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Biography Resources: Reference Books
African Americans Hispanic and Latin Americans Religion
Artists History Scientists & Mathemeticians
Business International Sports Figures
Criminals Military Supreme Court
Dancers Musicians Women
Educators Native Americans Writers
Television & Film Philosophers  
General Political Scientists  

African Americans

  • The African American Almanac
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.N385 2008
  • African American Authors, 1754-1945
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153.N5 A32 2000
  • The African American Encyclopedia
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.A253 2001 vol. 1-10
  • Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185 .E545 2006 vol. 1-3
  • African-American Social Leaders and Activists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.96.R88 2003
  • African American Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2001 vol. 1-2
  • African American National Biography   
  •     CALL NUMBER: Ref. E185.96 .A4466 2008 vol. 1-8
  • Encyclopedia of African American Artists
  •      CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6538 .N5 J44 2009
  • Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS153.N5 E49 2007 vol. 1-2
  • African Americans in the Visual Arts
          CALL NUMBER: Ref. N6538.N5 O86 2003
  • Black Women in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.86.B542 1993 vol. 1-2
  • Contemporary Black Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DT18.C66 vol. 1-date
  • Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141.D535 1996
  • International Dictionary of Black Composers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105.I5 1999 vol. 1-2
  • The Malcolm X Encyclopedia
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. BP223 .Z8 L573 2002
  • Notable Black American Men
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.86.N68 1999
  • Notable Black American Scientists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141.N726 1999
  • Notable Black American Women
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.96.N68 1992, 1996 & 2003
  • Reel Black Talk:  A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2.M66 1997
  • W.E.B. Du Bois:  An Encyclopedia
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.97.D73 W164 2001

Artists

  • 20th Century Painters and Sculptors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6768.S6 1990
  • A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6505.K59 2002
  • African Americans in the Visual Arts
        CALL NUMBER: Ref. N6538.N5 O86 2003
  • American Photographers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. TR139 .A46 1989
  • A Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America since 1850
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6757.D86 1989
  • Biographies of Western Photographers:  A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. TR139 .M38 1997
  • Contemporary Artists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6490.C6567 2002 vol. 1-2
  • Contemporary Fashion
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. TT505.A1 C66 2002
  • Contemporary Photographers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. TR139 .C664 1995
  • Contemporary Women Artists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N8354.C66 1999
  • Dictionary of American Art and Artists
  •      CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6505 .M59 2007
  • The Dictionary of American Artists, Sculptors and Engravers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6536.Y7
  • The Dictionary of Art
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N31.D5 1996 vol. 1-34
  • Dictionary of Women Artists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N8354.D53 1997 vol. 1-2
  • Encyclopedia of African American Artists
  •      CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6538 .N5 J44 2009
  • Lives & Legacies:  Artists, Writers, and Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. NX90.A714 2001
  • Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. NA40.M25 1982 vol. 1-4
  • Samuels' Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N8214.5.U6 S25 1985
  • Twentieth Century United States Photographers
  •      CALL NUMBER:  Ref. TR139 .C65 2008
  • Who Was Who in American Art, 1594-1975
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6512.F26 1999 vol. 1-3
  • Who's Who in American Art
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6536.W5 2001-2002
  • Who's Who in Art
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N40.W6 1996
  • World Artists, 1950-1980
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6489.M37 1984
  • World Artists, 1980-1990
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6489.W67 1991

Business

  • American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT214 .C29 2002
  • International Encyclopedia of Business and Management
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HF1001 .I53 2002 vol. 1-8
  • Who's Who in Finance and Industry
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HF3023.A2 W5 2002/03

Criminals

  • Bloodletters and Badmen:  A Narrative Encyclopedia of American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present
         CALL NUMBER: Ref. HV6785 .N37 1995
  • Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HV7911 .A1 A94 1996
  • The Encyclopedia of American Crime
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HV6789 .S54 2001 vol. 1-2
  • Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HV6446 .K43 2000
  • The FBI:  A Comprehensive Reference Guide
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HV8144 .F43 F35 1999
  • Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HV6245 .F74 1996

Dancers

  • Film Choreographers and Dance Directors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV1779 .B55 1997
  • International Dictionary of Ballet
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV1585 .I57 1993 vol. 1-2
  • International Encyclopedia of Dance
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV1585 .I586 1998 vol. 1-6

Educators

  • Directory of American Scholars
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. LA2311 .C32 2002 vol. 1-6
  • National Faculty Directory
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. L901 .N34 2007 vol. 1-3

General

  • Almanac of Famous People
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT104 .B56 1994 vol. 1-2
  • American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT214 .C29 2002
  • American National Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT213 .A68 1999 vol. 1-24 + supplements
  • Explorers and Discoverers of the World
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. G200 .E88 1993
  • Great Lives from History:  American Series
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT214 .G74 1987 vol. 1-5
  • Great Lives from History:  Twentieth Century Series
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT120 .G69 1990 vol. 1-5
  • Great Lives from History:  American Women Series
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1412 .G74 1995 v.5
  • Nobel Prize Winners
         CALL NUMBER:
    • Ref. AS911 .N9 N59 1987-1996
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DA28 .O95 2004  vol. 1-61
  • The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, The 1960s
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT213 .S374 2003 vol. 1-2
  • The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, 1981-2005
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT213 .S37 1998 vol. 1-7
  • Who Was Who in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176 .W64   1607-2004
  • Who's Who
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DA28 .W6   1937-2009
  • The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. AS911 .N9 W53 1996
  • Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. AS911 .P8 B74 1999

Hispanic & Latin Americans

  • The Hispanic American Almanac
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E184 .S75 H557 2003
  • Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E184.S75 E59 2004 vol. 1-2
  • The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E184.S75 O97 2005 vol. 1-4
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. F1406 .E53 2008 vol. 1-6
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. F1410 .E56 2002
  • Latin American Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989 vol. 1-3
  • Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3290 .N68 2001
  • Spanish American Authors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ7081.3 .F57 1992

History

  • A Biographical Dictionary of World War II
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. D736 .T78
  • Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. D14 .E53 1999 vol. 1-2
  • Who Was Who in the Greek World, 776 BC-30BC
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DF208 .W48 1982
  • Who Was Who in the Roman World, 753 BC-AD476
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DG203 .W46
  • Who's Who in the Ancient Near East
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DS62.2 .L45 1999
  • Women in World History
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1115 .W6 1999 vol. 1-17

International

  • Facts About the British Prime Ministers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DA28.4 .E54 1995
  • Heads of States and Governments:  A Worldwide Encyclopedia
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. D412 .L46 1994
  • The International Who's Who
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT120 .I5 1960-2007
  • The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DA28.1 .A85 1999
  • Who Was Who in the Greek World, 776BC-30BC
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DF208 .W48 1982
  • Who Was Who in the Roman World, 753BC-AD476
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DG203 .W46
  • Who's Who in the East
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E747 .W59 2005

Military

  • Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. U24 .B73 1994
  • Dictionary of American Military Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. U52 .D53 1984 vol. 1-3

Musicians

  • ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML106 .U3 A5 1980
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .S612 1997
  • Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .B16 2001 vol. 1-6
  • Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .S67 1982
  • The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML102 .J3 F39 1999
  • Contemporary American Composers:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML390 .A54
  • Contemporary Composers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .C75 1992
  • A Dictionary of Musicians from the Earliest Times
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .S2 1966 vol. 1-2
  • Great Composers, 1300-1900
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .E944
  • The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .H38 1996
  • The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML100 .T47 1975
  • International Dictionary of Black Composers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML105 .I5 1999 vol. 1-2
  • International Dictionary of Opera
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML102 .O6 I6 1993 vol. 1-2
  • Lives & Legacies:  Artists, Writers, and Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. NX90 .A714 2001
  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML100 .N48 2001 vol. 1-29
  • The Rock Who's Who
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML102 .R6 H5 1996
  • Trouble Girls:  The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML394 .T76 1997
  • Women and Music in America Since 1900
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML82 .W625 2002 vol. 1-2

Native Americans

  • American Indian Biographies
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E98 .A46 2005
  • The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E89 .J69 1997
  • Native American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E98 .W8 B38 1993
  • Native Americans
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E93 .N32 2002
  • Notable Native Americans
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E89 .N67 1995

Philosophers

  • Fifty Major Philosophers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. B72 .C59 1987
  • Lives & Legacies:  Philosophers and Religious Leaders
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. B104 .P48 1999

Political Scientists

  • American First Ladies
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.2 .A4 2002
  • American Political Leaders
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176 .W75 2002
  • The American Presidents
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .A6563 2000
  • CQ's Politics in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. JK1012 .P64 2008
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. F1410 .E56 2002
  • Encyclopedia of the United States Cabinet
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176 .G89 2000 vol. 1-3
  • Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. JK2261 .E474 2000 vol. 1-3
  • Facts About the Presidents
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .K3 2001
  • Lives & Legacies:  Government Leaders, Military Rulers, and Political Activists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. D107 .G646 2001
  • Presidential Also-Rans and Running Mates, 1788-1996
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E175.1 .S695 1998
  • The Presidents
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .P918 2002
  • Presidents from Hoover Through Truman, 1929-1953
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .P9214 2002
  • Presidents from Reagan Through Clinton, 1981-2001
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .P922 2002
  • Presidents from Theodore Roosevelt Through Coolidge, 1901-1929
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .P9225 2002
  • Presidents from Washington Through Monroe, 1789-1825
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.1 .S927 2002

