Biographies

Recommended resources

• Biography Resource Center. (UST subscription database)
  Database of biographical information on more than 200,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all subject areas.
• Blackwell Reference Online. (UST subscription database)
  Collection of online titles covering the humanities and social sciences.
• Oxford Reference Online. (UST subscription database)
  Biographical essays and other information from hundreds of sources.
• Dictionary of National Biography. (UST subscription database)
  Includes 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2003.
•  Oxford Music Online. (UST subscription database)
  Quality information on music and musicians.
• International Directory of Business Biographies. (e-book)
  In-depth biographical narratives on more than 600 business figures from across the globe.
• Lexis-Nexis People. (UST subscription database)
  Covers politicians, business executives, and more.
• Literature Resource Center. (UST subscription database)
  Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
• New York Times Historical. (UST subscription database)
  New York Times articles with images, covering 1851-2001.  Obituaries from the Times are good sources of biographical information.

See also Biography Databases.

Web sites

• Biographical Dictionary.
  More than 28,000 entries of notable men and women.
• Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress.
  Covers members of Congress from 1774 to present.
• Biography.com.
  Over 25,000 entries from historical and popular culture.
• Internet Public Library: Biographies.
  Recommended resources from the Internet Public Library.
• Minnesota Blue Book.
  Manual of the Minnesota legislature.  Chapters available in pdf format.

 Updated December 2006, October 2007 mdh