LibGuides: Reference Resources: Biography

ONLINE BIOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES: GENERAL

Biography Reference Bank
American National Biography Online
Over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars. Our subscription has ended but many of these sources are in HathiTrust.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Over 60,000 biographies, 72 million words, 11,000 portraits of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped British history

Dictionary of Political Biography 2nd ed
Covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century. Authoritative and wide-ranging, it describes and assesses the lives of around 870 men and women who have shaped political events across the world.
Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs
Oxford Art Online
Includes the peer-reviewed, regularly updated Grove® Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Oxford Music Online
Grove Music Online includes searches by name and by occupation
Literature Resource Center
Something About the Author Online
Examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people
Who's Who in the Classical World
In Memorium: Online Biographies of UC Faculty & Administrators from 1928 to 2001
In Memorium 2002-
maintained by the UC Academic Senate
Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs (SIO)
SIO Archives biographies and oral histories.

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni contains thousands of full-text sources including newspapers, news wires, television news transcripts, newsletters, magazines, and trade journals. Business sources include company information, industry news, and biographical information. Legal sources include law reviews, legal reference works, and federal and state caselaw (court decisions), statutes, and regulations. Also includes select international court opinions and municipal ordinances. Coverage dates vary. International and U.S. sources.

Print and online subject encyclopedias.
Articles in scholarly journals, current and historical newspapers and other periodicals. Some journal article databases include a search limit by publication types, Biography and/or Obituary.
Books/ebooks that are biographies or autobiographies about a given person or type of person, may be found by using Advanced search of UC Library Search (UCSD library catalog (articles books & more) for a person’s name, occupation, or ethnic group as a subject, e.g. Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 or Civil Rights Workers -- United States -- Biography. Use subject contains, not subject exact.