Religion

  • Dictionary of Catholic Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. BX4651.2 .D4
  • Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. BL2525 .B45 1998
  • Jewish Women in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DS115.2 .J49 1997 vol. 1-2
  • Lives & Legacies:  Philosophers and Religious Leaders
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. B104 .P48 1999
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Saints
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. BX4659 .G7 F37
  • Peculiar Prophets
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. BL72 .L48 1999

Scientists & Mathemeticians

  • A to Z of Women in Science and Math
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .Y675 1999
  • American Men & Women of Science
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .A47 25th ed. vol. 1-8  (2008)
  • American Women in Science, 1950 to the Present:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .B254 1998
  • Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QH26 .B535 1997
  • Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA28 .B534 1991 vol. 1-4
  • Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA28 .B544 1999 vol. 1-2
  • Celebrating Women in Mathematics and Science
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA27.5 .C45 1996
  • Dictionary of Scientific Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .D5 vol. 1-18
  • Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .D535 1996
  • International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA76.2 .A2 L44 1995b
  • Ladies in the Laboratory?  American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900:  A Survey of Their Contributions to Research
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .C69 1998
  • Leading Personalities in Statistical Sciences:  From the Seventeenth Century to the Present
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA276.156 .L43 1997
  • Notable Black American Scientists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .N726 1999
  • Notable Mathematicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA28 .N66 1998
  • Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .N73 1995 vol. 1-4 + Suppl.
  • Notable Women in the Life Sciences
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QH26 .N68 1996
  • Science and Its Times
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q175.46 .S35 2000 vol. 1-8
  • The Scientific 100
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q148 .S55 1996
  • Lives and Legacies:  Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .S54 1999
  • Statisticians of the Centuries
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA276.156 .S73 2001

Sports Figures

  • The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV865 .A1 R473 1994
  • Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV709 .E53 1998
  • Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV709 .S44 1996
  • The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives:  Sports Figures
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV697 .A1 S42 2002 vol. 1-2

Supreme Court

  • Congressional Quarterly's Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. KF8742 .W567 1997 vol. 1-2
  • Encyclopedia of the U.S. Supreme Court
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. KF8742 .A35 E53 2001 vol. 1-3
  • Macmillan Profiles:  Justices of the States Supreme Court
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. KF8744 .J875 2001
  • The Supreme Court A to Z
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. KF8742 .A35 S8 2007
  • The Supreme Court Justices:  Illustrated Biographies, 1789-1993
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. KF8744 .S86 1993

Television & Film

  • American Actors and Actresses
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998 .A2 1983
  • Contemporary North American Film Directors:  A Wallflower Critical Guide
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .W385 2002
  • Film Choreographers and Dance Directors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV1779 .B55 1997
  • International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
         CALL NUMBER:
    • Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1997 vol. 1 (FILMS)
    • Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1997 vol. 2 (DIRECTORS)
    • Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1997 vol. 3 (ACTORS & ACTRESSES)
    • Ref. PN1997.8 .I58 1997 vol. 4 (WRITERS & PRODUCTION ARTISTS)
  • The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .T49 2004
  • Reel Black Talk:  A Sourcebook of 50 American Filmmakers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .M66 1997
  • Women Filmmakers & Their Films
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .W66 1998
  • World Film Directors Volume 1:  1890-1945
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .W67 1987 vol. 1
  • World Film Directors Volume 2:  1945-1985
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .W67 1987 vol. 2

