SIMPLE SEARCH TIP:Type subject's name and biographies or biography. For example: george washington and biographies OR george washington and biography
Subject indexes such as MLA, Historical Abstracts, PsycINFO can be used to find citations to biographical information found in newspapers, journals and books. For biographical information on authors, Literary Reference Center and Literature Resource Center are good starting points.
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Specialized Reference Resources Subject and specialized sources are located among related topical works. The resources listed below is a small example of the resources available. For a complete listing KEYWORD search the Library Catalog using the following search terms: biography and dictionaries and artists- will give you sources with biographical information for the broad group of "artists". biography and authors and american - source with information on american authors biography and france and 19th century - biographies about the 19th century French. SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS: Subject encyclopedias are good resources to locate biographical information for a person with in area the encyclopedia covers. KEYWORD search the Library Catalog using the following search terms: encyclopedias and your chosen subject area. For example: encyclopedias and art
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