Published since 1940, Current Biography is acclaimed by researchers,
students, teachers, and librarians as a convenient source of well-documented,
accurate, and objective reporting on the lives of the artists, politicians,
businesspeople, journalists, actors, authors, sports figures, scientists, and
others who make today's headlines and tomorrow's history.
Dictionary of National Biography (1917 with Supplements until 1990)
R920.02 S828
First published between 1885 and 1900, it is a twenty-two volume set
covering the lives from earliest times of over 30,000 British men and women
who died before 1900. Ten 20th century supplements have added 7,580
biographies, from 1901-1990. DNB-Missing Persons volume (1993)
includes 1,086 people who were not included in earlier volumes.
First new comprehensive biographical dictionary focused on American
history to be published in seventy years. In chronological scope, the ANB
ranges from the time of the earliest recorded European explorations up to
the very recent past. The approximately 17,500 historical figures who are
profiled come from virtually all walks of life. The ANB is destined to be
the standard reference work of its kind well into the twenty-first century.
Current Biography (annual 1940-) R920.02 C976
Published since 1940, Current Biography is acclaimed by researchers,
students, teachers, and librarians as a convenient source of well-documented,
accurate, and objective reporting on the lives of the artists, politicians,
businesspeople, journalists, actors, authors, sports figures, scientists, and
others who make today's headlines and tomorrow's history.
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives 1981-1996
R920.073 J13s
Reference Library of Black America
R917.3 E79
1994
Reference Library of Hispanic America
R917.3 K16
1993
People in History Series
R920 B995
Women in North America
People and Politics in North America
People in Business and Industry in North America
Pioneers and Explorers in North America
People and Religion in North America
Address Book (1993) R920 L665
This book contains confidential addresses of thousands of the worlds most
powerful, popular and influential people.
With more than 41,00 entries, 15,000 illustrations, 300,000
bibliographical citations, 6,700 contributors from 120 countries and a
670,000 entry index, this encyclopedic work is the single most comprehensive
art reference source to date.
Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of Great Composers and Their Music
