Brookhaven College Library

QuickStart Biography Sources

General Biography | Biography by Subject Area | Encyclopedias

General Biography

• Biography Reference Bank
  Contains profiles and images of people worldwide from all ages in history
• eLibrary Curriculum
  Locates information from various sources: magazines, newspapers, reference books, pictures, Web links, audio/video files, etc.
• Student Research Center
  Provides a biography category, but also searches a variety of sources: magazines, newspapers, books and encyclopedias, radio and TV news transcripts, etc.

Biography by Subject Area

• American History Online
  Includes biographies of figures in American History
• Encyclopedia of Religion
  Covers all aspects of religion from prehistory to the present
• Facts.com
  Focuses on current events, world leaders and world news
• Literary Reference Center
  Contains world author biographies from Magill on Literature Plus
• Literary Resource Center
  Contains world author biographies from Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Scribner's Writers Series and Twayne's Authors Series
• Oxford African American Studies Center
  Features African American biographies, images, primary sources, etc.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia