Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & General Reference

Access to biographical dictionaries and "Who's Who" books, used for finding which reference book has an entry on a particular person.

Part of Gale Literary Sources, provides biographical information and suggested readings on more than 145,000 U.S. and international authors.

Biographies of men and women from around the world who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond. Includes suggested readings and some illustrations. Access restricted to 1 user at a time. Try again later if you cannot access this resource.

Cross-search scholarly encyclopedias with biographical information, such as Encyclopedia of World Biography and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives.

Short, full-text biographical entries on over one million persons, from all of the different Who's Who sets. To access, click on the blue Continue button, then use the Search Within Results box on the left to search for your person.