American University Library - Biographical Information

Biographical Resources

This guide lists internet sites for doing research on the sources of biographical information. Other sources can be found by searching the Aladin catalog for books and the Aladin databases for journal articles. If you need more help finding information, please contact a reference librarian.

Biographical Index -AU community only
Biography and Genealogy Master Index -AU community only
Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select (CLC Select) and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) -AU community only
Current Biography Illustrated -AU community only
Amazing Stories
Biographical Dictionary
Biographies: The Internet Public Library
Biography.com
Ellis Island American Family Immigration History Center
Her Stories
Infoplease.com - Biographies
Internet Broadway Database
The Internet Movie Database
Inventor of the Week Archives
Namebase Index
The Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Nom de Guerre - The Real People's Real Name Resource of Pseudonyms
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography--AU community only
Presidents of the United States
Pulitzer Prizes
Rulers
Saints and Angels
Time 100
WWW Virtual Library - Biographies
Distinguished Women of Past and Present

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