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Look for Biographies in the Library Search

Add the word "biography" to the name of a person in your search, for example,

wilma mankiller biography

Bio - Biography.com
The site for the TV program, "Biography." Has short biographical entries on thousands of persons.
Dead People Server
Answers the question, "Has [famous person] died?" Has dates of birth and death, and sometimes links to other biographical material.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Offers biographies of many women throughout history, along with links to biographies on other Web sites.

American Men and Women of Science
ISBN: 9781414472034
Publication Date: 2011

Use the Search Within Publication with All editions checked off to search the series
American National Biography by John A. Garraty (Editor); Mark C. Carnes (Editor)
Call Number: REF 920.073 Am33
ISBN: 0195206355
Publication Date: 1999

Covers dead Americans.
Current Biography Yearbook by H. W. Wilson Company Staff
Call Number: REF 920 C93
ISBN: 1619254301
Publication Date: 2014-12-01

Famous people alive 1942-present. Look for the most recent Index volume to look up names.
Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, et al.
Call Number: REF 920.042 D56
Publication Date: 1921-

Covers dead British nationals.
Dictionary of Women Worldwide
ISBN: 9780787675851
Publication Date: 2006-07-28
Dictionary of World Biography by Barry Jones
ISBN: 1760460095
Publication Date: 2016
Encyclopedia of World Biography
ISBN: 0787622214
Publication Date: 1997

Biographies of notable persons of all countries and times.
Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement by Gale Cengage Learning (Editor)
ISBN: 9781410324139
Publication Date: 2017
The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives by Arnold Markoe (Editor); Karen Markoe (Editor); Kenneth T. Jackson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780684314990
Publication Date: 1998-2006
Who Was Who in Native American History by Carl Waldman (Editor)
Call Number: REF 970.00497022 W14
ISBN: 0816017972
Publication Date: 1990

Subtitled Indians and non-Indians from Early Contacts through 1900