Women

  • A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. N6505 .K59 2002
  • A to Z of Women in Science and Math
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .Y675 1999
  • American First Ladies
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E176.2 .A4 2002
  • American Men & Women of Science
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .A47 25th ed. vol. 1-8  (2008)
  • American Women Civil Rights Activists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. JC599 .U5 H273 1993
  • American Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS147 .A4 vol. 1-5
  • Black Women in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.86 .B542 1993 vol. 1-2
  • Celebrating Women in Mathematics
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QA27.5 .C45 1996
  • Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV709 .E53 1998
  • Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. GV709 .S44 1996
  • Famous American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary from Colonial Times to the Present
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1412 .F35 1983
  • The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ6055 .F46 2002 vol. 1-2
  • Feminist Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .F46 1996
  • Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975
  •      CALL NUMBER: Ref. HQ1412 .F46 2006
  • Great Lives from History:  American Women Series
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1412 .G74 1995 vol. 1-5
  • International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. JF851 .H28 2000
  • Jewish Women in America
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. DS115.2 .J49 1997 vol. 1-2
  • Ladies in the Laboratory?  American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900:  A Survey of Their Contributions to Research
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Q141 .C69 1998
  • Mothers of Achievement in American History
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3260 .A47 1976
  • Native American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E98 .W8 B38 1993
  • Notable American Women, 1607-1950
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3260 .N57 vol. 1-3
  • Notable American Women:  The Modern Period
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3260 .N573
  • Notable American Women:  Completing the Twentieth Century
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3260 .N5725 2004
  • Notable Black American Women
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. E185.96 .N68 1992, 1996 & 2003
  • Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3290 .N68 2001
  • Notable Women in the Life Sciences
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. QH26 .N68 1996
  • Notable Women in World History
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3230 .A28 1998
  • Significant Contemporary American Feminists
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1412 .S56 1999
  • Trouble Girls:  The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML394 .T76 1997
  • Who's Who of American Women
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. CT3260 .W5 2004/2005
  • Women and Music in America Since 1900
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. ML82 .W625 2002 vol. 1-2
  • Women Filmmakers & Their Films
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN1998.2 .W66 1998
  • Women in World History
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. HQ1115 .W6 1999 vol. 1-17

Writers

  • 100 Masters of Mystery and Detective Fiction
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN3448 .D4 A16 2001 vol. 1-2
  • African American Authors, 1754-1945
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153 .N5 A32 2000
  • African American Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153 .N5 A344 2001 vol. 1-2
  • African Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PL8010 .A453 1997 vol. 1-2
  • American Authors, 1600-1900:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS21 .K8 1966
  • American Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS147 .A4 vol. 1-5
  • Asian American Literature
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153 .A84 A82 1999
  • Biographical Dictionary of Literary Influences:  The Nineteenth Century, 1800-1914
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. Z1039 .C45 B56 2001
  • British Authors Before 1800:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR105 .K9
  • British Authors of the Nineteenth Century
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR451 .K8 1936
  • British Playwrights, 1880-1956
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR736 .B7 1996
  • British Playwrights, 1956-1995
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR736 .B75 1996
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of English and American Poets & Poetry
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR19 .S6
  • Contemporary American Women Fiction Writers:  An A-to-Z Guide
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS374 .W6 C66 2002
  • Contemporary Southern Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS261 .C569 1999
  • Critical Survey of Long Fiction:  Authors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR821 .C7 1991 vol. 1-8
  • Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction:  Authors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN3448 .D4 C75 1988 vol. 1-4
  • Critical Survey of Poetry:  Authors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR502 .C85 1982 vol. 1-7
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .C93 1997 vol. 1-5
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS221 .D5 vol. 1-date
         Also available full-text via Literature Resource Center
  • An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR111 .E54 1998
  • An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN481 .E5 1991 vol. 1-2
  • Encyclopedia of German Literature
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PT91 .E53 2000 vol. 1-2
  • Feminist Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .F46 1996
  • Fifty Southern Writers Before 1900
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS261 .F543 1987
  • Latin American Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ7081 .A1 L37 1989 vol. 1-3
  • Lives & Legacies:  Artists, Writers, and Musicians
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. NX90 .A714 2001
  • Native American Literature:  An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS153 .I52 W47 1999
  • New Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PR9180.2 .E64 2002
  • Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PS217 .W64 N56 1997
  • The Oxford Companion to German Literature
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PT41 .G3 1997
  • Something About the Author
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .S61 vol.1-date
  • Spanish American Authors:  The Twentieth Century
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ7081.3 .F57 1992
  • Spanish Dramatists of the Golden Age:  A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ6051 .S63 1998
  • Spanish Women Writers
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PQ6055 .S63 1993
  • Twentieth Century Authors:  A Biographical Dictionary
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN771 .K86
  • Twentieth Century Authors:  First Supplement
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN771 .K865
  • Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN471 .W565 1997
  • World Authors, 1950-1970
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .W3
  • World Authors, 1970-1975
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .W3 1979
  • World Authors, 1980-1985
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .W672 1990
  • World Authors, 1985-1990
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN451 .W673 1995
  • World Authors, 2000-2005
         CALL NUMBER:  Ref. PN771 .W675 2007