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International, General & Specific

(including USA)

The items listed below are biographical directories found in Morgan Library Reference. Due to recent downsizing of the main Reference collection, if an item in not on the shelves, check Reference South and/or ask for directional assistance from the Help Desk.

International

  • Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community. 42 vols. Detroit: Gale, 1992- . E 185.96 .C66 REF
  • Current Biography. New York: Wilson, 1940- . CT 100 .C8 REF Has photograph and address.
  • Dictionary of International Biography. Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre. CSU owns 1967, 1971- . Latest in REF. CT 101 .D5 REF
  • Dictionary of World Biography. 10 vols. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. CT 104 .D54 1998 REF
  • Historic World Leaders. Detroit: Gale, 1994. D 412 .H57 1994 REF
  • International Who's Who. London: Europa, [year]. CT 120 .I5 REF
  • International Who's Who of Women. Rochester, Kent [England]: Europa, 1992. CT 3202 .I58 REF
  • McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography. 16 vols. plus Vols. 17-21 supplements. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973-1998. CT 103 .M27 REF
  • New York Times Biographical Service. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1974- . CT 120 .N45 REF See also New York Times (1851-2001).
  • Who's Who in the World. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1971/72- . Latest in Reference. CT 120 .W5 REF
  • Who's Who on the Web. Marquis Whos Who.

United Kingdom (British)

  • Dictionary of National Biography from the Earliest Times to 1900 (DNB). 22 vols. London: Oxford UP. Supplements covering 1901-1985. DA 28 .D47 REF
    Biographical dictionary of deceased persons known in Great Britain and the colonies. A very good place to begin research on British authors and other professions.

  • Who Was Who. New York: St. Martin's. CSU owns 1897-1995. DA 28 .W65 REF
    Deceased British notables.

  • Who's Who. New York: St. Martin's. Annual. CSU owns 1956, 1958- . Latest in Reference. DA 28 .W6 REF
    British notables.

United States of America (American)

  • American National Biography. 24 vols. + supplement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. CT 213 .A68 1999 REF
  • Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). 20 vols. New York: Charles Scribner. Supplements through 1980.
    E 176 .D56 REF
    Biographical dictionary of famous deceased persons from and involving America.
  • National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 53 vols. New York: White, 189-1971. E 176 .N29 REF
  • Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. 4 vols. Cambridge, MA: Belnap, 1971-1980.
    CT 3260 .N57 1971 REF

  • Notable Americans: What They Did, from 1620 to the Present. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 1988.
    E 176 .N89 1988 REF

  • POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
  • Who Was Who in America: With World Notables. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, 1963- . E 663 .W54 REF
  • Who's Who in America. Wilmette, IL: Macmillan. Annual. CSU owns 1908-1943, 1946- . Latest in Reference.
    E 663 .W54 REF DESK
  • Who's Who of American Women. Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who, [year]. CT 3260 .W5 REF

  • Who's Who on the Web. Marquis Whos Who.
    Search Who's Who is American History, Who's Who in American Art, and Who's Who in American Politics (separate files).

France

  • Who's Who in France: Qui est Qui en France: Dictionnaire Biographique. Levallois-Perret, France: Jacques Lafitte, [year]. DC 36 .W46 REF

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Content: Naomi Lederer