My Profile
Paul Victor
Contact:
JFK Library
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
320 Media Lane
Cheney, WA 99004
Office Hours: By appointment.
509-359-7909
Get Help
- Text Message us! 509-383-8677 (not 24/7)
- 509-359-2263 JFK Library reference desk (Cheney)
Biography Resources: Online
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowSearches across several Gale literary databases, including Literature Criticism, Gale eBooks - Biography & Literature collections, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Something About the Author (biographical and critical information on children's and YA authors). Formerly named Gale Literary Sources, Artemis Literary.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale) This link opens in a new windowAccess to biographical dictionaries and "Who's Who" books, used for finding which reference book has an entry on a particular person.
Biography Resources: Print
Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference CT103 .C26 1998ISBN: 0521630991Publication Date: 1998Contains over 15,000 short biographies, both historical and contemporary. An updated web version with over 25,000 biographies is available through A&E television at biography.com.
Current BiographyCall Number: JFK Main Level Reference: CT100 C8Biographies of notables in the arts, sports, national and world affairs and the sciences. Entries are two to three pages, based on interviews as well as published sources.
Encyclopedia of World Biography by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference CT103 .E56 1998ISBN: 0787622214Publication Date: 1997Originally published in 1973 by McGraw Hill, this authoritative set is entirely revised and updated -- the first complete revision in 25 years. This second edition includes approximately 2,000 more entries than the 1st edition, with more women, multicultural and international coverage, bringing the total to approximately 7,000 biographies on notables from every part of the world and from all time periods.
Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference N6502.4 .S45 2003ISBN: 0786410574Publication Date: 2003
Reference Guide to Latin American History by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference F1410 .R395 2000ISBN: 1563247445Publication Date: 2000This reference work covers Latin American history and is divided into three parts: a descriptive chronology of key events from pre-Columbian times to the present; a thematic survey of topics; and a biographical section containing over 300 entries.- Who is who, government, politics, banking and industry in Latin America. by Call Number: JFK Main Level Reference JL957 .W47 1989Publication Date: 1989
