Web Resources
Featured Resource
- Biography Databases
- Accessible to current Thrall / RCLS Library cardholders.
See also: Encyclopedias
- Know Your World: Persons
- Learn more about the names in the news or delve deeper into the biographies of contemporary and historical persons. Locate biographical articles in databases and encyclopedias. Provided by Middletown Thrall Library for Members of Middletown Thrall Library
Other Resources
- Academy of Achievment
- "The Academy of Achievement brings students face-to-face with the extraordinary leaders, the visionaries and the pioneers who have helped shape our world." Areas include The Arts, Business, Public Service, Science & Exploration and Sports.
- Baseball Biography Project
- From the Society for American Baseball Research.
- Biography.com
- A growing collection of brief sketches covering over 25,000 diverse personalities, including historical figures, politicians, sports, entertainers, and more.
- Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress
- Search by name, state, party and position from 1784 to the present. Includes the Continental Congress.
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- "These pages are part of an on-going project at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, Georgia, to illustrate the numerous achievements of women in the field of mathematics. Here you can find biographical essays or comments on the women mathematicians profiled on this site, as well as additional resources about women in mathematics."
- Civil War Biographies
- From the Civil War Trust.
- Dead People Server
- An occasionally humorous but current source of concise biographies and obituaries.
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- "A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture." From Thrall's Virtual Reference Library. Available to members of Thrall.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography
- Biographical information on scientists and mathematicians.
- Former Secretaries-General
- From the United Nations.
- The HistoryMakers
- The archive contains over 500 oral history interviews of African Americans. They are grouped thematically by occupations. Each brief biography also includes a photograph of the subject. A timeline of events goes back to the 1800s.
- Infoplease: People
- Search over 30,000 biographies. You can also browse by category.
- Mechanical Engineers: People Making History
- From the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- The Political Graveyard
- "The Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 217,078 politicians, living and dead." Compiled by Lawrence Kestenbaum.
- Portrait Gallery
- "A selection of portraits of historical figures from the Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas at Austin."
- Spotlight: Biography
- "Spotlight Biography is the Smithsonian's virtual center-stage for famous and not-so-famous American artists and athletes, soldiers and scientists, inventors and social reformers, and other interesting people. On these pages you will find images and information from across the Smithsonian about men and women who have shaped our history and culture." From the Smithsonian Institution.
- Who2
- "Who2 was founded in 1998 with a simple goal: build a fast route to basic facts about famous people. Who2 presents the quick facts you’re most likely looking for: birth and death dates, famous roles or creations, thumbnail bios, and notorious trivia. Classic authors, movie stars, famous frauds, kings and queens, mythical gods, cartoon dogs: anyone famous is fair game for Who2."
