Biographical Information

See Also Biography Resources

American Men & Women of Science

American National Biography
Portraits of men and women from all eras and walks of life and illustrations, many hyperlinked cross-references and links to select web sites.

Ancestry Library Edition

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Biography Index cites biographical material appearing in periodicals indexed in Wilson databases and additional selected periodicals, some current annuals of individual and collective biography, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books.

Biography Resource Center
Biographical information throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, Writers Directory; with full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night, U.S. News & World Report.

Directory of American Scholars

Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History

Gale Literary Databases
When you simultaneously search Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB), you'll find information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works.
Print Versions & Locations:
Contemporary Authors, SML Reference, Z1224 +C654 & Z1224 +C66
Dictionary of Literary Biography, SML Reference, PN451 +D53
Contemporary Literary Criticism, SML Reference, PN771 +C59

World Biographical Index is a good first step for locating very basic information about people from North and South America, Western and Central Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania, through the beginning of the 20th century. It is essentially an index to biographical reference works which have been microfilmed. Yale's microfiche sets are housed in the SML, Starr Main Reference Room Annex.