Key in a person's name to do a basic search. Or, in the Advanced Search, key in a person's name. Click the right-pointing arrow (►) in front of Articles with the Following Features and mark Biography. Click Search. Click a title to view the article.

Examples:
- opens new window Oral Roberts
- opens new windowGrace Hopper
- opens new windowAlfred Nobel

To find related terms, persons, or topics use the Mind Map (shown below).

These are selected books which can be helpful for finding biographical information. Use the Library Catalog to search for books and ebooks by title or subject. To find a book about a person, do a subject search, typing the last name first, then the first name. For example, Roberts, Oral.

• The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia, CT103.C4
• The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, CT213. C36
• opens new window Encyclopaedia Judaica, also available in print, DS102.8.E496
• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography, CT103. M27
• One to two page descriptions of influential figures from the history of the world. A short bibliography ends each article.
• opens new windowOral Roberts: An American Life, Ebook
• opens new windowOxford Dictionary of Saints, Ebook
• opens new windowScientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors...People Who Changed the World, Ebook