Biography Resources
American Men & Women of Science -- a biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological and related sciences. (For remote access see Mr. Anderson.)
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians -- Covers all musical genres, with new entries written by a distinguished group of area specialists as well as the original articles by Nicolas Slonimsky. This work continues the tradition of offering the most comprehensive and authoritative information on musicians, along with interesting and insightful evaluations of their contributions to the musical world. (For remote access see Mr. Anderson.)
Biography Resource Center: African Americans -- Biography Resource Center: African Americans offers narrative and thumbnail biographies about notable African Americans from the respected Gale sources available in the Biography Resource Center. Enhancing the reference content are full-text periodical articles, websites, and recent update news briefs. Search on name, personal facts such as birth/death dates and place, occupation, and gender, or combine criteria to create a targeted custom search.
Biography Resource Center -- biographies on notable figures in literature, science, history, government, business, art, gender and multicultural studies, religion, entertainment, sports and much more. ![]()
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography -- This 26 volume reference source contains biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods. It presents an accurate and reliable narrative of the development of science, not as a mere accumulation of technical information but as the collective accomplishment that has ordered our understanding of nature. (For remote access see Mr. Anderson.)
Please send comments and/or suggestions to Tom Anderson, Librarian. This page was revised June 7, 2010.
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