gender studies — biography
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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for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories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:
Kathleen
E. Bethel
African American Studies Librarian
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
:847.491.2173;
fax: 847.491.5678
kbethel@northwestern.edu
