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Other Library Databases to try
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from every age and literacy discipline through more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowContains several biographical reference works including "Who's Who in the Classical World," "Dictionary of Political Biobraphy," "Dictionary of the Popes," and "Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new windowUses the African American National Biography and the 2nd edition of Black Women in America as sources for its biographical search feature
- Gale Virtual Reference Ebooks This link opens in a new windowIncludes many reference works with biographical information. "New Catholic Encyclopedia," "American Decades" and the "Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English" are just a few of the sources,
- Britannica Online Academic Edition This link opens in a new windowUse the Biography link to limit your search in this database
eBooks
E-Books: Collective Biographies
Here are some general works with biographical information. Use the pulldown menu to see book length biographies in ebook format. Check the catalog for both print and ebook biographies. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources
Catalog records for group biographies (the editors determine that the the individuals in the work share certain characteristics.)
Here are some examples from our catalog
- Authors, Chinese
- African Americans Biography
- Empresses -- Byzantine Empire -- Biography
- Women authors, Russian -- 21st century -- Biography
- Women artists -- Philippines -- Biography
E-Subject Encyclopedias
Many subject encyclopedias also have biographical entries. Here are some examples. Check the catalog for other encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedia of Protestantism byISBN: 0203484312Publication Date: 2004-12-01Topics include biographies, historical data, and organizations, as well as cultural, social, and religious themes. -
Encyclopedia of European social historyCall Number: HN373 .E63 2001ISBN: 0684315149"Covering the period from the beginning of the Renaissance to the present, this encyclopedia consists of 209 signed articles and nearly 300 biographical entries"
E-books Artists and Musicians collective biographies
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The Oxford dictionary of American art and artistsCall Number: N6505 .M59 2007 EBOOKISBN: 0195128788
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
Here are some examples:
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Women Composers and Songwriters byCall Number: ML105 .C593 1996 EBOOKISBN: 0585031622Publication Date: 1996-01-01 -
Black Conductors byCall Number: ML402 .H36 1995 EBOOKISBN: 0585040370Publication Date: 1995-01-01 -
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century byCall Number: N6503 .N67 1995 EBOOKISBN: 0815339968Publication Date: 1995-01-01
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E-book Europe & the Mediterranean collective biographies
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Holocaust survivors [electronic resource] : a biographical dictionaryCall Number: D804.3 .T34 2007 EBOOKISBN: 031306343 -
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation byCall Number: BR302.8 .O93 2005 EBOOKISBN: 0195064933Publication Date: 1996-02-29 -
Who's who in the Greek world [electronic resource] / JohnCall Number: DE7 .H39 2000 EBOOKISBN: 0203159713 -
E-book Asia collective and individual
E-book Africa individual biography
E-book Near and Middle East collective biographies
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
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The Oxford companion to American literature [electronic resourceCall Number: PS21 .H3 1995 EBOOKISBN: 0195065484 -
The concise Oxford companion to African American literatureCall Number: PS153.N5 C59 2002 EBOOKISBN: 019513883X -
E-books
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
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Biographical dictionary of British prime ministersCall Number: DA28.4 .B56 2002 EBOOKISBN: 0203272161 -
The kings and queens of Britain [electronic resource]Call Number: DA28.1 .C36 2001 EBOOKISBN: 0192800957 -
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E-books Education
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
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Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators byCall Number: LA2311 .O55 1997 EBOOKISBN: 0585391343Publication Date: 1997-01-01
E-Books Social Sciences
E-Books Leaders in Science and Medicine
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Early Black American Leaders in Nursing byCall Number: RT83.5 .D38 1999 EB00KISBN: 0585183023Publication Date: 1999-01-01
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A Dictionary of Scientists byCall Number: Q141 .D52 1999 EBOOKISBN: 0585110476Publication Date: 1999-01-01 -
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The Oxford companion to the history of modern sciencCall Number: Q125 .O86 2003 EBOOKISBN: 0195112296 -
American men & women of science a biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciencesISBN: 1414461410Publication Date: 2010
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
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Fifty Eastern Thinkers byCall Number: B5005 .C645 2000 EBOOKISBN: 0415202841Publication Date: 2000-01-28 -
E-books Bible
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The Oxford guide to people and places of the BibleCall Number: BS570 .O94 2001 EBOOKISBN: 0195146417 -
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E-Books Saints and Christian thinkers
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Sacred biography [electronic resource] : saints and their biographers in the Middle AgesCall Number: PR275.R4 EBOOKISBN: 0195079078 -
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Who's Who in Christianity byCall Number: BR1700.2 .C64 2002 EBOOKISBN: 0203020243Publication Date: 2001-09-27 -
The Oxford dictionary of Popes [electronic resource]Call Number: BX955.2 .K45 1996 EBOOKISBN: 0192820850
E-books Women & Gender
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Women in the American Civil War byCall Number: E628 .W655 2008 EBOOKISBN: 1851096051Publication Date: 2007-12-14
On this page you will find a limited number of examples of permanent ebooks in the Lemieux collection. WIth our participation in Orbis Cascade, we have leased access to thousands of additional titles. Use the catalog to find these additional resources.
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Notable Women in World GovernmentCall Number: HQ1236 .N68 2000 EBOOKISBN: 1587650347Publication Date: 2000-01-01
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American Indian Women byCall Number: E98 .W8 B37 1984 EBOOKISBN: 0803260822Publication Date: 1987-07-01 -
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Websites
Web sites-Literary lives and artists
Business Leadership
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20th Century American Leaders DatabaseFrom Harvard, this database profiles over, 1,000 CEO's and founder of US companies. Includes birthdate, race, company, yrs of employment and brief biography.