Biographies

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• Oxford music online
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. ... []
• Classical Net
  
  This index lists those composers for which there is a dedicated page at this site that may include a biography, recommended works, recommended recordings, and other related reviews and articles. It is not meant to be a comprehensive index of every occurance of a certain composers name at the site, nor is every composer represented in some manner at this site listed here. ... []
• Soviet composers
  
  Composers who lived and worked in the former Soviet Union in the period 1918-1990 (Internet Edition compiled [privately] by Onno van Rijen). Entries include photo, biographical data, and lists of compositions. ... []
• Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary
  
  Call Number: REF GEN ML 105 .C593 1996
  Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary / Gene Claghorn.--Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996. This work lists only women composers and lyricists and includes some persons omitted in American song lyricists, 1920-1960 ... []
• Brockhaus Musik :
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 100 .B76 2001
  A superb and comprehensive dictionary of music (in German). It also includes biographies of both major and some minor composers.

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• Acta sanctorum database
  
  Collection of texts on the lives of the saints from the beginning of the Christian era to the end of the sixteenth century, published over a period of three hundred years by the Société des Bollandistes. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users. ... []
• Ainm.ie
  
  Consist of biographies in Irish of people with a connection to the Irish language. The basis for the database is the nine volumes of Beatháisnéis (Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhair, 1986-2007), updated and expanded. Compiled by Fiontar, DCU, along with Diarmuid Breathnach and Máire Ní Mhurchú. ... []
• Allgemeine deutsche Biographie & Neue deutsche Biographie
  
  Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room.
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic CT 1053 A5 2003
  Includes biographical core data of over 80,000 people in German history. Simple or advanced searching possible.
• American national biography
  
  A standard biographical resource for more than 17,000 notable people in American history.
• American President
  
  Provides a comprehensive collection of material about the U.S. Presidents and the history of the presidency. Features essays about each President and their lives before, during, and after their presidential terms. Provides information about the First Lady and cabinet officials of each administration. ... []
• Bibliographie der französischen Literaturwissenschaft.
  
  Call Number: REF INDEX Z 2171 .B56
  Coverage: Bd.1(1956/1958)-Bd.49(2011)
  This annual print index lists books, dissertations, journal articles, and reviews published around the world. The essential index in the field of French and Francophone literary studies. ... []
• Bio. (Biography.com)
  
  Over 25,000 entries from historical and popular culture.
• Biographical Dictionary
  
  A biographical wiki with over 33,000 entries with world wide coverage.
• Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon
  
  Onlive version of the German biographical church encyclopedia that provides information about persons related to history of the Church. ... []
• Biography and genealogy master index
  
  Indexes hundreds of biographical sources covering individuals, living and dead, from every field of activity worldwide.
• Biography in context
  
  Database of biographical information on more than 500,000 people from all times, places and subjects. Sometimes known as: Biography resource center. ... []
• Brockhaus Musik :
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 100 .B76 2001
  A superb and comprehensive dictionary of music (in German). It also includes biographies of both major and some minor composers.
• CAIN Web Service: Biographies of people prominent during the "Troubles", and personal accounts of the conflict.
  
  A database searchable by names and by roles, accompanied by a bibliography.
• Cambridge dictionary of scientists
  
• Cardinals of the holy roman church
  
  Consists of "biographies of the 20th century cardinals and of the events and documents concerning the origin of the Roman cardinalate and its historic evolution." ... []
• Classical Net
  
  This index lists those composers for which there is a dedicated page at this site that may include a biography, recommended works, recommended recordings, and other related reviews and articles. It is not meant to be a comprehensive index of every occurance of a certain composers name at the site, nor is every composer represented in some manner at this site listed here. ... []
• Contemporary authors (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Contemporary hispanic biography
  
  Biographies of Latinos and Latinas in the international Hispanic community.
• CQ's politics in America
  
  Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic JK 1012 .C63
  Coverage: 2000
  Contains profiles of members of Congress, their committee assignments, key votes, etc., and background information on members' districts. ... []
• Dictionary of Irish biography
  
  Online searchable database corresponding to the Royal Irish Academy/Cambridge University Press's print DIB. The DIB outlines the careers of prominent men and women born in Ireland, north and south, and the noteworthy Irish careers of those born outside Ireland, up to 2002. Those still living are not included. ... []
• Dictionary of literary biography (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Dictionary of scientific biography
  
  This reference source contains biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all countries and from all historical periods. It presents an accurate and reliable narrative of the development of science, not as a mere accumulation of technical information but as the collective accomplishment that has ordered our understanding of nature. ... []
• Dictionary of Ulster Biography
  
  Electronic edition of the Dictionary of Ulster Biography, by Kate Newman, originally published in print by the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, in 1993. The electronic edition was published by the Ulster Historical Circle. The dictionary includes people no longer living, from the nine counties of Ulster, and the electronic edition is indexed by place. ... []
• Digital library of the Catholic Reformation
  
