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Athletes
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
by
Karen Christensen (Editor); Allen Guttmann (Editor); Gertrude Pfister (Editor)
Call Number: 796.082 I61
ISBN: 0028649540
Publication Date: 1999
African-American Sports Greats
by
David L. Porter (Editor)
Call Number: 796.0922 A258
ISBN: 0313289875
Publication Date: 1995
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures
by
Arnie Markoe (Editor)
Call Number: 796.0922 S434
ISBN: 0684806657
Publication Date: 2002
Great Women Athletes of the Twentieth Century
by
Robert J. Condon
Call Number: 796.092 C746G
ISBN: 0899505554
Publication Date: 1991
Theologians & Religious Figures
Dictionary of American Religious Biography
by
Henry W. Bowden
Call Number: R 209.22 B784D1993
ISBN: 0313278253
Publication Date: 1993-04-30
The Westminster Dictionary of Theologians
by
Justo L. González (Editor)
Call Number: R 230.0922 D545W
ISBN: 0664229891
Publication Date: 2006-11-17
A Handbook of Christian Theologians
by
Martin E. Marty (Editor); Dean G. Peerman (Editor)
Call Number: R 230 H236 1984
ISBN: 0687165636
Publication Date: 1984-11-01
Sister Wendy's Book of Saints
by
Wendy Beckett
Call Number: R 282.092 B396S
ISBN: 0789423987
Publication Date: 1998-03-15
Lives of the Saints You Should Know
by
Margaret R. Bunson; Matthew E. Bunson
Call Number: R 282.092 B942L V.1, V.2
ISBN: 0879735767
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Butler's Lives of the Saints
by
Thurston; Donald Attwater
Call Number: R 282.092 B985B 1995
ISBN: 0870610457
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
The Oxford Dictionary of Popes
by
J. N. Kelly
Call Number: R 282.092 K29O
ISBN: 0192139649
Publication Date: 1986-06-05
Biographical Dictionary of American Cult and Sect Leaders
by
J. Gordon Melton
Call Number: R 291.90922 M528B
ISBN: 0824090373
Publication Date: 1986-03-01
Book of Saints
by
Victor Hoagland
Call Number: 282.092 H678B
ISBN: 0882711296
Publication Date: 1986-02-01
Philosophers
One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers
by
Stuart C. Brown (Editor); Diane Collinson (Editor); Robert Wilkinson (Editor)
Call Number: R 190.904 O58
ISBN: 0415179963
Publication Date: 1998-05-06
Also available as an ebook.
Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers
by
John R. Shook (Editor)
Call Number: R 191.03 D554
ISBN: 1843710374
Publication Date: 2005-06-20
Also available as an ebook.
The Concise encyclopedia of Western philosophy and philosophers
by
J. O. Ormson, ed.
Call Number: 190.3 U77C
Publication Date: 1960
Scientists & Mathematicians
Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
by
Isaac Asimov
Call Number: 503 A832A 1982
ISBN: 0385177712
Publication Date: 1982
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
by
Roy Porter (Editor)
Call Number: 509.22 B615 1994
ISBN: 0195210832
Publication Date: 1994
American Scientists
by
Charles W. Jr Carey
Call Number: 509.22 C273A
ISBN: 0816054991
Publication Date: 2005
Biographical Dictionary of American Science
by
Clark A. Elliott
Call Number: R 509.22 E46B
ISBN: 0313204195
Publication Date: 1979-02-22
The Great Scientists
by
Grolier Educational Staff
Call Number: R 509.22 G786
ISBN: 071727134X
Publication Date: 1994-09-01
Nobel Prize Women in Science
by
Sharon B. McGrayne
Call Number: R 509.22 M147N
ISBN: 1559721464
Publication Date: 1993
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists
by
Emily J. McMurray (Editor); Donna Olendorf (Editor)
Call Number: R 509.22 N899
ISBN: 0810391813
Publication Date: 1994-10-01
Notable Black American Scientists
by
Kristine Krapp (Editor)
Call Number: R 509.22 N899B
ISBN: 0787627895
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
A to Z of Women in Science and Math
by
Lisa Yount; Nicole Brown (Editor)
Call Number: R 509.22 Y81A
ISBN: 0816037973
Publication Date: 1999-05-01
Blacks in Science and Medicine
by
Vivian O. Sammons
Call Number: R 509.2 S189B
ISBN: 0891166653
Publication Date: 1989-09-01
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Mathematicians
by
David Abbott (Editor)
Call Number: R 510.922 B615 1986
ISBN: 0872260089
Publication Date: 1986-03-01
Notable Women in Mathematics
by
Charlene Morrow; Teri Perl
Call Number: R 510.92 N899
ISBN: 0313291314
Publication Date: 1998-05-30
Women of Mathematics
by
Louise S. Grinstein; Paul J. Campbell
Call Number: R 510.92 W872
ISBN: 0313248494
Publication Date: 1987-06-16
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Physicists
by
David Abbott (Editor)
Call Number: R 530.0922 B615
ISBN: 0911745793
Publication Date: 1984-10-01
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Chemists
by
David Abbott (Editor)
Call Number: R 540.922 B615
ISBN: 0911745815
Publication Date: 1984-10-01
Women in Chemistry and Physics
by
Louise S. Grinstein; Miriam H. Rafailovich; Rose K. Rose
Call Number: R 540.922 W872
ISBN: 0313273820
Publication Date: 1993-10-30
Women in the Biological Sciences
by
Louise S. Grinstein; Carol A. Biermann; Rose K. Rose
Call Number: R 570.82 W872
ISBN: 0313291802
Publication Date: 1997-07-30
Also available as an ebook.
