Databases
- Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated (SRJC students, faculty & staff only)
- Full length articles on over 46,000 notable people from all walks of life, collected from over 100 reference books. Search by name, by profession, by nationality, by ethnic group or by gender.
- Grove Art Online (SRJC students, faculty & staff only)
- Includes information on the life and work of artists and architects.
- Literature Resource Center (SRJC students, faculty & staff only)
- Includes
biographical and critical information on over 122,000 authors and their writing.
- AccessScience (SRJC students, faculty & staff only)
- Contains over 2,000 biographies of scientists throughout history.
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Collections of Biographies
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- biography.com
- Paragraph length biographies on "15,000 of the greatest names, past and
present," from the Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia. Each entry
includes pronunciation.
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People (Librarians Index to the Internet)
- Links to numerous websites which offer information on more than one person
as well as individual biographies.
Includes over 650 "Notable People" arranged by profession or field.
- Biographies
Reference (Internet Public Library)
- Offers links to biographies of authors, entertainers, musicians,
politicians and rulers, scientists and inventors. Includes sources on Black
Americans, women, popes, kings, prize winners, athletes and others. Even
includes a "Find a Grave" link for locating cemeteries where famous people
are buried.
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Yahoo's People
Links
- Wide range of links, from scholarly web pages on famous or historical persons
to personal home pages of today's ordinary folks.
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Oral
Histories Online
- This collection of oral
history interviews with important figures in California and U.S. history
comes from the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
Specific Fields or Subject Disciplines
- Anthropology Biography
Web
- Information on anthropologists and other scientists that have direct
influence on the discipline of anthropology, from the students at
Minnesota State University, Mankato
- The Faces
of Science - African Americans in the Sciences
- Profiles of African American men and women who have contributed to the
advancement of science and engineering. Search by name or select from names
listed by profession. Offers statistics and links to related web pages.
- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Links to sites about women of achievement in every activity from agriculture to stage and screen. Search by name or by field of activity.
- 4000 Years of Women
in Science
- This project presents brief biographies and some photographs for mainly
women scientists from antiquity to early twentieth century. The list of
scientists can be viewed by name, by time period or by subject field.
- Biographies of
Women Mathematicians
- These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics
classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous
achievements of women in the field or mathematics. Brief
biographical essays or comments and some photos are included. View the lists
of women in alphabetical order by name or in
chronological order.
- Biographical Directory of the
United States Congress, 1774 - Present
- Very brief information about members of the U.S. Congress, from its
earliest days to the present. Search by name or browse lists of
representatives, senators, speakers of the House or even members of the
Continental Congress.
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