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How can I locate biographical information?

The resources listed below offer information, some have full text, about a person's life.

Also, searching MaagNet, our online catalog, by keyword using the person's name and the term "biography" can yield results. For example searching: George and Washington and biography will yield helpful results. Find one very good record, scroll down, and click on a Library of Congress Subject Headings to get more information!

Locate even more by searching the OhioLINK Library Catalog.

American Men and Women of Science
Maag Reference Q 141 .A474

American National Biography Online
Online Database Off Campus Access More Information

Biography and Genealogy Master List
Maag Reference Z 5305 .U5

Biography Index
Online Database Off Campus Access More Information

Biography.com
Online Access Via WWW

Contemporary Authors
Online Database Off Campus Access More Information

Current Biography Yearbook
Maag Reference CT100 .C8

Internet Public Library: Biography
Online Access Via WWW

Librarians' Internet Index: People
Online Access Via WWW

Ohio Biography
Online Access Via WWW

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Online Database Off Campus Access More Information