BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

INDEXES/DATABASES

HISTORY DICTIONARIES AND SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

RESUMES

LOCATIONS

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

American national biography BIO CT 213 .A68 1999

Dictionary of American Biography BIO E 176 .D56

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century

America, History and Life [U.S. & Canadian history]

American Periodical Series

Making of America (1850-1877) "A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.The collection contains the full text of approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

New York Times (185l-present). MICRO Major Newspapers Microfilm Collection. Index: REF AI 21 .N44

Niles Register Cumulative Index (1811-1849). Available only on "Selected Resources" computers in MAIN.

Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800)

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900/04-present) REF AI 3 .R48

Tales of the Early Republic (1815 - 1850). An "organized collection of essays, original sources, and reference material about a part of what is called the Early American Republic... it is especially focused on the 1830s."

HISTORY DICTIONARIES AND SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

Almanac of American History REF E l74.5 .A45 1983

American Heritage encyclopedia of American history REF E174 .A535 1998

Congressional Quarterly's American Congressional Dictionary REF JK9 .K73 1997

Dictionary of American History REF E l74 A43 1976

Encyclopedia of American History REF E l74.5 .M847 1982

Encyclopedia of American Intelligence and Espionage REF UB 271 U5 O85 1988

Oxford Companion to American History REF E l74 .J6

Reader's Companion to American History. REF E 174 .R43 1991

Reader's Guide to American History. REF E 178.1 R.43 1997

RESUMES

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LOCATIONS:

BIO Biography Tools, 1^st Floor, East Wing
MAIN General Collection in the Main Library
MICRO Microforms Library, 2^nd Floor, West Wing
REF Reference Collection, 1^st Floor, East Wing