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The Reference Shelf:  Biography

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Encyclopedia of World Biography
The online version of a 23+ volume reference work.  The Encyclopedia "covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture." 


Gale

For biographical information of people in specific fields, see: 

Art, Music, Economics

American Indian Biographies

  
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774-present 

Biography.com

Dictionary of Politcal Biography 

 
Oxford 

Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary

 
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Explorers

 
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Facts About the Presidents 



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Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary

 
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Notable Women in World Government  


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Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 


Oxford

Who's Who in the Classical World 


Oxford

Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995

 
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World Leaders of the Twentieth Century


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