I. Information resources on scientists

A. Nobel Prize Winners resources -

B. Field-specialized
1) biology (including to a limited extent neuroscience, physiology, and medicine),
2) botany ,
3) chemistry,
4) math,
5) physics,
6) engineering & technology,
7) environmental science,
8) natural history and zoology

C. Geographically-specialized
1) All countries,multiple fields
2) U.S., Canada, or Latin America
3) Outside of North America

D. Year-defined or science overall

1) Unspecified
2) Twentieth Century
3) Before 1990s

E. Other collective science biography

F. Membership directories or listings

II. Autobiography

III. Internet-accessible

IV. Additional suggestions

I. Information resources about scientists
A. Nobel Prize Winners

(Also see Internet-accessible (below) and The Remarkable Story of Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize, c1994, for background information on the ceremonies and arrangements surrounding the awarding of the Nobel Prizes. Kline Science Library AS911 N9 S5513)

Nobel Prize Winners, by T. Wasson (c1987), with supplements (from HW Wilson)
Kline Science Library Reference AS911 N9 N59
Sterling Memorial Library Reference AS911 N9 N59 (LC)

The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000, Ed.) LS Sherby (4th ed., from Oryx Press, c2002)
Sterling Memorial Library Ref AS911 N9 +W53 (LC)

Les Prix Nobel, with biographies, Nobel lectures, some portraits and signatures. (from Imprimerie Royale)
Kline Science Library 1948-1972, AS911 N9 N636

Nobel Prize Women in Science: their lives, struggles and momentous discoveries, Ed.) S. Bertsch McGrayne, 2nd ed., 1998 (from Carol Publishing Group)
Kline Science Library Reference A141 M358X 1998
[includes photos]

Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry (1901-1961) (from Abelard-Schuman) (1901-1989)
1901-1950 Mudd Library Rs2B 953F
1901-1961 Kline Science Library QD21 F375 1963

Nobel Prize Winners in Physics (1901-1950) (from H. Schuman)
formerly at Mudd Library, now request from LSF R2 B953H

Nobel Lectures including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies -Chemistry- (from World Scientific)
1901-1921 Kline Science Library QD39 N63
Chemistry Library 3N63

1922-1941 Kline Science Library QD39 N63
Chemistry Library 3N63

1942-1962 Kline Library QD39 N63
Chemistry Library 3N63

1963-1970 Kline Science Library QD39 N63
1971-1980 Kline Science Library QD39 C539 1993
1981-1990 Kline Science Library QD39 C54 1992

Nobel Lectures including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies -Physics- (from World Scientific)
1901-1921 Kline Science Library QC71 N63
1963-1970 Mudd Library R2B 953H
1971-1980 Kline Science Library QC6.2
1981-1990 Kline Science Library QC6.2 P59 1993

Pioneers of Science: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, by RL Weber, c1980 (from Institute of Physics)
Kline Science Library QC15 W43 1980

Nobel Lectures including presentation speeches and laureates' biographies Physiology or Medicine (from Elsevier Publishing Co.)
1963-1970 Kline Science Library QP71 N63
1981-1990 Medical Historical Library Reference 13 R134 P39 1993

B. -Field-specialized resources

1) biology

American Entomologists (late 1700s-1960s)
Kline Science Library QL26 M36 1971
[lengthy entries, some photos]

Bio-bibliography for the history of the biochemical sciences since 1800
Kline Science Library Z5524 B54 F78 1982 (LC)
[This bibliography and its supplement (c1985, American Philosophical Society) provide citations to biographical entries in reference works, including some lesser known titles, and from specialized journals. Done by Yale-affiliated J.S. Fruton.]

Current Research in Britain - Biological Sciences
Kline Science Library Reference QH320 G7 +C87
[personal name index, specialty and keyword indexes also]

Biosis Previews (Biological Abstracts)
Search using keyword "biography".
Kline Science Library Abstracts (print edition)
[Look under "biography" in subject indexes
of earlier years, in print as Biological Abstracts. 1969-present is online.]

