AccessScience: Biographies
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AccessScience: BiographiesIncludes over 2000 biographies from the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography (also in Credo Reference) in all fields of science. Besides A-Z and Subject lists, there are also specific sections on Nobel Prize Winners, Fields Medal Winners (Mathematics), and Franklin Institute Award winners.
Artist Biographies
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Oxford Art: Artist BiographiesSawyer Library has the 34-volume print edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Art: REF N31 .D5 1996.
OAASC: African American Biographies
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Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new windowA major database for all types of primary and secondary biographical resources in this field, including the African American National Biography, Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, and the Encyclopedia of African American History.
New York Times: Biographies & Obituaries
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New York Times 1851-2018 This link opens in a new windowFull-text ProQuest database consists of scanned images of the actual paper. Sawyer Library has current NYT issues in print and back issues on microfilm. In addition to articles, users can search for obituaries, a good source of biographical information. For more up-to-date issues check LexisNexis Academic for the NYT, as well as full-text of many other domestic and international newspapers.
