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WYLDCat  (Online catalog)
Search for the name and biography. 
Example:  Mother Teresa and biography

Worldcat
This is a catalog of thousands of libraries  (From the WYLDCat, select "Other Databases.")

Reference Collection:  Specialized Biographical Indexes

  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index  (R 920 B 520s)
  • Biography Index  (R 920 B 560)
  • Current Biography Yearbook (1940-current)  (R 920 C 936)

General Biographical Sources

  • Contemporary Heroes and Heroines  (R 920 C 767b)
  • Who Did What  (R 920.02 W 620)

Historical Sources

  • American Decades  (R 973.9 Am 35l)
  • American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History 
    (R 973.03 Am 35f)

Specialized Biographical Resources

  • American Reformers  (R 973.0992 Am 35w)
  • Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History 
    (R 305.896073 En 19sa)
  • Milestones in Science and Technology (R 509 Am 863m)
  • Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners  (R 001.44 W 620s)
  • Women in World History  (R 305.409 W 842c)

Series

The Library three biographical series sets in the Reference section.  To locate them, do a title search on the WYLDCat:

  • Events that Changed America
  • Lives and Legacies
  • Great Events from History

Journal/Magazines Indexes

  • The New York Times Index.  Print Index.  1850 to current.  (Index Tables 4 & 5).  (This newspaper is also available full-text 1990 to current.)
  • Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.  Print Index.  1890 to current.      (Index Table 1.) 

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