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BOOK-LENGTH BIOGRAPHIES

To locate books at PJC and other Florida Community College libraries, click on Find Books at the top of the LRC homepage, or click Go at Search PJC Catalog. Click on Browse Lists and enter the person’s last name first; for example, jefferson thomas. In the results list look for subheadings such as Biography, Interviews, Diaries, etc. Also check the titles listed under the person’s name only (with no subheadings).

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index of sources that contain biographical information. Covers contemporary and historical figures from every field of activity and all areas of the world.
REF CT 213 .B57

BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES
Biographical dictionaries contain brief, individual biographical sketches collected according to a particular theme or commonality such as gender, race, national origin, or occupation.

I. General

Current Biography
Includes persons of current interest the world over. Photographs accompany most entries. Each volume contains its own index; a separate cumulative index covers 1940-1995.
REF CT 100 .C8

Encyclopedia of World Biography
Includes persons from all time periods and all nations who have made outstanding contributions to human culture and society.
REF CT 103 .E56

II. United States - Historical

Dictionary of American Biography
Includes now-deceased persons who made significant contributions to American life from Colonial times to 1980. The last supplement contains cumulative indexes.
REF E 176 .D564

American National Biography
Successor to Dictionary of American Biography. Includes persons of historic significance who died prior to 1996. The last volume contains indexes by name, place of birth, occupation, and contributor.
REF CT 213 .A68

National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Includes persons of historic significance. Biographies are not arranged alphabetically but are grouped according to important events, or themes. Consequently, users must use the index to find their subject.
REF E 176 .N2812

Notable American Women
Scholarly biographies of historically important American women. Volumes 1-3 cover 1607-1950; volume 4 covers the modern period. Last volume includes index by area of activity.
REF CT 3260 .N57

The Presidents, First Ladies, and Vice Presidents: White House Biographies, 1789-2001
REF E 176.1 .D56

Great Lives from History:
American Series
REF CT 214 .G74

III. World - Historical

Dictionary of National Biography
Biographies of noteworthy inhabitants, now deceased, of the British Isles and the Colonies.  Cumulative index in most recent supplement.
REF DA 28 .D4

Great Lives from History (series):
Ancient and Medieval Series
REF CT 113 .G74

Renaissance to 1900 Series
REF CT 104 .G68

Twentieth Century Series
REF CT 120 .G69

IV. Ethnic

Who Was Who in Native American History
Covers individuals in Native American history from early contact until 1900.  Appendix includes lists of tribes and occupations.
REF E 89 .W35

Black Women in America
Includes women from the 17th century to contemporary times.
REF E 185.86 .B542

Notable Black American Men
Profiles of African American men born 1711-1975. Includes geographic, occupation, and subject indexes.
REF E 185.86 .N68

Notable Latino Americans
Noteworthy Latino men and women in the U.S. Appendixes list professions and ethnic subgroups.
REF E 184 .S75 M435

ARTICLES
To access the following databases, click on the Find Articles link at the top of the LRC homepage. Login is automatic from the LRC Computers. From remote computers, it is necessary to log in by: 1) selecting Pensacola Junior College from the drop-down menu; 2) typing the 14-digit PJC photo ID number in the Borrower ID box; 3) typing the last four digits of your Social Security number into the PIN box. Before logging in, be sure to activate the barcode number on your ID card by contacting the LRC at 484-2002 or stopping by the Circulatoin Desk in the LRC lobby. Once logged in, click on the Alphabetical link at the top of the page. From the alphabetical list, click on the database of your choice.

Biography Resource Center
Provides biographical information on more than 220,000 people in all disciplines and subject areas, from throughout history and around the world.  Search by name, birth date, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or other criteria.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Offers full-text articles from more than 3,000 scholarly and academic journals, and abstracting and indexing from more than 4,000 journals dating back to 1984.

WEB SITES

The Biography Channel
Notable persons from antiquity to the present.
http://www.biography.com

Infoplease.com:  Biography
Profiles of newsworthy people.  Searchable by person's name or by category.
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Biographical Dictionary
Notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
http://www.s9.com/

N.B.: For biographies of authors and other literary figures, see Information Guide titled "Literary Biography."