The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Biologists
by
David Abbott (Editor)
Call Number: R 570.922 B615
ISBN: 0911745823
Publication Date: 1984-10-01
Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1786847906
Publication Date: 2018
Miscellaneous Americans
Encyclopedia of Women in American History
by
Eileen Chang (Editor); Joyce Oldham Appleby (Editor); Joanne L. Goodwin (Introduction by)
Call Number: R 305.40973 E56h
ISBN: 0765680386
Publication Date: 2002-01-03
Reference Library of American Women
by
Mossman, Jennifer
Call Number: R 305.40973 R332
ISBN: 0787638641
Publication Date: 1999
Feminists Who Changed America, 1963-1975
by
Barbara J. Love (Editor); Nancy F. Cott (Introduction by)
Call Number: R 305.42092273 F329
ISBN: 025203189X
Publication Date: 2006-09-22
Black Women in America
by
Darlene Clark Hine (Editor)
Call Number: R 305.48896073 B627 2005
ISBN: 0195156773
Publication Date: 2005-05-19
Great Lives from History, American Women Series
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 305.4 G786
ISBN: 0893568929
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Great Lives from History, American Women Series
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 305.4 G786
ISBN: 0893568929
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
From Suffrage to the Senate
by
Suzanne O'Dea (Editor)
Call Number: R 320.082 S324f
ISBN: 1592371175
Publication Date: 2006-11-01
Also available as an ebook.
A to Z of American Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
by
Victoria Sherrow
Call Number: R 338.0082 S553a
ISBN: 0816045569
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
The Supreme Court Justices
by
Supreme Court Historical Society Staff
Call Number: R 347.7326 S959CJ
ISBN: 0871877236
Publication Date: 1993-07-01
American Villains
by
Salem Press Staff (Editor)
Call Number: R 364.10922 A512
ISBN: 1587654539
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Also available as an ebook.
Concise Dictionary of American Biography
by
Simon and Schuster Staff
Call Number: R 920.073 C7441990
ISBN: 0684191881
Publication Date: 1990-12-01
Great Lives from History, American Series
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.073 G786
ISBN: 0893565296
Publication Date: 1987-03-01
Research Guide to American Historical Biography
by
Robert Muccigrosso (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.073 R432
ISBN: 0933833091
Publication Date: 1988-09-01
Who's who among Black Americans
Call Number: R 920.073 W628
Publication Date: 1990
Men of Illinois
by
Witherspoon, Halliday
Call Number: R 920.077 W824M
Publication Date: 1902
Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography
by
Dan L. Thrapp; Dan Thrapp
Call Number: R 920.078 T529E1991
ISBN: 0803294174
Publication Date: 1991
Notable Black American Women
by
Smith, J. C.
Call Number: R 920.7208996 N899
ISBN: 0810347490
Publication Date: 1992
Latinas in the United States
by
Vicki L. Ruiz (Editor); Virginia Sánchez Korrol (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.7209 L356
ISBN: 0253346800
Publication Date: 2006-04-12
Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women
by
Cynthia Margarita Tompkins; David William Foster
Call Number: R 920.72 N899
ISBN: 0313311129
Publication Date: 2000-11-30
African Americans at War
by
Jonathan Sutherland
Call Number: R 940.5403 S966a
ISBN: 1576077462
Publication Date: 2003-12-05
Also available as an ebook.
The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography
by
Donald A. Grinde; Bruce E. Johansen; Donald A. Grinde Jr.
