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Biography
General Sources
http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/itweb/wash43584?db=BioRC
Full-text biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
http://0-infotrac.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/itweb/wash43584?db=BGMI
Indexes current biographical reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world found in books, biographical dictionaries (e.g., "who's who" sources), encyclopedias, articles, and directories.
http://0-www.worldwhoswho.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Provides brief biographical information on over 20,000 living, accomplished men and women from almost every country in the world. Includes heads of state, politicians, religious leaders, and prominent members of the business, finance, entertainment, sports and arts communities. Latest edition of International Who's Who is in LAU Reference Stacks.
World Biographical Index
Contains over one million entries for eminent individuals who lived in North and South America and Western and Central Europe. Entries contain brief biographical information, citations to all original reference works in which information on the individual appears, and the location of the source work in the companion biographical archive microfiche collection.
Specialized Sources
The following resources focus on people from a particular country (e.g., Great Britain), discipline (e.g., art), or ethnic group (e.g., African Americans).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscribed/
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001. Excludes living persons. Has themed entries (e.g., Roman Britain) and groups of subjects with a common attribute (e.g., Archbishops of Canterbury). Contains 10,000 images. GU Law Library has the 60 print volumes.
Revised version of Dictionary of National Biography RefBiog DA28.D4
African American Biographical Database (AABD)
http://0-aabd.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
A compilation of the biographies of thousands of African Americans. Contains extended narratives of both the famous and the everyday person, including African-American activists, business people, former slaves, performing artists, educators, lawyers, physicians, writers, church leaders, homemakers, religious workers, government workers, athletes, farmers, scientists, and factory workers. Culled from biographical dictionaries, obituary files, slave narrative collections, and Internet sites.
http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/servlet/Scribner?locID=wash43584
1,600 full-text biocritical essays written and signed by noted scholars. Each entry averages 15-20 pages in length and includes a concise essay, hyperlinks for cross-referencing, biographical information placing the author's work in personal and historical context, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources for further study. The collection spans a wide variety of time periods, geographic locations and cultures (e.g., African American writers; English Romantic Period 1798-1870; Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome; Latin American Writers; Renaissance Writers; Modern Playwrights; Bible as Literature). Included in Literature Resource Center.
http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/servlet/Twayne?locID=wash43584
Twayne's Authors Series offers in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements, and the development of literary genres. Each treatment devotes 175-200 pages to the critical interpretation and discussion of one author's life and works, taking into account important contributions to scholarship and criticism. Comprises nearly 600 books from three print series: United States Authors, English Authors and World Authors. Included in Literature Resource Center.
http://0-www.oxfordartonline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the 1990s. The 45,000 articles of the print version of the Grove Dictionary of Art are accessible with added searching capability, additional context and authority of links to museums and other collections that may offer more information about the piece, the artist, and related works. Searches can be done by article heading, full text, contributor, caption, or combinations of these using concept, pattern, boolean and expert options. In addition, researchers may choose the Bridgeman Art Library from the main page to search a database of more than 100,000 images.
Ref. N31 .D5 1996
http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of music worldwide from ancient music to the popular music of today. Grove Music Online comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition (London, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (London, 1992) and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition(London, 2002). Articles that have been updated since their appearance in print are date-stamped in the upper right corner of the screen. Some links to digital sound are also available.
Ref. ML100 .N48
http://0-www.mergentonline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/compsearch.asp
Full-text information on thousands of companies, including biographical information about company officers.
Mergent Manuals
http://0-ebooks.greenwood.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/reader.jsp?ws=WS_GW_EBOOKS&as=reader.jsp&x=OLILS&p=DICTxP-1&bc=EOLILS
Provides the full text of three reference works: Dictionary of Irish Literature; Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook; and Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995. Included are profiles of more than 1,300 novelists, playwrights, humorists, politicians, publishers, and arts organizations. Entries analyze and place in historical context major works and themes.
Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook LAU Ref. PR 8727 .G66 1997 Dictionary of Irish Literature LAU Ref. PR 8706 .D5 1996 Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995 LAU Ref. PR 8789 .I67 1997
http://old.library.georgetown.edu/service/cdnet/app.cfm?appname=FrontlineDiplomacy
Collection of 900 interviews with former U.S. foreign affairs officials about their experiences during the second half of the twentieth century. Includes diplomats, personnel of the departments of State, Commerce, USIA, Treasury and other agencies, and some military officers. Topics covered include reflections on historic events as well as the personal experiences of interviewees.
Encyclopedia of Islam (Online)
http://0-www.brillonline.nl.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/subscriber/uid=1382/entry?entry=islam_title_islam
Authoritative, in-depth treatment of topics relating to the Islamic World from religion and history to politics and culture. Includes information on distinguished Muslims, tribes and dynasties, flora and fauna of the countries, and the history, topography, and monuments of major towns and cities. Coverage encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all modern Islamic states.
Ref DS37 .E523
http://www.artprice.com/
Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff only. Ask at the Reference Desk for username and password. An art auction resource that has approximately 4 million records for auction sales since 1700. Covers the fine arts, including prices for paintings, prints, posters, drawings, miniatures, sculptures, installations, photographs, and tapestries. Also includes biographical information and artist signatures for artists from the 17th century to the present. International in scope.
http://0-acta.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Electronic transcript of a collection of Latin documents examining the lives of the saints, organized by each saint's feast day. Includes prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus, indices, and references to Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina (BHL).
Woodstock Theological Center Library (v.1-69): Woodstock Ref. 279 AC81. Lauinger Special Collections (some volumes): 80B1.
Finding Biographical Sources in GEORGE
http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search/X?SEARCH=d:(biography)&searchscope=4&SORT=D
Find book-length biographies in the library by searching in GEORGE for the word "biography" as a subject. To limit further, add additional search terms in the search box (e.g., add "and politicians" to find biographies of politicians).
Biographical Indexes in GEORGE
http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/search~S4/X?SEARCH=(d%3A(indexes%20)%20and%20d%3A(biography))&searchscope=4&SORT=D
Find indexes to biographies in the library using a specialized GEORGE search on the words "biography" and "indexes" as subjects. To limit further, add additional search terms in the search box (e.g., add "and artists" for indexes to biographical information about artists).
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