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Research Resources Home > Finding Biographies

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Finding Biographies

Find information about a person.

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

Find book-length biographies in JMU Libraries. Search by Subject for Lastname, Firstname. Use the stack guide to locate the call number.

Internet

Biography In Context (Gale)

Full-text biographical information on over 340,000 people.

Campus/Remote

Literature Resource Center (Gale)

New 'In Context' interface coming soon! Full-text biographical information on literary figures.

Campus/Remote

American National Biography (Oxford University Press)

Full-text biographical information for notable people in American history. Living persons not included.

Campus/Remote

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (Oxford University Press)

Full-text biographical information for notable people in British history. Living persons not included.

Campus/Remote

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale)

Indexes more than 10 million biographical sketches from reference books. Find a citation and then look in LEO to see if JMU Libraries has the reference book it is in.

Campus/Remote

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• More Biographies by Subject (in the top right corner of this page)

• Finding Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Almanacs