  Searchable full-text collection of transcriptions and facsimiles of documents by Catholic authors of the 16th and 17th centuries "including papal documents, synodal decrees, catechisms, confessors' manuals, biblical commentaries, theological treatises, liturgical works, inquisitorial manuals, preaching guides, saints' lives, and devotional literature."--About. ... []
• Grosses Sängerlexikon /
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 105 .K83 1997
  Coverage: Bd.1-Bd.6
  This is the finest and most complete biographical index for singers of all ages. Although it is in German, the text is useful for everyone. ... []
• Grove music online (see Oxford music online)
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. ... []
• International year book and statesmen's who's who
  
  Includes information on countries, territories and federal states; significant international and national organizations; and biographical profiles of significant people. ... []
• Internationaler biographischer Index der Musik :
  
  Call Number: HESB MUSRF ML 105 .In96 1995
  Coverage: [Bd.]1-[Bd.]2
  In German. This is perhaps the most extensive index to short biographies about living musicians of all types.
• Internet Public Library Biographies Resources
  
  Accounts of persons' lives written by another.
• Italian Women Writers
  
  The Italian Women Writers project (IWW) is a long-term research endeavor to preserve and provide access to an extensive corpus of literature written by Italian women authors. Our goal is to bring information on and texts by both famous and previously neglected Italian women writers to a wider audience of students, scholars, teachers, and the general public, and to preserve these often fragile texts for generations to come. ... []
• Jack Kerouac romnibus
  
  Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PS 3521 .E735 Z633 1995
  Multimedia presentation of the life and work of Jack Kerouac, Beat Generation author and poet, via text, photographs, graphics, sound, animation, and video; complete works and excerpted writings of Kerouac, archival materials, biographical information, interviews, and bebop music. ... []
• Julian Samora Library and Archives Institute for Latino Studies
  
  The Julian Samora Library at the Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame collects, preserves, and provides access to rare books, manuscripts, personal papers, archives, and oral histories related to the Latino experience in the United States with a particular focus on the Midwest. ... []
• Latin American Law Journals & Serials in U.S. Law Libraries
  
• Latinas in the United States
  
• Legacy.com (Obituaries)
  
  Current obituaries from over 1000 newspapers.
• Literature resource center
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text articles from numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Mathematical Biographies
  
  Biographies of Female Mathematicians, Biographies of Mathematicians, Mathematician of the Day, and the Mathematics Genealogy Project. ... []
• Ménestrel
  
  Selective inventory of electronic resources for medievalists, with particular emphasis on French-speaking areas.
• Neue deutsche Biographie (see Allgemeine deutsche Biographie & Neue deutsche Biographie)
  
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic CT 1053 A5 2003
  Includes biographical core data of over 80,000 people in German history. Simple or advanced searching possible.
• Nineteenth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Oxford companion to music (see Oxford music online)
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of music (see Oxford music online)
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of national biography
  
  The classic, authoritative biographical source for British history. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.
• Oxford music online
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music. ... []
• Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit
  
  A comprehensive biographical dictionary for the Byzantine Empire in the early Medieval Period (641-1025 AD) documenting more than 20,000 persons. PMBZ Online is based on the print edition of the Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit which appeared in two parts 1998 and 2013. ... []
• Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
  
  A database the aim of which is to record all surviving information about every individual mentioned in Byzantine textual sources, together with as many as possible of the individuals recorded in seal sources, for the period 641-1261. ... []
• Ricorso
  
  A database of biographical records, bibliographical listings, excerpts from text and commentary,of Irish literature and literary scholarship. ... []
• Samuel Johnson & James Boswell
  
  Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room.
  Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PR 3539 .J22 A11 1997
  "... presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson in the Yale Johnson series, as well as several rare editions from the British Library. It also includes the six-volume L. F. Powell edition of James Boswell's Life of Johnson, The Hypochondriac, additional letters, and essays."--Publisher's description. ... []
• Selected Resources for Irish Studies
  
  PDF doc. to selected resources for Irish Studies that include, biographies, indexes, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, music, newspapers, encyclopedias, Irish theatre and film. ... []
• Soviet composers
  
  Composers who lived and worked in the former Soviet Union in the period 1918-1990 (Internet Edition compiled [privately] by Onno van Rijen). Entries include photo, biographical data, and lists of compositions. ... []
• Twentieth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Who's who on the web
  
  Coverage: 17th century-present
  Biographies of over a million people of note, world wide. All Marquis' Who's Who biographies published since 1985 are included. Usage info: Licensed for 1 simultaneous user. ... []
• Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary
  
  Call Number: REF GEN ML 105 .C593 1996
  Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary / Gene Claghorn.--Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c1996. This work lists only women composers and lyricists and includes some persons omitted in American song lyricists, 1920-1960 ... []
• World who's who
  
  Biographical information on the world's most eminent figures, including heads of state, key ministers, politicians, diplomats, religious leaders, the famous and successful in business, finance, technology, film, music, literature, fashion, sport and other professions. ... []
• 18th century collections online (see ECCO: Eighteenth Century collections online)
  
  A comprehensive searchable digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered. ... []
• 19th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
• 20th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)