Naturalists' Directory & Almanac (International)
Kline Science Library Reference Q145 N3 1990
[name, address, phone, specialty]

Minds Behind the Brain: a history of the pioneers and their discoveries
Kline Science Library QP353 F548 2000 (LC)

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Biological & Agricultural Sciences
Kline Science Library Reference L901 +A55
Forestry Library Ref L901 +P444 (LC)
Sterling Memorial Library stacks L901 +P444 (LC)

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists -Biologists-
Kline Science Library Reference QH26 B54 1984

Selected Bibliography of Biographical Data for the History of Biochemistry Since 1800, by J. Fruton of Yale University, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Dept.
Kline Science Library Reference Z7404 +F78 1977

2) botany
Taxonomic Literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types, (from at least 1540- , in 7 volumes + supplements to: Regnum Vegetabile)
Kline Science Library QK96 R4
[Lists dates, nationalities, profession(s), related bibliographic items including obituary notices and locations of their herbaria, for botanists and related naturalists and physicians.]

New York Botanical Garden. Biographical Notes Upon Botanists (1940s-)
Kline Science Library Reference Oversize QK26 +B37 1965

Biographical Dictionary of Botanists Represented in the Hunt Institute Portrait Collection. (1950s-1970)
Kline Science Library QK26 TH85 1972
[birth data, death data, specialty, country]

Portraits of Old Botanists. W. Junk (ed.), Berlin, 1926
Kline Science Library Oversize/Folio QK26 J8
[25 short biographies and portraits]

Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists Including Plant
Collectors, Flower Painters and Garden Designers
Kline Science Library Reference Z5358 G7 +B7 1994

Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature Relating to Vascular Plants. (1971- and issued quarterly in print)
Kline Science Library, Abstracts
Online at: http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/kr/KRHomeExt.html (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2000). Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature, Published on the Internet.)
[Each issue contains a Personalia section with references to biographical articles on botanical taxonomists from anywhere in the world and from any point in time.]

Garden Literature: an index to periodical articles and book reviews. (1992- in annual installments)
Kline Science Library, Abstracts
[See the "Botanists" listings in each issue, citing material from professional or well-regarded popular magazines or journals. Obituary notices included.]

3) in chemistry
For works in biochemistry, see also entries in biology (above).
ACS Directory of Graduate Research (1953-)
in print: Kline Science Library Reference Z5525 U5 A5
Chemistry Library has current year.
Medical Library has current year.
[name, phone, address, positions held, e-mail address, list of some publications]

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists -Chemists-
Kline Science Library Reference QD21 B48 1984

4) mathematics
Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians, v1-4
Math Library Rm B52 227

Index of British Mathematicians, 1701-1800
Kline Science Library Reference QA30 +W35 3

Notable Women in Mathematics: a biographical dictionary
Mathematics Library Reference Y84n

5) physics
Current Research in Britain - Physical Sciences
Kline Science Library Reference Q180 G7 +R473
[personal name index, specialty index, and keyword index]

Peterson's Graduate Programs in the Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Kline Science Library Reference L901 +A55 4
Sterling Memorial Library Reference and stacks L901 +P445 (LC)

Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy and Related Fields (AIP)
Kline Science Library Reference QC30 +A48

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists -Physicists-
Kline Science Library Reference QC15 B56 1984

6) in engineering and technology
American Women in Technology: an encyclopedia.
Approximately 300 entries either biographical or on an organization.
Sterling Memorial Library T36 Z54X 2000 (LC)

Graduate Programs in Physics, Astronomy and Related Fields (AIP)
Kline Science Library Reference QC30 +A48

Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +W446 1984/85

7) in the environment
American Environmental Leaders: from colonial times to the present, 2 vols (ABC-CLIO, 2000)
Kline Science Library Reference GE55 B43X 2000 (LC)

8) in zoology and natural history
Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, c2002
Kline Science Library Reference QL713.2 E63 2002 (LC)
Incudes a listing, at the back, of 52 brief biographies for those who made an "important and lasting contribution to the study of marine mammals" in the opinion of the editors.

