Arts & Humanities Subject Guide
Biographies
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There are many more subject specific biographical sources. Please check the subject guides in Art, History, English, etc.
Over 600,000 biographies on more than 500,000 people, also including full-text articles from more than 300 magazines and newspapers.
Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.
Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.
Z 1224 .C6 (Ref)
Part of the Literature Resource Center, this directory provides brief biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the US and elsewhere. Includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and many other fields.
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
Search and Browse the Dictionary of Literary Biography, containing more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres . Includes the DLB main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the DLB Yearbook Series.
Biographical Information Guide
An in-depth guide to finding biographical information at WMU libraries with an extensive list of print and online sources.