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Biographical Sources
These resources provide basic information about people and books written about people.
Electronic Resources
These online databases provide citations for biographic works (materials written about specific people)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index provides indexing for current and historical reference sources that cover individuals, both living and deceased, in every field of activity and from all areas of the world. BGMI indexes over 13.6 million biographical sketches. Search by name or in extended mode. A GaleGroup database.
URL: http://irservices.library.unt.edu/resource.cfm?ai_id=9
Biography Index via FirstSearch
Biography Index via FirstSearch (Biography Index via First Search) contains biographical information from more than 2,700 English-language periodicals for all subject areas covered by H.W. Wilson indexes. Indexes articles and books, autobiographies, bibliographies, biographies, critical studies, fiction, drama, pictorial works, poetry, juvenile literature, obituaries, journals, collections of letters, book reviews, and interviews. Coverage begins with 1984.
URL: http://irservices.library.unt.edu/resource.cfm?ai_id=11
Electronic Resources are only available to UNT students, staff, and faculty. Access for guests is on-campus only.
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Print Resources
These print resources provide citations for biographical works (materials written about specific people)
Biography Index, 1946-1997
Index of biographical material
Located in Remote Storage
People in History
Biographical history index
Located in Remote Storage
People in World History
World-wide biographical resources
Located in Remote Storage
American National Biography (ANB)
Index of biographical information about Americans
Located in General Reference, 1st Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
CT213.A68 1999
Current Biography, 1940-Current
Index of biographical resources
Located in Remote Storage
CT100.C8
Dictionary of American Biography (DAB)
Short biographies of Americans
Located in General Reference, 2nd Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
E176.D566
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Short biographies of Canadians
Located in Remote Storage
F1005.D49
Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
Short biographies
Located in General Reference, 2nd Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
DA28.D47
Historic World Leaders
Biographical information about world leaders
Located in General Reference, 2nd Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
D412.H57 1994
New York Biographical Service
Biographical information in the New York Times
Located in Remote Storage
CT120.N45
Who Was Who, 1897-1980
Short biographies
Located in Remote Storage
DA28.W65
Who Was Who in America
Short biographies of Americans
Located in General Reference, 1st Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
E176.W64
Who's Who in British History
Short biographies of British persons
Located in Remote Storage
DA28.W616 1998
Dictionnaire de biographie francaise
Short biographies about French persons
Located in General Reference, 2nd Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
CT143.D5
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Biographical material about Americans
Located in Remote Storage
E176.N28
Neue deutsche biographie
Short biographies of German persons
Located in General Reference, 2nd Floor, Willis Library, shelved by call number.
DD85.N4
American Military Leaders
Biographical information on American military leaders
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
E181.F84 1999
Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Biographical information
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
D14.B58 1988
Dictionary of Hispanic Biography
Biographic information about Hispanic persons
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
CT1343.D53 1996
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Biographical information
This subject-specific biographical reference is located in Remote Storage
D14.E58 1999
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture Biographical information about Latin Americans
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
CT502.E542 1998
Mexican American Biographies
Biographical information about Mexican Americans
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
E184.M5 M454 1988
Notable Asian Americans
Biographical information about Asian Americans
This subject-specific biographical reference is located in Remote Storage
E184.O6N67 1995
Notable Native Americans
Biographical information about Native Americans
This subject-specific biographical reference is located in the General Reference area on the 1st Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
E89.N67 1995
Texas Biographical Dictionary
Biographical information about Texans
This subject-specific biographical reference is located on the 2nd Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
CT262.T47 1996
Women in World History
Biographical information about women
This subject-specific biographical reference is located in the General Reference area on the 1st Floor of Willis Library, shelved by call number.
HQ1115.W6 1999