Finders, Keepers - Eight Collectors, c1992
Kline Science Library AM231 +P87X 1992, also Medical Historical and Cross Campus libraries

"History of ichthyology in the United States and after 1850" by Carl L. Hubbs, in Copeia March 26, 1964 no. 1, special anniversary issue.
Kline Science Library QL1 C66 1964
This article includes a number of black and white portraits of the persons discussed.

The Copepodologist's Cabinet: a biographical and bibliographical history, c2002
Sterling Memorial Library AS36 A53 M4 (LC)+
Features a number of lesser-known persons as well as more famous persons, up through the late 1800s. Some portraits and signatures are included. Noteworthy bibliography.

C. Geographically-specialized resources

Great Britain
Commonwealth Universities Yearbook (1914-)
Sterling Memorial Lib. Ref LB2310 C65 (LC)
Cross Campus Lib. Ref LB2310 C65 (LC)
Medical Library Ref 12 LB2310 C6 latest ed.
[degrees, index by personal name]

Dictionary of National Biography (1900-) main set and supplements are in: Sterling Memorial Library Beinecke Library Divinity Library [for deceased persons of national fame, signed articles, bibliographies]

Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society (Royal Society of London) (1930s-1954) [deceased Fellows of the Royal Society, photo, autograph, bibliographies] Decennial index 1951-1960 at Kline Library Q41 R67 A43

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society (1955-) Medical Historical Library Decennial Index at Kline Science Library Q41 R67 A43 [for deceased Fellows of the Royal Society of London]

Europe

Who's Who in Science in Europe (1960s-) Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +W45 Kline editions from 1967 - 1995 Sterling Memorial Lib. Stacks has 1967, 1972, 1989, 1991 editions Ornithology Library Q141 +W45

Prominent Scientists of Continental Europe (1950s-1966)
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 T867

Titles available for multiple other geographical areas can be identified in The Guide to Reference Books or in Walford's Guide to Reference Materials or through a reference interview. Curators for: Africa, East Asia, Judaica, Latin America, the Near East, Slavic and Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia are also available at Yale. This may be particularly useful in pursuing sources not in the English language.
Examples follow.

Africa
Africa Who's Who (c1981)
Makers of Modern Africa
Dictionary of African Biography

Australia
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Dictionary of Australian Biography
Who's Who in Australia

Belgium
Biographie Nationale (Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux-arts) (1866-1944, 1956-)

Canada
Canadian Who's Who
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (1966-)
Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Standard Dictionary of Canadian Biography; the Canadian Who Was Who
Who's Who in Canada

For other countries outside of North America, sources include:

China
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women 1644-1911
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women 1912-2000
Biographical Dictionary of Republican China (1967-1979)
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
Who's Who in China; Biographies of Chinese Leaders
Who's Who in Communist China (1966-)

France
Who's Who in France; Dictionnaire Biographique (1953-)
Dictionnaire de Biographie Francaise (1933-)

Germany
Who's Who in Germany: a Biographical Dictionary(1950s-)

India
Dictionary of Indian Biography (c1906)
Indian Biographical Dictionary (c1915)
Dictionary of National Biography (1800-1947)
India Who's Who (1969-)

D. Year-defined or science overall resources

current
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +W376X
[23,000 biographies, specialty index, geographic index]

Nexis
For people in the news. The telnet access searches the full-text of indexed newspapers.
URL: telnet://libinfo.cis.yale.edu:212921
[full-text of major U.S. newspapers searchable by person's name]

Current Biography (1940s-)
photo included
Sterling Memorial Library Reference CT100 C87 (LC)

Biography Index: a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines (1940s-)
profession index included
Sterling Memorial Library - Subject Bibliography Z5301 B56 (LC)
Biography Index database, 1984 to present

World of Learning Kline Science Library Reference AS2 W6
also at Sterling Memorial, Cross Campus, Social Science, Engineering, Geology, and Medical (Ref 12 AS2 W6) libraries
[Multiple search types are possible online as an edition complementary to the print.]

