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Biography Resources

This guide features resources for locating current and historical biographical information.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias -- Women

International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Ladies in the Laboratory II

Electronic Resource
(West European Women)

Ladies in the Laboratory III

Electronic Resource
(South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women)

North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

Norton-Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Notable Hispanic American Women

Reference Collection (Second Floor)

Notable Women Scientists

Main Collection (Third Floor)

Seen and Heard: The Women of Television News

Main Collection (Third Collection)

Women in Mathematics

Electronic Resource

Women in World History

Electronic Resource

Women of Classical Mythology

Electronic Resource

Women of Steel and Stone

Electronic Resource

Women Screenwriters Today

Electronic Resource

Seen and Heard: The Women of Television News

Main Collection (Third Collection)

Recommended Database

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