Biographical Databases
- Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Provides biographical information on notable people from antiquity to the present. Includes portrait images.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete This link opens in a new window
Read reliable biographical and critical essays on the lives, works and careers of important literary figures from all periods and genres. International authors are included but the work focuses on American and British writers. DNLB helps readers to understand writers within a larger perspective of literary history.
Biographical Encyclopedias
African American National Biography by Call Number: Dunbar Reference E185.96 .A4466 2008 v.1-8Publication Date: 2008Presents history through a mosaic of the lives of thousands of individuals, illuminating the abiding influence of persons of African descent on the life of this nation from the arrival of Esteban in Spanish Florida in 1529 through to notable black citizens of the present day.
African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781851099986Publication Date: 2008Explores the entire experience of African Americans seeking a place in the scientific community―not just the triumphs but the frustrations, discriminations, and the efforts to support (and sometimes impede) African American scientists.
Black Women in America by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2005Women such as Venus and Serena Williams, Condoleezza Rice, Carol Moseley Braun, Ruth Simmons, and Ann Fudge have become household names for their remarkable contributions to sports, politics, academia, and business. In nearly 600 entries, Black Women in America celebrates the remarkable achievements of black women throughout history, highlights their ongoing contributions in America today, and represents the new research the first edition helped to generate.
Who's Who Among African Americans by Call Number: eBookPublication Date: 2009Provides biographical and career details on notable African American individuals, including leaders from sports, the arts, business, religion and other fields
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