The library
has many excellent print resources in which you can find biographical
information
The King
County Library System's Database, Biographies in Context,
is an excellent source for online biographical information.
It requires a KCLS library card number and PIN.
Electronic
encyclopedias. will also have biographical information on
historical people.
For contemporary
figures, InfoTrac and ProQuest will have periodical articles
in the last three years.
The
free sites below on the Internet may also be useful.
4000
Years of Women in Science
4000 Years of Women in Science includes biographies of women
from antiquity to the present, but emphasizes women scientists
form the past. Biographies can be accessed alphabetically, from
a time-ordered list, and from a field-of-study list.
A&E's
Biography Database (Biography.com)
A&E has a searchable database of more than 15,000 names
of some of the world's greatest individuals, past and present.
You can choose from an alphabetical listing, select a letter,
or enter a name to search. Entries are from the Cambridge Biographical
Encyclopedia. Entries are brief, usually no more than 100 words.
Biographical
Dictionary
The Biographical Dictionary contains more than 18,000 entries
of notable men and women from ancient times to the present day.
Information includes birth and death years, professions, positions
held, literary and artistic works, and other achievements. The
dictionary is searchable by name, date, or keyword.
Biographies
of Historical Persons Related to American History
From Revolution to Reconstruction, a WWW project of collective
writing in hypertext, provides more than 80 online biographies
of historical persons related to American history, including
extensive biographies on John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander
Hamilton, and Andrew Jackson, as well as autobiographies of
Frederick Douglass and Geronimo. This is a good beginning resource
for students researching the founding fathers and members of
the Continental Congress.
Biographies
of Mathematicians
Chronological indexes range from 1680 BC to AD 1947. There is
also a full alphabetical index. Mathematicians of the Day is
a section that highlights mathematicians who were born or died
on the current date, with links to their individual biographies.
There is a separate section on female mathematicians. The entire
database is searchable. Most biographies are accompanied by
a photograph, a map showing where the mathematician was born,
a reference list to books and articles, links to other mathematicians,
and sometimes links to other web sites for more information.
Biographies
of Women Mathematicians
Biographies of Women mathematicians is part of an ongoing project
by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College in
Atlanta, Georgia to illustrate the many achievements of women
in mathematics. Women mathematicians are presented in both alphabetical
and chronological order.
Biographies
of NASA Astronauts
Biographical sketches are available for current, former, and
deceased NASA astronauts. The Astronaut Factbook (in PDF format
requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader) is available for downloading,
and has everything from an astronaut's scouting record to how
many astronauts were born in each state. See also Women
of NASA.
Biogrpahy.com
Contains data on over 25,000 people.
Complete
List of Popes
Comprehensive list and background of all popes serving as head
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Contributions
of 20th Century Women to Physics
Contains biographical information pertaining to their scientific
lives as well as a description of their scientific work. There
is an annotated Photo Gallery and a method for searching the
database by name and field.
Online
Biographies
Use this comprehensive set of search engines to find biography
sites. Includes news and entertainment databases, and encyclopedias.
Spotlight:
Biography
Using images from the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian
Institution has created an excellent biography Web site for
famous and not-so-famous American artists and athletes, soldiers
and scientists, inventors and social reformers, and other interesting
people. Each biography is tow to three paragraphs long, and
in-text links connect the reader to relevant pages within the
Smithsonian's Web site.
Time
100 : The Most Important People of the 20th Century
Who has had the greatest impact on the twentieth century? Time
Profiles 100 people who have changed the world, for better or
worse, during the last 100 years, using 5 different categories:
Leaders & revolutionaries, Artists & Entertainers,
Builders & Titans; Scientists & Healers; and Heroes
& Inspiration. The Time Person of the Century will
be announced in December 1999.
Who's
Who Online
Search the database for information on notable individuals.
Provides brief biographical and professional details.
Women
of NASA
One of the goals of the Women of NASA project is to provide
a resource for teachers and others interested in learning more
about gender bias in math and science and methods of teaching
that reduce inequity in the classroom. More than 45 women are
profiled in Women of NASA. In addition, students can follow
the daily routines of various NASA women through their online
journal entries.
Links last
checked 3/21/2011