People on the Internet
[A set of search systems available on the gopher for finding e-mail addresses internationally.]

20th Century Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists
Kline Library Reference Q141 +N73X 1995
[1250 entries, living and deceased persons, list of works about and works by, index by specialty, photo] A supplement was added in 1998.

Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
100 persons portrayed, photographs of each
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 P535X 1996

any time

Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +B53 1994
[2000 entries, birth and death dates, living and deceased persons]

Index to Scientists - Norma Ireland
Kline Science Library Reference Z7404 I73
[provides person's year(s), country, specialty, 7500 entries, an index to entries from over 400 sources]

Bio-Base or Biography and Genealogy Master Index Kline Science Library microtext area, small box
Sterling Memorial Library Catalog Reference area
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
[provides person's years and indexes entries from over 600 other works]

before 1990s

Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970-1980)
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +G55 1970
[deceased persons, primarily from math, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, history of science, 5000 entries, signed, lengthy, emphasis on career accomplishments, index by specialty]

Poggendorff, JC. Biographisch-literarisches Handworterbuch zur Geschichte ... (1860s-1940)
Kline Science Library Reference Z7404 P64 1965
[Biography, bibliography, persons from math, astronomy, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, text mostly in German. Provides birthdate, death date, education, and employment, publications by and about. May be searched electronically at Kline Science Library workstation #13. Yale affiliates ask at circulation desk.]

Internationale Personalbibliographie 1800-1943, by Max Arnim, c1952.
Kline Science Library Reference Z8001 A1 A75
[An index to entries from 360 other publications. Biographical and bibliographical. Ornithologists, botanists, physicians, geologists, mineralogists, chemists, zoologists, metoerologists, mathematicians, physicists, naturalists, entomologists, anthropologists, philosophers, aegyptologists, and others are listed with reference to the earlier published entry and some dates. Some individual publications also included. Foreword is in German.]

Index to Biographical Fragments in Unspecialized Scientific Journals - by E. Scott Barr
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 B29 1973
[7700 persons, specialty, years, place, and refers to information from these journals- American Journal of Science, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Royal Society, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Nature, Popular Science Monthly, Philosophical Magazine, Science]

- U.S. or Canada or Latin America

current

National Faculty Directory
Kline Science Library Reference L90 +N38
[over 3500 institutions covered, name, department, and address given]

People on the Internet
[A set of search systems available on the gopher for finding e-mail addresses internationally.]

1906 to the present

American Men and Women of Science Former title: American Men of Science (1906-1968)
at KSL, Med Kline Science Library
print: Reference Q141+A5
[birthdate, birthplace, specialties, positions held, memberships, address, for persons in physical or biological sciences, engineering, public health, math, statistics, computer science] The 21st edition was published in 2003.

Dissertation Abtracts International (1938-)
Dissertation and Theses Full-Text, a more recent rendition of the better-known Dissertation Abstracts.
In 1966, Section B arose for the sciences. Included European Abstracts for 1976-1988.
Kline Science Library has 1952-1987 Z5055 +U49 and other years in microform area
[dissertation title, abstract, school, year]

1905 and earlier
National Academy of Sciences. Biographical Memoirs (1877-)
Kline Science Library Q11 N286 A14
[signed, lengthy and personable accounts, bibliography, photo, autograph]

Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1887-1889
Sterling Memorial Lib. stacks Cb83
Beinecke Library E176 A66 (LC)
1892-1984 Sterling Memorial Library Ref E176 A666

