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RACC PATHFINDER #4

How to Find Biographical Information

In order to find information about a person's life and achievements, use the Subject Browse choice #3 on the Computer Catalog. Enter the person's name (Last, First). This will lead to the book length biographies in the library's General Collection.

If you need only brief information about a person, check the Reference Collection.

People in the Present

Contemporary Heroes and Heroines REF/ CT 105 .C 66

Current Biography REF/ CT 100 .C8

Current Leaders of Nations B Ref/ D 839.5 .C 87

Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East REF/ DS 62.4 .S 53

People in the News REF/ CT 120 .B 76

Who's Who in America REF/ E 176 .W 642

Notable American Women REF/ CT 326 .N 573

Notable Black American Women REF/ E 185.96 .N 68

Latinas! Women of Achievement REF/ E 184 .S 75

The Proquest System

People from the Past

General Encyclopedias REF/ AE 5

Oxford Classical Dictionary REF/ DE 5.09

McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography REF/ CT 103 .M 27

Dictionary of American Biography REF/ E 176 .D 562

Who Was Who in America REF/ E 176 .W 64

Great Lives from History: American Series REF/ CT 214 .G 74

Notable American Women REF/ CT 3260 .N 573

Notable Black American Women REF/ E 185.96 .N 68

Women Patriots of the American Revolution REF/ E 276 .C5

Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary REF/ CT 251 .P46

Dictionary of National Biography (Great Britain)REF/ DA 28 .W 614

Who Was Who (Great Britain)REF/ DA 28 .W 614

Latin American History and Culture REF/ F 1406 .E 53

People in Special Fields

Art

Encyclopedia of World Art REF/ N 31 .E 4833

James Guide to Black Artists REF/ N 40 .S 78

James Guide to Native North American Artists REF/ N 40 .S 7

Contemporary Native American Artists REF/ N 40 .R 45

Modern Arts Criticism REF/ N 6489 .M 63

Music

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians REF/ ML 100 .G 885

Contemporary Musicians REF/ ML 197 .C 761

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians REF/ ML 105 /B 16

Politics

Facts about the Presidents REF/ E 176.1 .K 3

The Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice-presidents 1789B1989 REF/ E176.1.D55

The Almanac of American Politics REF/JK 1012 .A 44

The US Congress Handbook REF/ KL 1012 .U 55

Biographical Directory of the US Congress REF/ JK 1010 . U 5

Justices of the Supreme Court REF/ KF 8744 .F 75

The Pennsylvania Manual REF/ JK 3630 .P 4

Women Who Ruled REF/ D 107 .J 33

Current Leaders of the Nations REF/ D 839.5 .C 87

Science

Dictionary of Scientific Biography REF/ Q 141 .D 5

The Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the Seventeenth Century to the Present REF/ S 926 .A 2 A 94

Nobel Prize Women in Science REF/ Q 141 .B 42

Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners REF/ AS 911 .N 9 W 53

Men of Mathematics REF/ QA 28 .B 4

Math Equals: Biographies of Women Mathematicians REF/ QA 28 .P 47

More Mathematical People REF/ QA 28 .M 67

Literature

Dictionary of Literary Biography REF/ PS 21 .D 5185

Contemporary Authors REF/ Z 1224 .C 6

Contemporary Poets REF/ PR 603 .C 6

Contemporary Dramatists REF/ PR 737 .C 57

European Authors 1000B1900 REF/ PN 451 .K 8

British Authors of the 19th Century REF/ PR 451 .K 8

American Authors 1600B1900 REF/ P S21 .K8

Twentieth Century Authors REF/ PN 771 .K86

Black Literature Criticism REF/ PS 153 .N 5 B 556

Asian American Literature REF/ PS 508 .A 8 A 82

Hispanic Writers REF/ PQ 7081.3 .H 58

St. James Guide to Science Fiction REF/ PS 374 .S 35 S 68

Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults

REF/ PN1009 .A1 M 34

Critical Survey of Long Fiction REF/ PN 3451 .C7

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