How to Do Library Research

(including USA)

The items listed below are biographical directories found in Morgan Library Reference and Morgan Stacks.

International

• Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community. 42 vols. Detroit: Gale, 1992- . E 185.96 .C66 Morgan
• Current Biography Yearbook. New York: Wilson, 1940- . CT 100 .C8 REF Has photograph and address.
• Dictionary of International Biography. Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre. CSU owns 1967, 1971- . Latest in REF. CT 101 .D5 REF
• Dictionary of World Biography. 10 vols. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998. CT 104 .D54 1998 REF
• Historic World Leaders. Detroit: Gale, 1994. D 412 .H57 1994 Morgan
• International Who's Who. London: Europa, [year]. CT 120 .I5 REF
• International Who's Who of Women. Rochester, Kent [England]: Europa, 1992. CT 3202 .I58 REF
• Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd ed. 17 vols. plus vols.18- supplements. Detroit: Gale, 1998- . CT 103 .E56 Morgan & available online to CSU affiliates
• New York Times Biographical Service. New York: Arno Press, 1974-2001. CT 120 .N45 Microfilm See also New York Times (1851- ).
• Who's Who in the World. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1971/72- . CT 120 .W5 Morgan

United Kingdom (British)

• Dictionary of National Biography from the Earliest Times to 1900 (DNB). 22 vols. London: Oxford UP. Supplements covering 1901-1985. DA 28 .D47 Morgan
  Biographical dictionary of deceased persons known in Great Britain and the colonies. A very good place to begin research on British authors and other professions. Use in conjunction with the newer edition (just below).
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography in Association with the British Academy: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000. 61 vols. Oxford: Oxford UP. DA 28 .O95 2004 REF
  Biographical dictionary of deceased persons known in Great Britain and the colonies. A very good place to begin research on British authors and other professions. Use in conjunction with the earlier edition (just above).
• Who Was Who. New York: St. Martin's. CSU owns 1897-1995. DA 28 .W65 REF
  Deceased British notables.
• Who's Who. New York: St. Martin's. Annual. CSU owns 1956, 1958-2009. Latest in Reference. DA 28 .W6 REF
  British notables.

United States of America (American)

• American National Biography. 24 vols. + supplement. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. CT 213 .A68 1999 REF

• Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). 22 vols. New York: Charles Scribner. Supplements through 1980.
  E 176 .D56 REF
  Biographical dictionary of famous deceased persons from and involving America.

• National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 63 vols. New York: White, 1898-1984. E 176 .N29 Storage

• Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. 5 vols. Cambridge, MA: Belnap, 1971-2004.
  CT 3260 .N57 1971 REF
• Notable Americans: What They Did, from 1620 to the Present. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 1988.
  E 176 .N89 1988 Morgan
• POTUS (Presidents of the United States)

• Who Was Who in America: With World Notables. 16 vols. + indexes. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963- . E 663 .W54 REF

• Who's Who in America. Wilmette, IL: Macmillan. Annual. CSU owns 1908-1943, 1946-2006. Latest print edition in Reference.
  E 663 .W54 Reference & Storage Access

• Who's Who of American Women. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1970-2007. CT 3260 .W5 Latest in Reference; earlier in Storage Access

France

• Who's Who in France: Qui est Qui en France: Dictionnaire Biographique. Levallois-Perret, France: Jacques Lafitte, [year]. DC 36 .W46 REF