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Biographical Resources |
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The links below include an arrangement of Pearsall Library databases that search thousands of journals and magazines for articles.
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| African-American | AMERICAN (general) | Artists | Language & Literature | Music |
| North Carolina Biography | SCIENCES | Social Sciences | WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHY | BIOGRAPHY INDEX |
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American Biography: A Dictionary of Universal Biography....................... REF 920 H992d American National Biography (24+ Vols.)....................... REF 920.073 A512 1999 Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography (6 Vols.)................. REF 920 A649 Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia (2nd Edition).......... REF 920.003 C178 1998 Chambers’s Biographical Dictionary (New Edition)....................... REF 920 C444 Current Biography (1940 – present)....................... REF 920 C976 Encyclopedia of American Biography....................... REF 920.073 G238e Notable Latino Americans....................... REF 920.009 M514n 1997 Who’s Who in America (3 Vols.)....................... REF 920 W628 2002 Afro-American Encyclopedia (10 Vols.)....................... REF 917.3 A258 Black American Reference Book....................... REF 301.45 B627 Black Women in America (2 Vols.)....................... REF 920.72 B628 Dictionary of American Negro Biography....................... REF 920 D554L Notable Black American Men....................... REF 920.71 N899 1998 A Biographical Dictionary of Film....................... REF 791.43 T482b Contemporary Women Artists....................... REF 709.2 C761 1999 Dictionary of Art (34 Vols.)....................... REF 703 D554 1996 Dictionary of Women Artists (2 Vols.)....................... REF 709.2 D554 1997 Encyclopedia of World Art....................... REF 703 E56 Makers of 20th Century Modern Architecture.................. REF 720.92 J66m 1997 St. James Guide to Black Artists....................... REF 709.23 S775 1997 Who’s Who in Architecture....................... REF 720.92 W628 Dictionary of American Biography (20+ Vols.)....................... REF 920.073 D554 Dictionary of National Biography (29+ Vols.)....................... REF 920 D555 International Who’s Who 2002 (65th Edition)....................... REF 920 I61 2002 Language and Literature Biography: A History of Jewish Literature (6 Vols.)....................... REF 892.409 W356h African Writers (2 Vols.)....................... REF 896 A258 1997 American Poets Since World War II (2 Vols.)....................... REF 811.54 A51 American Writers for Children: 1900-1960....................... REF 810.9 A512 American Writers for Children Since 1960...................... REF 810.9 A512 1960- Contemporary Authors: Autobiography Series (30 Vols.).......... REF 810.9 C761 Contemporary Authors (195+ Vols.)....................... REF 810.9 C761 Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series (105+ Vols.)... REF 810.9 C761 Contemporary Poets (3rd Edition)....................... REF 821.9 C761 1980 Contemporary Women Poets....................... REF 811.540 C761 1998 Encyclopedia of Southern Literature....................... REF 810.9 S673e 1997 Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century.............. REF 803 E56 1999 European Authors: 1000-1900....................... REF 809.092 K96e Gay and Lesbian Literature (2 Vols.)....................... REF 809.933 G285 1994 Latina and Latino Voices in Literature....................... REF 810.9 D273L 1997 Native American Literatures....................... REF 810.9 W623n 1999 Something About the Author (135+ Vols.)....................... REF 920 S696
The Beats: Literary Bohemians in Postwar America ............... REF 810.9 B369 Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians..REF 780.92 S727b Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (6 Vols.)......... REF 781.6403 G964 1992 Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music....................... REF 780.92 H339 1996 New Grove Dictionary of American Music (4 Vols.).................. REF 781.773 N532 New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2 Vols.)....................... REF 785.42 N532 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ................... REF 780.3 G884 1980 Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (6 Vols.)....................... REF 920 N864p Dictionary of Scientific Biography (18 Vols.)....................... REF 509.2 D554 International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists................ REF 509.22 Olli 2002 Notable Mathematicians....................... REF 510.92 N899 1998 Notable Women in the Life Sciences....................... REF 574 N899 1996 Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors....................... REF 509.22 S416 1999 Dictionary of American Religious Biography....................... REF 209.2 B784d International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ................. REF 300 I61 1968 Pioneers of Early Childhood Education....................... REF 372.21 P393p 1998 Running for President: The Candidates and Their Images ....... REF 324.973 R943 World Leaders of the Twentieth Century....................... REF 920.009 W927 2000 Book of Women’s Achievements....................... REF 301.412 M159b Handbook of American Women’s History....................... REF 305.4 H236 2000 Notable American women, 1607-1950........REF 920.72 N899 Notable Women in the Life Sciences....................... REF 574 N899 1996 Print Indexes (Located at the Index Tables by the Reference Collection) Biography Index....................... IND 920 B615 Humanities Index....................... IND 001.3 H918 Reader’s Guide To Periodical Literature...... IND 051 R286 Last updated: 10/8/2004 Copyright © North Carolina Wesleyan College All Rights Reserved |
