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Biographical Information

Key Resources

• Academic Universe (SU only)

  Go to Reference section and then choose Biographical Information. Includes business and political sources such as major newspapers, congressional profiles, key magazines, Associated Press information, and European directories.

• ACS Directory of Graduate Research (SU only)
• American Men and Women of Science. Swain Reference Q 141 .A48
• American National Biography (SU only)

  Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives have shaped the nation.

• Biography Resource Center (IN Biographical Resources) (SU only)

  Excellent web site that contains many biographical resources, including all of the Who’s Who titles.

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (SU Only)
• Web of Science (SciSearch). (SU only)

  SciSearch includes Science Citation Index and all of the Current Content serials as a web database. To find biographical information, enter a person’s name in the Title/Abstract/Keyword field and search biography as a Document Type. This resource contains only journal articles.

Biographical Resource Guides

• Finding Biographical Information (Green Library Guide)