BIOGRAPHIES  Tags: biographies  

Art and Film

• Biographical Dictionary of Artists REF N40 .B53
• Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists REF N40 .B535
• Contemporary Architects REF NA680 .C625
• Contemporary Artists REF N6490 .C6567
• Contemporary Designers REF NK1166 .C66x
• Contemporary Graphic Artists REF NC45 .C6
• Contemporary Photographers REF TR139 .C664
• Contemporary Women Artists REF N8354 .C66
• Dictionary of Art REF N31 .D5
• Dictionary of Artists’ Models REF N7574 .D53x 
• Encyclopedia of Filmmakers REF PN1998.2 T53
• Hollywood.com Guide to Film Directors REF PN1998.2 .H66
• Icons of Architecture : the 20th Century REF NA680 .I26
• New Biographical Dictionary of Film PN1998.2 T49
• Oxford Dictionary of Art REF N33 .093
• St. James guide to Hispanic Artists : Profiles of Latino and Latin American Artists REF N6538 .H58 S7
• Self taught, Outsider, and Folk Art : a Guide to American Artists REF NK805 .S46
• Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900 REF NK1390 .J85
• The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers REF NC997 .L54
• Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of 20th Century Design and Designers REF NK1165 .J84x
• Who was who in American Art, 1564-1975 REF N6505 W56x
• Who's Who in American Art REF N6536 .W5 

Business

• A to Z of American Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs REF HD6054.4.U6 S5
• American Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Business Visionaries REF CT214 .C29
• Encyclopedia of American Women in Business REF HD6054.4 .U6 K753
• Lexicon of Labor REF HD8066 .M87
• Who's Who in Finance and Business REF HF3023.A2 W52

Chefs, Food Stylists

• Culinary Biographies REF TX649.A1 C85
• Great European Chefs TX723.5.A1 H62
• Master Chefs TX645 .P34

Education

• Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators REF LA2311 .O55
• Biographical Dictionary of North American and European Educationists REF LA2301 .G67
• Historical dictionary of American education LB15 .H57
• Pioneers of Early Childhood Education : a Bio-Bibliographical Guide REF LB1139.23 .P45
• Who's Who in American Education REF LA2311 .W47

Fashion

• Contemporary Fashion REF TT505.A1 C66
• Dictionary of 20th-Century Design REF NK1390 .P53
• Encyclopedia of Fashion REF TT505 .O53x
• Fashion Guide REF TT495 .F37x
• McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion REF TT505.A1 M37
• St. James Fashion Encyclopedia REF TT505.A1 S7
• Who's Who in Fashion REF TT505.A1 S73x

Literature

• Contemporary Authors REF CT220 .C61x Also available online for
• African American Writers REF PS153.N5 A344
• American Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature REF PS173 .I6 M65
• Asian American Novelists REF PS153.A84 A825
• Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults REF PN1009 .A1 M87
• Chicano Writers REF PS153.M4 C48
• Childrens Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss REF PS490 .M398
• Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story REF PS374.S5 C57
• Contemporary American Dramatists REF PS352 .C65
• Contemporary Native American Authors REF PS153.I52 J87
• Cyclopedia of World Authors REF PN451 .M36
• Eighth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators REF PN1009.A1 E36
• Facts on File Companion to American Drama REF PS330 .F33
• Native American Literatures REF PS153 .I52 W47
• Oxford Companion to American Literature REF PS21 .H3
• Science Fiction Writers REF PS374.S35 S36
• Something About the Author REF PN451 .S6

Music

• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians REF ML105 .B16
• Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues REF ML102 .J3 B55
• Encyclopedia of Popular Music REF ML102.P66 G84
• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians REF ML100 .N48
• Rap Whoz Who : the World of Rap Music  REF ML400 .S77

Politics

• American Reform and Reformers REF HQ1412 .A46
• CQ's Politics in America: 2006, the 109th Congress JK1012 .C67
• Supreme Court A to Z REF KF8742 .A35 S8

Psychology

• Biographical Dictionary of Psychology REF BF109.A1 B56

Science and Technology

• American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries REF CT214 .C29
• American Men and Women of Science REF Q141 .A474x
• Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology REF T39 .B49
• Chronology of Science: from Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project REF Q125 .C482
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography REF Q141 .D5 
• Internet : a Historical Encyclopedia REF TK5105 .875 .I57 I5372
• Inventions and Inventors REF T20 .I59
• Leaders of the Information Age REF QA76.2 .A2 L43
• Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine REF R121 O884 
• World of Invention REF T15 .W82

Sports

• Biographical Dictionary of American Sports REF GV939 .A1 B56
• JockBio.com Biographies of selected living athletes