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Articles (Magazines, Journals, Newspapers)

Use the “Articles & Databases” link on the library home page to retrieve articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers using the library’s databases. . To search for specific journal titles in paper and electronic formats, use Find Journal Titles link here or on the home page. GCC ‘s general and subject-specific databases may have articles on your subject. Below are some typical databases:

Biographical Resources - General

Biographical Dictonaries are similar to language dictionaries - very concise entries (usually) about a person. Resources with the Library of Congress classification number are books; others are web sites.

American National Biography (24 vols.)
Ref CT 213 .A68 1999 [Catalog Record]
Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Ref ML 105 .B16 1992 [Catalog Record]
Biography Research Center (db)
Biography.com
Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly
Bloodletters and Badmen
Ref HV 6785 .N37 [Catalog Record]
Contemporary Newsmakers
Ref CT 120 .C663 [Catalog Record]
Current Biography
Ref CT 100 .C8 [Catalog Record]
Dictionary of American Biography
Ref E 176 .D563 [Catalog Record]
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ref CT 103 .E56 [Catalog Record]
In the First Person
Infoplease - Biography
Internet Public Library - POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
Makers of Modern Culture
Ref CT 120 .M36 1981 [Catalog Record]
New York Times Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
Ref CT 120 .N46 1988 [Catalog Record]
Time 100
Webster's Biographical Dictionary
Ref CT 103 .W4 1972 [Catalog Record]

Biographical Resources: by Ethnicity or Gender

Contemporary Black Biography
Ref E 185.96 .C66 [Catalog Record]
Dictionary of American Negro Biogrphy
Ref E 185.96 .L6 1982 [Catalog Record]
Notable American Women: 1607-1950
Ref CT 3260 .N57 [Catalog Record]
Notable American Women: The Modern Period
Ref CT 3260 .N573 [Catalog Record]
Notable Black American Scientists
Ref Q 141 .N726 1999 [Catalog Record]
Notable Black American Women
Ref E 185.96 .N68 1996 [Catalog Record]
Who Was Who in Native American History
Ref E 89 .W35 1990 [Catalog Record]

Biography Resources: by Subject Area

There are biographical resources in many subject areas - art, literature, politics, history, science, film, religion. Some examples are listed below.

African American Writers
Ref PS 153 .N5 A344 2001 [Catalog Record]
American Directors
Ref PN 1998 .A2 C657 1983 [Catalog Record]
American Songwriters
Ref ML 390 .E825 1987 [Catalog Record]
Blacks in American Film and Television
Ref PN 1995.9 .N4 B58 1988 [Catalog Record]
Blacks in Science and Medicine
Ref Q 141 .B58 1990 [Catalog Record]
Contemporary Artists
Ref N 6490 .C6567 [Catalog Record]
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Ref Q 141 .D5 [Catalog Record]
International Dictionary of Film and Filmakers
Ref PN 1997.8 .I58 [Catalog Record]
Literature Resource Center (db)
Oxford Dictionary of Saints
Ref BR 1710 .F34 1987 [Catalog Record]

Books and Media Materials

Use the Books and Video link on the LMC homepage to locate books and media items in our collection and other libraries in the MCCCD system. There is not a separate biography section in the LMC. Biographies will be found in the respective subject area, i.e., biographies about athletes will be in the sports area (GV), scientists in the science area (Q), biographies about painters in the art (N) section, etc.

Context: the World in which a Person Lived

These references are arranged chronologically and list events in a variety of categories, such as politics, music, art, social history, and the sciences.

American Chronicle: Six Decades in American Life 1920-1980
Ref E 169.1 .G665 1987 [Catalog Record]
Passing Parade: A History of Popular Culture in the Twentieth Century
Ref CB 151 .P27 1989 [Catalog Record]
People's Chronology: a year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present
Ref D 11 .T83 1992 [Catalog Record]
This Fabulous Century (8 vols.)
Ref E 161 .T55 1985 [Catalog Record]

Indexes

Biography Index
Microforms Room [Catalog Record]

The selected publications listed provide basic information about an individual. Call numbers are provided so that you can locate the books in the collection.


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