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ELLM5170: Information Sources and Services: Biographical Sources

Online Biographical Sources

Something About the Author Online (Volumes 200-361, 2009-2021) This link opens in a new window
Scanned images of pages from the print series.
The most comprehensive collection of biographical information about children's and young adult book authors and illustrators, providing illustrated profiles of children's authors and artists. Entries typically cover: personal life, career, writings, adaptations, and additional sources.

Biography Channel
Contains a variety of popular biographies on individuals from throughout history, but with a stronger focus on modern personalities.

Print Biographies

A New Jersey Biographical Index by Donald A. Sinclair
Call Number: Ref. CT249 .S56 1993
ISBN: 0806313897
Publication Date: 2002
"Covering some 100,000 biographies and associated portraits in 237 New Jersey cyclopedias, histories, yearbooks, periodicals, and other collective biographical sources published to about 1980"