Call Number: R 970.00497 J65E
ISBN: 0805032703
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States
by
Suzanne Oboler (Editor); Deena J. González (Editor)
Call Number: R 973.0468 O98
ISBN: 0195156005
Publication Date: 2005-08-25
American Political Leaders
by
Steven O'Brien (Editor); Paula McGuire (Editor); James M. McPherson (Editor); Garry Gerstle (Editor)
Call Number: R 973.0992 O13A
ISBN: 0874365708
Publication Date: 1991-10-01
American First Ladies
by
Lewis L. Gould (Editor)
Call Number: R 973.099 A512
ISBN: 0415930219
Publication Date: 2001-05-29
American Presidents, Third Edition
by
Robert P. Watson (Editor); Richard Yon (Editor); Tracy Irons-Georges (Editorial Coordinator); Christina J. Moose (Editorial Coordinator); Dawn P. Dawson (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: R 973.099 A512w
ISBN: 1587652706
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
People & Events of the American Revolution
by
Trevor N. Dupuy; Gay M. Hammerman
Call Number: R 973.3 D945P
ISBN: 0835207773
Publication Date: 1974-01-01
Women in the American Civil War
by
Lisa Tendrich Frank (Editor)
Call Number: R 973.7082 W872
ISBN: 1851096000
Publication Date: 2007-12-03
The First Ladies of Elmhurst
by
Strand, Ruth
Call Number: R 977.324 S897
ISBN: 0970800304
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
American political leaders, 1789-2009
by
CQ Press
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2010
Miscellaneous People
The Dictionary of Cultural Theorists
by
Ellis Cashmore (Editor); Chris Rojek (Editor)
Call Number: R 301 D554
ISBN: 0340645490
Publication Date: 1999-03-18
Amazons to Fighter Pilots
by
Reina Pennington (ed)
Call Number: R 305.403 A489
ISBN: 0313291977
Publication Date: 2003-04-30
A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women
by
Marjorie Lightman; Benjamin Lightman
Call Number: R 305.40922 L724b
ISBN: 0816031126
Publication Date: 1999-11-01
Women Adventurers, 1750-1900
by
Mary F. McVicker
Call Number: R 305.40973 M175w
ISBN: 0786432055
Publication Date: 2008-01-25
Gay and Lesbian Biography
by
Michael J. Tyrkus
Call Number: R 305.90664 G285
ISBN: 0787605638
Publication Date: 1996-11-01
The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates
by
Irwin Abrams
Call Number: R 327.172 A161N
ISBN: 081618609X
Publication Date: 1988-11-01
Notorious Lives
by
Carl L. Bankston (Editor)
Call Number: R 364.10922 G786
ISBN: 1587653206
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Great Lives from History, Ancient and Medieval
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.00901 G786
ISBN: 0893565458
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Great Lives from History, Renaissance To 1900
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.00903 G786
ISBN: 0893565512
Publication Date: 1989-08-01
Great Lives from History, Twentieth Century
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.00904 G786
ISBN: 0893565652
Publication Date: 1990-10-01
2008 ed. available as an ebook.
The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation
by
Justin Wintle (Editor); Richard Kenin
Call Number: R 920.041 D554
ISBN: 039450027X
Publication Date: 1978-10-12
Great Lives from History, British and Commonwealth Series
by
Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.042 G786
ISBN: 0893565350
Publication Date: 1987-11-01
Dictionary of Indian biography
by
Buckland, Charles Edward
Call Number: R 920.054 B924D
Publication Date: 1969
An African Biographical Dictionary
by
Norbert Brockman
Call Number: R 920.06 B864A
ISBN: 0874367484
Publication Date: 1994-06-30
2nd ed. available as an ebook.
The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women
by
Elizabeth L. Ewan (Editor)
Call Number: R 920.7209411 B615
ISBN: 074863293X
Publication Date: 2007-06-27
Also available as an ebook.
Holocaust Survivors
by
Emily Taitz (Editor)
Call Number: R 940.5318092 T135h
ISBN: 9780313336768
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Who Was Who in World War II
by
John Keegan
Call Number: R 940.548 W628
ISBN: 0690017537
Publication Date: 1978-09-01
Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics
by
Willie Donaldson
Call Number: R 941.0099 D676b
ISBN: 0304357286
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Great Lives from History: Inventors & Inventions
by
Alvin K. Benson
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 1587655292
Publication Date: 2010
Spies and Espionage
by
Chester G. Hearn
Call Number: 327.12 H436s
ISBN: 1592235085
Publication Date: 2006-09-22
Who's Who in the Roman World
by
John Hazel
Call Number: 920.037 H429w
ISBN: 0415224101
Publication Date: 2001-02-28
Also available as an ebook.
Who's Who in the Greek World
by
John Hazel
Call Number: 920.038 H429w
ISBN: 0415124972
Publication Date: 1999-12-28
Also available as an ebook.
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt
by
Michael Rice
Call Number: 932.0099 R497ww
ISBN: 0415154480
Publication Date: 1999-08-17
Also available as an ebook.
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