Biography Resource Center
Find people from across all eras, fields of endeavor, and the globe. Requires your library card for access or apply online now for an e-card.
Databases and eBooks
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Downloadable Media Collection
Find Biographies and Autobiographies to download to your computer and transfer to your portable device.
Kids InfoBits
Discover information about people and more. Designed for students K-5 and teachers.
Literature Resources
Bibliographies of writers and journalists, lists of works, criticisms, book reviews, websites, and more. Covers novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of the most-studied authors.
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture.
Women in World History
Biographical encyclopedia covering women of historical interest worldwide, from around 3100 BCE to the modern age
Web Sites
- Awards and Honors
- Biographical Dictionary - S9.com
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biography
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Classical Net - Composer Master Index
- Internet Movie Database
- JockBio
- Legacy.com
- Notable People
- PBS Biographies
- Poets & Writers
- POTUS: Presidents of the United States
- Time 100: Heroes and Icons
- Who's Alive and Who's Dead
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