Library Online and Book Biographical Resources

Search the CHS Library Catalog

Use the book catalog's Keyword search to find books that might have information about your famous person. Search for the Call Number "R 920" to find Reference books about groups or types of famous and important people in history.

Discovering Collection -- Person Search    

          Many well known persons' lives are covered in this excellent online collection.

General Collections of Biographies

Biographies (Multnomah County Library Homework Center)

Academy of Achievement: Biographies Gallery

Biography Search (Biography From A&E TV Channel)

Biography Section of the World Almanac and Book of Facts

Encyclopedia Section of the World Almanac and Book of Facts

From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies

Lives, the Biography Resource

Meet Amazing Americans

Nobel Prize Winners

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Arts and Humanities

Artists (WebMuseum)

Artist biography & famous paintings: Amadeo Modigliani, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams & others

Biographies from JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns

Find a Poet - The Academy of American Poets

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : Hall of Fame : Full Inductee List

Composer Biographies From Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music

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Mathematics and the Sciences

Astronaut Biographies: Home Page

Mathematician Biographies

Innovative Lives: Inventors

Computing Business Biographies: The Revolutionaries

World of Scientific Biography (Eric Weisstein's)

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Biographical Collections: Ethnic Groups, Nationalities, Professions, Women, Etc.

20th Century Women Physicists

4000 Years of Women in Science Biography Listing

African American Studies

Congressional Biographical Directory

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences.

Famous Hispanics

Top N. American athletes of the century from ESPN.com

Women's History Month - Biographies

Women Mathematicians-Alphabetical Index