General

biography-center.com

http://www.biography-center.com/

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes any print product that includes biographical information on multiple persons.

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=49868

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Search the complete Encyclopedia Britannica with the addition of audio and video components and links to WWW sites with related information. Includes Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. This database is continuously revised and updated weekly.

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=2522

New York Times (via LexisNexis)

For obituaries published from 6/1/1980 to present. Search for: FIRST NAME LAST NAME in Headline, and OBITUARY in Headline, Lead Paragraph(s), Terms.

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?jId=23890

Specific Fields

Contemporary Authors

Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=49867

MacTutor Biographies

Biographies of mathematicians from Euclid to Stephen Hawking. The site provides a separate link to biographies of female mathematicians. Most entries include image.

http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html

For other resources, ask at a reference desk, or search:

UH System Libraries Catalog - Hawai'i Voyager
(http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu)

UHM Library Electronic Resources Gateway
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