et biog. de la Suisse
• Location: SML Reference: DQ51 +H5714
• Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse. Supplément, 1934.
• Cite as: Dict. hist. et biog. de la Suisse. Suppl., 1934
• Location: SML Reference: DQ51 +H5714A
• Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, 1921-1934.
• Cite as: Hist.-biog. Lexikon der Schweiz
• Location: LSF: Bs1 025n
• Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Supplement, 1934.
• Cite as: Hist.-biog. Lexikon der Schweiz. Suppl., 1934
• Location: LSF: Bs1 025na

Wales

• The dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940, 1959.
• Cite as: Dict. Welsh biog.
• Location: SML Reference: DA710 A1 B9813

URL: http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/authorities/biog.htm
Corrections or additions to: Rick Sarcia
Last Revised: 19 September 2008