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Biographies
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There are many more subject specific biographical sources. Please check the subject guides in Art, History, English, etc.
Biographical Information GuideAn in-depth guide to finding biographical information at WMU libraries with an extensive list of print and online sources.
Biographies Plus Illustrated Contains more than 145,000 biographies and more than 36,000 photographs. Includes full text articles from Current Biography and other biographical sources. Many of the biographies have links to other sources and citations to articles.
American National Biography Authoritative biographical essays on more than 17,400 deceased Americans from all eras and walks of life published by Oxford University Press. Some of these entries are for literary figures.
Contemporary Authors Z 1224 .c6 (Ref)
Part of the Literature Resource center, this directory provides brief biographical information about more than 120,000 authors from the US and elsewhere. Includes writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, journalism, and many other fields.
Dictionary of Literary Biography
PS221.D5 (Ref) 1978-present
Now available online, the print consists of hundreds of volumes, each covering a distinct literary period, genre, or theme, with extensive essays, frequently illustrated with images of the author and his/her works, which link biography with interpretations of the literary work. Included are literary authors, journalists, historians, screenwriters, scholars, critics, and publishers. Though international is scope, emphasis is on those authors writing in English. Some authors appear in more than one volume. Use the online index or the index in the latest published volume to find all the previous volumes.
Women Artists on Disc
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library, First Floor, Reference Area)
A comprehensive bibliography of women artists and a resource guide to reference materials on women's art history in the Western world. Integrates four classic, annotated bibliographies previously published as printed volumes. Contains citations from 6,500 reference sources covering 25, 000 women artists and designers.
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