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Biographical Information

Biographical Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc

Print Resources

For many groups of people (writers, politicians, scientists, etc.), there are specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias containing biographical information. Depending upon the particular work, the information can range from a short paragraph to a long article equivalent to a short book.

There are too many of these specialized collections to list them all, but here are a few popular ones. To find a biographical dictionary or encyclopedia in a particular field, search in UMBrella (for example to find a book about scientists, search for "Scientists Biography Dictionaries" in the Subject field).

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