Biography index: A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines (1970 to Nov. 1995). New York: H.W. Wilson. (XZ 5301 .B5)

Each volume and quarterly supplement contain an index to professions and occupations to assist the searcher in identifying unnamed subjects.

Personal name index to the New York Times, 1975-1984 (1986). . New York: New York Times Co. (XZ 5301 .F28)

Names split by the Times subject index into multiple categories are here brought together in one easy listing. The earlier edition on INDEX SHELVES covers 1851 to 1974.

Adamson, L. G. (1998). Notable women in world history: A guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. (XHQ 1122 .A28)

African-American almanac (2000) (8th ed.). Detroit: Gale Research. (XE 185 .A37 2000)

Major sections are by broad subject, e.g., Education, Literature, Performing Arts, etc., and within these are biographies of major contributors to the field.

American political leaders, 1789-2005. (2005). Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. (XE176 - .A513 2005)

Bowman, J. S. (1995). Cambridge dictionary of American biography. New York: Cambridge University Press. (XCT213 .C36)

Current biography yearbook (1940 to 1996). . New York: H.W. Wilson. (XCT 100 .W47).

Yearbooks, each of which has in-depth sketches of 300-350 persons who have achieved prominence in any field of human accomplishment. Set includes cumulative and occupational indexes.

Dictionary of American biography (1958-1964) (Vols. 1-22, Supps. 3 - 8). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (XE 176 .D56.1). (Supplements cover 1941-1980.)

Covers persons who lived in what is now the United States, both the famous and infamous; e.g., Jessie James. Includes only those persons who were deceased at the time of publication.

Blake, L., & Nicholls, C. S. (1986). Dictionary of national biography (Vols. 1 - 12, Suppl. 1 - 10). New York: Oxford University Press. (XCT773 .D55)

Gay, K. (1996). Heroes of conscience: A biographical dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. (XCT 120.G36 1996)

Hine, D. C. (Ed.). (1993). Black women in America: An historical encyclopedia (Vols. 1-2). Brooklyn, NY: Carlson. (XE 185.86 .B542 1993).

Lucie-Smith, E. (1999). Lives of the great 20th-century artists. London: Thames & Hudson. (XN6489 .L83 1999)

Scribner encyclopedia of American lives (1998 to present). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. (XCT 213 .S37)

Uglow, J., & Hinton, F. (Eds.). (1999). Macmillan dictionary of women's biography. New York: MacMillan. Available online through Xreferplus database. [off-campus link to xreferplus]

Vernoff, E. & Shore, R. (1987). International dictionary of 20th century biography. New York: New American Library. (XCT 103 .V38 1987).

Consists of 5,650 brief biographies of notable modern men and women in almost every field of human endeavor, including such frequently underrepresented categories as social science, business, labor, industry, feminism and political dissent." More than fifty categories are included.

Ware, S. (Ed.). (2004). Notable American women : a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press. (XCT3260 .N5725)

Langsdale also has many biographical reference books on people in a particular field such as writers, artists, psychologists, etc. Seach the USM library catalog, catalog usmai on a subject of "biography" and a field or profession (e.g. Subject: biography and artists).

Find biographies/
autobiographies

Using the Langsdale/USM library catalog, catalog usmai, or other book catalogs, search for a particular person in the SUBJECT field in this format:

Last name, First name

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Biography Resource Center [off campus]
The Biography Resource Center (BioRC) is a comprehensive database of biographical information on over 320,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 400,000 biographies from over 800 volumes.

Credo Reference [on campus]
Content available throughCredo Reference includes a wide range of general reference titles together with a large collection of subject-specific books spanning 20 topics, covering everything from the arts to astronomy, law to literature and science to Shakespeare.Includes Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography, Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women, and Who's Who 2003, A&C Black.

Jacob, K. A., & Ragsdale, B. A (Eds.) (2006). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-present. Retrieved March 14, 2006from: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp.

Lanxner, K. P. (n.d). amillionlives. Retrieved March 14, 2006 from: http://amillionlives.com.

Kestenbaum, L. (2005). The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 14, 2006from: http://politicalgraveyard.com/.

Public Interest Research. (2006). NameBase. Retrieved March 14, 2006 from http://www.namebase.org/.

Thomson Gale Research. (2006). Women's History Month Biographies. Retrieved March 14, 2006 from http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/bio/index.htm.

Thomson Gale Research. (2006). Black History Month Biographies. Retrieved March 14, 2006 from Thomson Gale Research. (2006).
http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/

Who2: Find Famous People Fast (2005). Retrieved March 14, 2006 from: http://www.who2.com