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Biography: Finding Information about Famous People

A quick guide containing links to selected websites, books, movies, magazines, online databases and other resources to help you find what you are looking for.

Websites

Indiana Biography Index - Materials published before 1990

The online version of the card file Indiana Biography Index located in the Great Hall on the second floor of the Indiana State Library.

Indiana Biography Index - Materials published 1990 and after

Indiana Historical Society

Biographical Resources

A selective list of standard research tools compiled by the New York Public Library, many available from the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

Dead People Server

Dead or alive? Find out with up-to-the-minute listings of who's among the living and those passed on

S9.com Biographical Dictionary

An online biographical dictionary containing information on more than 33,000 people from antiquity to present

Virtual Reference Desk Biography/Who's Who

Library Materials

Edens outcasts the story of Louisa May Alcott and her father by: Matteson, John 929.2 Alcott MAT	Edith Wharton by: Lee, Hermione. B Wharton, Edith LEE
Einstein his life and universe by: Isaacson, Walter. B Einstein, Alb. ISA	Icons of business an encyclopedia of mavericks movers and shakers by: Drexler, Kateri M. 923.3 DRE
belief in providence a life of Saint Theodora Guérin by: Young, Julie. B Guerin, Theodore YOU	Fighting for equality a life of May Wright Sewall by: Boomhower, Ray E., 1959- B Sewall, M.W. BOO
Day at a time an Indiana girls sentimental journey to Doris Days Hollywood and beyond by: Barothy, Mary Anne B Barothy, M.A. BAR	80 our most famous eighty year olds from Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner reveal why they never felt so young by: Gardner, Gerald C. 920.073 GAR
Dandelion memoir of a free spirit by: James, Catherine, 1950- B James, Catherine JAM	Generous women an appreciation by: Hamner, Earl B Hamner, Earl HAM
Beatrix Potter a life in nature by: Lear, Linda J., 1940- B Potter, Beatrix LEA	FDR by: Smith, Jean Edward. B Roosevelt, F.D. SMI
Current biography yearbook by: 920 CUR	Newsmakers by: Newsmakers (Detroit, Mich.) 920.02 NEW

Online Databases

Biography Resource Center

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Gale Virtual Reference Library

When you open this database, select Biography from the menu.

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