Biography

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Contents 1 Select Titles 2 Reference Books at the Library 3 Search Our Catalog 4 Databases 5 Web Resources

Select Titles

Reference Books at the Library

• Newsmakers
• Contemporary Black Biography
• Contemporary Hispanic Biography
• Encyclopedia of World Biography
• Women in World History

Search Our Catalog

Artists Athletes Authors Celebrities

Comedians Disabled People Doctors Explorers

Farmers Gay and Lesbian Immigrants Inventors

Kings & Rulers Military Musicians Poets

Saints Scientists U.S. Presidents Teachers

Databases

These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.

Biography Resource Center

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

• For a complete list of databases available through GRPL, click here.

Web Resources

Biography.com The offical site of A&E's Biography television series. Includes the searchble text of 15,000 entries from The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia.

Biographical Dictionary This wiki format biographical dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present.

Internet Public Library Biography Reference An excellent first stop in biographical searching.