Communication Sciences and Disorders — Biography
American
National Biography Articles and portraits of about 19,000
historically noteworthy Americans.- ArchiveGrid Searches
thousands of libraries (NU included), museums, and archives for
historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held
around the world.
- ArchivesUSA Bibliographic
records describing primary source materials in archives and manuscript
repositories from throughout the U.S. Is comprised of three major
resources: Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories
in the United States (DAMRUS); National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Collections (NUCMC); and names and detailed subject indexing
from the major microform set National Inventory of Documentary
Sources in the United States (NIDS).
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Biographical
Dictionary Covers more than 28,000 notable men and women
from ancient times to the present day. Can be searched by
birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary
and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords.
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Biography
Resource Center Biographical information on nearly 275,000
people from throughout history; includes some full-text feature-length
biographical articles and links to selected web sites.
- Black
Firsts
- Bloomsbury
Biographical Dictionary of Quotations
- Chambers
Biographical Dictionary
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Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies (UC Berkeley) Lively and unedited video interviews and printable transcripts, with distinguished men and women from all over the world. Includes over 300 diplomats, statesmen, stateswomen, soldiers, economists, political scientists, activists and artists. Click on "Interviews by Guest Name" for the alphabetical list.
- Debrett's
Peerage and Baronetage
- Debrett's
People of Today
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Dictionary
of American History, 3rd edition, 10 volumes, 2003.
- Encyclopedia
of U.S. History- Journalists
- The
Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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International
Bibliography of the Social Sciences Citations from an
international selection of publications, including over 2600
journals, in all areas of the social sciences with emphasis
on economics, political science, sociology and anthropology.
- The
Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
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PAIS
International Bibliographic index to the literature of
public policy, social policy, and the social sciences in
general. Journal articles, books, government documents, statistical
compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports
of public, intergovernmental, and private organizations,
and most other forms of printed literature from all over
the world are indexed. This database covers 1972 to the present.
Go to PAIS
International Archive for coverage from 1937-1976. (The
archive will eventually cover 1915 through 1976.)
- The
Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women
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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Currently "covers the published speeches and documents of Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton." Search "across all volumes at the initial screen or search within a volume. Basic searches are amplified by boolean and proximity searches. Results can be sorted by author, title, date, and frequency."
- UN
Oral History Project Yale University’s United Nations
Studies Program has undertaken an oral history study to preserve
the recollections of those involved in international political
developments in which the UN has played a role. This resource
contains over 150 transcribed interviews with key players,
from numerous countries, involved in major international
events. The transcripts are divided into two groups: 1989-1991
and 1996-2002.
- Who's
Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge
- Who's
Who in Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge
- Who's
Who in The Roman World, Routledge
- World
Biographical System Information Online "A wealth of
biographical information on more than 5 million people: men
and women from all classes and professions, from all countries
and regions of the earth, from the 4th millennium BC to the
present..."
For further information, contact:
Robert Michaelson
Head Librarian
Seeley
G. Mudd Library for Science and Engineering
Northwestern
University
2233 Tech Drive (formerly 2233 N. Campus Drive)
Evanston, IL 60208-3530
(847)
491-3057
rmichael@northwestern.edu
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