Political Science —Biographies / People

America Abroad Media Interviews available via podcast, streaming audio, and printable transcripts. In depth coverage of world issues from the journalism of PRI and NPR. To find transcripts as well as a bibliography of consulted sources, click on the desired program.
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ArchiveGrid Searches thousands of libraries (NU included), museums, and archives for historical documents, personal papers, and family histories held around the world.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).
Biographical Dictionary Covers more than over 30,000 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.
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
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
Dictionary of American History, 3rd edition, 10 volumes, 2003 .
Dictionary of Political Biography
Encyclopedia of U.S. History- Journalists
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Over 650 biographies and over 600 topical articles covering subjects such as women and war, geography and history, culture and society, organizations, and movements.
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
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..."

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Lucy E. Lyons
Collection Analysis, Journalism, and Political Science
Northwestern University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
(847) 491-2229, fax 467-7899
l-lyons@northwestern.edu
Office Location: Room 2623, 2nd Floor, East Tower, Main Library

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Last updated: 04/07/08