Biographical Information Subject Guide
By Occupation or Profession
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Consult the Subject Guides or ask one of the Library Liaisons for recommendations of biographical resources related to specific professions, disciplines or subjects. Here are a few examples.
American Men and Women of Science
Profiles prominent living North American and Canadian Scientists with particular emphasis on the physical and biological sciences. References to earlier editions are given for previous entrants now known to be deceased. Print editions have the call number Q 141 .A471x (latest in Sci.R.)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Short biographies of past and present members of the U.S. congress.
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.
Compiled by the University of Chicago Library information system.
The Presidents of the United States
Biographies and portraits of the presidents and First Ladies from the White House site.