GENERAL AND WORLDWIDE

Lobles, Jean-Pierre.  IBN: Index bio-bibliographicus notorum hominum.  Osnabruck: Biblio Verlag, 1972-92.  Pt. B; Pt. C, v.1-58 (in progress)

Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne (Michaud).  Nouv. ed. … rev., corr. et augm.  Paris: Madame C. Desplaces, 1843-65.  45v.

Biography resource center.  Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, c2001-

List of sources indexed.

Biography and genealogy master index.  Detroit, MI : Gale Research,
BGMI indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.  NB: This source provides citations to print sources in which full biographical information is available but does not link to them.

List of sources indexed.

Biography index.  Bronx, N.Y. : H.W. Wilson, c1997-
This index cites biographical material appearing since 1984 in more than 3,000 periodicals indexed in other Wilson databases and additional selected periodicals, some 2,500 current books (annually) of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. Periodicals indexed are selected from all subject areas, the biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.  Entries from v.1 (1946) to the present are included in Biography and Genealogy Master Index.

Contemporary Black biography.  Detroit : Gale Research Inc., c1992-

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Current biography yearbook.  New York, H.W. Wilson Co.  v.1-  1940-
Updated every year with about 150 biographies of people of all nationalities who are currently prominent in their fields.

International who’s who.  London : Europa Publications Ltd., 2003-
Only information from the current print edition is available online through this site.  Entries from the 38^th edition (1974) to the present are included in Biography and Genealogy Master Index.

International who’s who of women.  London: Europa Publications, 1992-   ,
Substantial coverage of women from Third World and non-Western Europe or North American countries.  Supplements the International who’s who by including women who have been under-represented in that sister publication.

Internationale Personalbibliographie, 1800-1959.  2., überarbeitete und bis zum Berichtsjahr 1975 fortegeführte Aufl. von Band III (1944-1959) mit Nachträgen zur 2. Aufl. von Band I/II (1800-1943). Stuttgart : A. Hiersemann, 1978-1987.  3v. 
(SML, Stacks, Z8001 A1 A75 1978 (LC)+ Oversize)
Indexes personal bibliographies in books, periodicals, biographical dictionaries, annuals, etc., with many of the entries leading to biographical as well as bibliographical information.  International in scope. 

Jocher, Christian Gottlieb.  Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon ….  Leipzig: Gleditsch, 1750-51.  4v. 
(Starr Main Reference Room, Z1010 J63 (LC)+ Oversize)

-----. -----.  Fortsetzung und Erganzungen … . Leipzig: 1784-87; 1810; 1813-19; 1897.  7v.  (A-Romuleus) 
(Starr Main Reference Room, Z1010 J63 (LC)+ Oversize)
Covers persons of all time periods and nationalities but is particularly strong for the Middle Ages.  The original set covers people living before 1750.  The supplements cover that period and slightly later dates as well.

Merriam-Webster’s biographical dictionary.  Springfield, MA: Merriam Webster, 1995.

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Nouvelle biographie generale depuis les temps plus recules jusqu’a nos jours (Hoefer).  Paris: Firmin Didot, 1853-66.  46v.

Oettinger, Eduard Maria.  Bibliographie biographique universelle.  Dictionnaire des ouvrages relatifs a l’histoire de la vie publicque et privee des personages celebres de tous les temps et de toutes les nations… .  Bruxelles: Stienon, 1854.  2v. in 1. 
(LSF Xb61 +854)
Arranged by biographie, this lists separately published works about eminent persons of all time periods and all countries.  v.2 includes lists of general, national and local, and subject biographical dictionaries.

Phillips, Lawrence Barnett.  Dictionary of biographical reference; containing over 100,000 names; together with a classed index of the biographical literature of Europe and America.  3^rd. ed.  London: Low, 1889.
(Starr Main Reference Room, CT103 P45 1966 (LC)
Indexes about 40 biographical collections and other works.

Ungherini, Aglauro. Manuel de bibliographie et d’iconographie des femmes celebres.  Turin: Nilsson, 1892-1905.  3v.

Who’s who in the world. Farmington Hills, MI : Gale Group, 1999-
Includes all content of the title since 1985.

World biographical index.  München : K.G. Saur Electronic Pub., c1998-
To see a list of biographical sources indexed for any national or regional archive, do a Bibliographical Search and choose the name or abbreviation of that archive.  For the call numbers of the associated microfiche collections, see under Other Versions on the database information page.