Dictionary of American Biography (1928-1988)
at Divinity, Sterling Memorial, Law, Cross Campus, and Beinecke Rare Book libraries
[signed, lengthy entries, bibliography, for persons of national (U.S.) fame, indexes by occupation, schools attended, birthplaces]

Comprehensive Dissertation Index (1861-)
print: Kline Science Library volumes to 1986 in Kline annex then shelving facility,
also at Sterling Memorial Library -
Main Reference Room Z5055 U49 D571 (LC)+, Social Science, Medical, Divinity, and Music libraries
cd-rom: Sterling Memorial Library
[dissertation title, school, year]

New York Times Obituaries Index (1830s - 1970s)
Medical Historical Library Ref 13 CT101 +N49
Sterling Memorial Library - Main Reference Room and Microforms
Divinity Library

1704-1800

Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers - Ogden Codman
Sterling Memorial Library - Main Reference Room F73.25 C63 (LC)

1830s -1970s

New York Times Obituaries Index (1830s - 1970s)
Medical Historical Library Ref 13 CT101 +N49
Sterling Memorial Library - Main Reference Room and Microforms
Divinity Library

1990s to the present

Boston Globe, Boston Herald Obituary Index
[On gopher - to access, choose All the Gophers in the World then
United States - MA (for Massachusetts) Boston Public Library then
Special Collections of the BPL and then
BPL s Obituary Database.
User name is BPL.
Includes date of obituary and newspaper.]

E. Other collective scientific biographical resources

International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists
Facts on File, Inc., 2002
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 O27X 2002 (LC)+ Oversize
Features narratives on 500 women scientists from B.C. times up through practicing scientists. Some entries in this work are not found in Ogilvie and Harvey's Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science (Routledge, 2000) and for entries in common, the International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists contains complementary material. Several useful indexes complete this interesting source.

Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century
Routledge, 2 vols, 2000
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 +B5285X 2000
2500 women scientists from a wide range of fields (including engineering, medicine, botany, zoology, anthropology) and from a variety of countries (including Britain, Austria, Canada, France, the U.S., Holland, Poland, Italy, Ireland, Romania, Russia) are portrayed in this source. This work expands upon the 1986 Women in Science, antiquity through the nineteenth century by Marilyn Ogilvie. The list of standard sources consulted is given and an index by field/years/country is provided.

Ladies in the Laboratory: American and British women in science, 1800-1900: a survey of their contributions to research
Scarecrow Press, 1998
Sterling Memorial Library Q141 +C69X 1998

Notable Women in the Life Sciences: a biographical dictionary
Greenwood Press, 1996
Kline Science Library Reference QH26 N68X 1996
Nearly 100 women scientists throughout time who have made significant contributions to the life sciences are featured here. A good level of detail, bibliographies, and some photos provide information not quickly found cumulated elsewhere.

Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: a biographical dictionary
Greenwood Press, 1997
Kline Science Library Reference QH26 N68 1997
Emphasis is on 20th-century fields of astronomy, astrophysics, biochemistry, chemistry, crystallography, physics, and related fields; 70 women scientists are featured. Provides more details, photos, and some references not easily found elsewhere.

Women in Ichthyology: an anthology in honor of ET, Ro, and Genie
Kluwer Academic, 1994
Kline Science Library QL615 W62X 1994 [currently missing]

American Women Afield: writings by pioneering women naturalists
No. 20 in the Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series, Texas A & M University Press, c1995
Kline Science Library QH45.2 B66X 1995
The writings of 25 women naturalists are highlighted, excerpted, and described. Some of the entries include a photo.

Black Women Scientists in the United States
Indiana University Press, 1999
Kline Science Library Reference A141 W367X 1999 (LC)
Citings of publications and presentations follow the biographical essays. Some photos are included. Dates and years are not consistently provided and may have to be determined from other sources. Essays vary greatly in length.

Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th-Century
Oryx, 1996
100 persons are portrayed, with photos of each.
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 P535X 1996

Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, from MC Brown, a librarian at Princeton University.
Provides biographical information (frequently with portrait) of several dozen scientists, past and current. Many fields are represented. Accessible electronically at URL:http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html.

Blacks in Science and Medicine
Hemisphere Publishing Corp (Taylor & Francis), 1990
Kline Science Library Reference Q141 B58 1990
Compiles entries on American black men and women scientists or physicians from a number of books and several journals. An index by profession is provided.

F. Membership directories or listings

-National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Membership Directory.
Kline Science Library Reference Q11 N37 A3
Some older volumes are also available at the Medical and Sterling Memorial libraries.

-Acoustical Society of America. Membership Directory.

-American Association of Physicists in Medicine. Member Directory.

-American Astronomical Society. Online Membership Directory.

-American Institute of Physics. Directory of Physics, Astronomy, & Geophysics Staff.

-American Physical Society. Membership Directory.
Kline Science Library Reference QC1 A53 +A23
Older edition is at the Engineering & Applied Science Library QC 16.2 +A512

-FASEB (Federation of American Scientists for Experimental Biology). Directory of Members.
Kline Science Library Reference QH301 F426
Most back years to 1970 also available at KSL.

-Royal Society of London. Fellows.
Biographical and historical information about Fellows of the Royal Society of London, 1660 to the present. From the Society some birth and death dates are available.

-SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. Current SPIE Members

II. Autobiographical resources

Autobiographical information for scientists tends to be more rare, often limited to anecdotal, manuscript material, or essays.

Sources for author searches include:
-library catalogs
in Yale's online library catalog, Orbis, try
k=autobiograph?
s=autobiography
(example)k=feynman richard

s=scientists--united states--biography
s=ethologists--biography

-National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints and its supplements (Kline Science Library, Sterling Memorial Library)

-Books in Print (for the U.S., and other similar country- specific equivalents for elsewhere)
Books in Print and Global Books in Print This database resource is useful for English-language book information.

-databases, indexes, abstracts covering the research area of the person (see a reference librarian and consult subject bibliography guides: biology, botany, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, general science, mathematics, physics)

-RLIN database for manuscript holdings in many large research libraries (see a reference librarian) or try ArchiveGrid (formerly Archival Resources) (for related holdings in libraries belonging to the Research Libraries Group).

-National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
Print volumes at: Sterling Memorial, Divinity, and Medical Historical libraries.
Some of the information from these volumes may be retrieved through a search of ArchivesUSA (for collection sites).

-Inventory of Sources for History of Twentieth-Century Physics, report and microfiche index to 700,000 letters by Bruce R. Wheaton c1993
Kline Science Library Reference QC15 +W45 1993

- Annual Review of Biochemistry - introductory chapter in each volume is autobiographical

III. Internet-accessible resources [sources or sites not detailed in another category]

Biography Index : a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines
Database includes entries for 1984 to the present and is updated monthly. The printed Biography Index begins coverage of biographical entries in English-language books and periodicals in 1946 and includes a profession and occupation index.
Sterling Memorial Library - Subject Bibliography Z5301 B56 (LC)

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Database indexes biographical entries from dozens of biographical dictionaries, covering both living and historical subjects, U.S. and international. The 1990 microfiche edition is also available at Kline Science Library.

Biography Resource Center
This site is a good source for biographical and bibliographical information about living and recently-deceased scientists. Entries from a variety of reference sources are covered, including Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists. Entries are: magazine articles, reference book entries, related book reviews, and newspaper articles.

Official Website of the Nobel Foundation
Use this resource for biographical information on Nobel Prize winners, past and present.

Nexis
For people in the news. The telnet access searches the full-text of many indexed newspapers.

Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
The 1999, 3rd edition, is the source of the 80 biographies accessible through Access Science. First click on Subscriber log-in and next choose Biographies. Emphasis is on contemporary scientists. Names can be searched individually or fields can be browsed (agriculture, astronomy, biology and biomedicine, chemistry, computing, earth science, engineering, environmental science, forestry, general science, math, paleontology, physics, and veterinary medicine are included).

-People on the Internet (on gopher/YaleInfo)
For brief information such as current address, e-mail address, or phone number.
-Email/Phone Directories (international)
- Online Telephone Directories (U.S.), and in some cases, Scholarly Societies Project (University of Waterloo).
In some situations, locating a scholar's publication list and activities can be accomplished by searching the person's current institution's Internet site.

- Directories of Biologists for biology

-See above section (I. (F)) for listings of membership directories.

-Search Engines may locate personal or professional web pages with opinions, achievements, and the like. You might try using Google , using the last name with first name or initial.

A search of the RLIN database for manuscript holdings in many large research libraries (see a reference librarian) and ArchiveGrid (formerly Archival Resources) (a different search system for similar information)

IV. Additional suggestions
1 -Bio-base , a master index on microfiche to biographical sketches found in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries is an excellent starting point.
Name, date(s), and reference to the source containing the biographical entry are given.
This resource is available at Kline Science Library, Microform Area, and at Sterling Memorial Library, Reference Desk area, and can also be searched online for a fee by a reference librarian.

2 - Index to Scientists of the World from Ancient to Modern Times: biographies and portraits,
by NO Ireland, (c1962), is another excellent starting point and
provides names, date(s), and cites to entries w/wo portraits from over 300 collective biography works. Kline Science Library Reference Z 7404 I 73 (LC)

3 - Leads can also be found through taxonomic names in sources such as:
for astronomy - Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, by LD Schmadel (c1992), Kline Science Library Reference QB 651 S3X

for botany - The Plant Book, by DJ Mabberley, (c1997), Kline Science Library, Forestry Library, and Sterling Memorial Library reference QK11 M29X
for botany - The Names of Plants, by D Gledhill, (c1989, 2nd ed.), Kline Science Library Reference QK96 G54 1989
for botany - Hortus Third: a concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the U.S. and Canada, comp. by Liberty Hyde Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey (c1976), Kline Science and Cross Campus libraries reference SB45 H67 1976
for botany - Authors of Plant Names, edited by RK Brummitt and CE Powell, (c1992), Kline Science Library Reference QK11 A87 1992
for botany - Index Kewensis, 1997 cd-rom at Kline Science Library; Index Kewensis. Supplement 1886-1981 and 1987-1990 at Kline/Herbarium Collection QK11 I41; International Plant Names Index (IPNI)- a database combining Index Kewensis, the Gray Card Index, and the Australian Plant Names Index. Scant information on authors of plant names and collectors may be found, such as source of information, years, areas of interest, name(s) published, references, dates, geographic area.

for zoology - Amphibian Species of the World, edited by Darrel R. Frost (c1998- ), print edition (c1985) and supplement (c1993) in Kline Science Library Reference QL645 F76
for zoology - Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, by CG Sibley and BL Monroe, (c1990) and Supplement (c1993), Kline Science Library Reference QL677.4 +S54 1990; Ornithology (non-circulating) QL677.4 +S36 1990(LC); Library Shelving Facility/Manuscripts and Archives Yns72 1990 +S483
for zoology - Biographies for Birdwatchers, by B Mearns and R Mearns, (c1988), Ornithology (non-circulating) QH26 M43 (LC)
for zoology - Mammal Species of the World, a taxonomic and geographic reference , edited by DE Wilson and DM Reeder (c1993). In print at Kline Science Library Reference QL 708 M35.

In using Orbis, the library's online catalog, keyword searches, in the advanced search mode, combining word stems such as: ichthy? AND biograph? can be used to identify books.

Updated by: Lori Bronars, lori.bronars@yale.edu
main page last modified: March 23, 2006