Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts Journals/Periodicals Web Sites YSU Course Resources

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
 

TITLES	LOCATION
Biography --19th Century	Maag Reference Room
Biography -- 20th Century	Check each individual record
Biography--Dictionaries	Check each individual record
Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500	Check each individual record
Biographical Dictionary	http://www.s9.com/biography/
The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia	Ref. CT103 .C26 1994
Dictionary of American Biography	Ref. E176 .D56 (v.1-22) + Index A
Dictionary of Scientific Biography	Ref. Q141 .D5 (v.1-7)
Eponyms Dictionaries Index	Ref. PE1596 .E6
Great Lives From History. Ancient and Medieval Series	Ref. CT113 .G74 1988 (v.1-5)
Great Lives From History. Renaissance to 1900 Series	Ref. CT104 .G68 1989 (v.1-5)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers	Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1990 (v.1-4)
Lifelines: Famous Contemporaries From 600 B.C.to the Present	CT104 .W45 1983
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography	Ref. CT103 .M27 1973 (v.1-12)
The Originals: An A-Z of Fiction's Real-Life Characters	PN56.4 .A4 1985

Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts
 

Full-text articles available online	Remote access available
Print source

TITLE & LOCATION	DESCRIPTION	AVAILABILITY	ACCESS
Biographical Information OhioLINK	List of databases to search for biographical information in various subject areas	Check individual database	Check individual database
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Ref. Z5305.U5 B56	A consolidated index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.	v.1(1980) - present	Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for books indexed
Biography Index Ref. Z5301 .B5  Biography Index Online  - OhioLINK Research Databases	Biographies and autobiographies appearing in periodicals and books.  Biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.	Print: v.1 (Jan. 1946) - (Nov. 1998) Online: July (1984) - present	Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for Journal Titiles and books indexed
Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index  Ref. Z1361.N39 B52 1991	Index of African-American public figures appearing in various publications.  Contains: place of birth, occupation, religion, and women indexes in v. 3.	v.1-3	Check MaagNet and/or OhioLINK Central Catalog for books indexed
Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index," 1851-1974   Z5301 .F28		1851-1974
Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index," 1975-1996    Z5301 .F28 Suppl		1975-1996
Prominent Scientists: An Index to Collective Biographies    Ref. Q141 .P398 1994
Twentieth-Century Author Biographies Master Index   Ref. Z5304.A8 T83 1984

Journals/Periodicals
 

TITLE	LOCATION
Biography--Periodicals	Check individual record
Contemporary Black Biography	Ref. E185.96 .C66
Contemporary Musicians	Ref. ML385 .C615  (v.1-9)
Current Biography Yearbook	Ref. CT100 .C8
Who's Who	Ref. DA28 .W6
Who's Who in America	Ref. E176 .W642
Who's Who (Listing of Titles)	Check individual record

Web Sites
 

Biography.com Biography Search Results - WWW Virtual Library Librarians Index to the Internet (search biography as a subject) Ready Reference Library - LSU Libraries

YSU Course Resources
 

Biography - How-To-Find Guide