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Biography: Reference Books

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Reference Books

Reference Books

American Business Leaders
  R 338.092273 H18a

American First Ladies
  R 973.0992 Am345

American Leaders 1789-1994: A Biographical Summary
  R 920.073 Am357

American Men and Women of Science
  R 925 Am3

American Nature Writers
  R 810.936 Am355

American Political Leaders, 1789-2000
  R 973.099 Am3546

American Women in Science: 1950 to the Present
  R 500.82092273 B153am

American Writers
  R 810.9 Am358

Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
  R 780.922 B178

Biographical Dictionary of American Labor Leaders
  R 923.31 F49b

Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek & Roman Women
  R 301.4120922 L626b

Biographical Dictionary of Artists
  R 709.22 B52

Biographical Dictionary of Mathematicians
  R 510.922 B52

Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
  R 370.922 Oh455b

Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders 1900-1991
  R 909.82 B5206

Biographical Dictionary of Scenographers, 500 BC to 1900 AD
  R 792.025 L119b

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Philosophers
  R 109.22 B52

Biographical Directory of American Territorial Governors
  R 973.0992 M229b

Biographical Directory of the Governors of the U.S., 1988-194
  R 353.913 M911b

British Prime Ministers in the 20th Century
  R 923.1 B777

British Writers
  R820.9 B777 Suppl. 19

Century of Nobel Prize Recipients
  R 509.22 C33396

Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
  R 937.060922 Sca77c

Computer Technology Innovators
  R 004.092 C787

Contemporary Authors
  R 928 C765

Current Biography
  R 920 C93

Czars: Russia’s Rulers for More Than 1,000 Years
  R 947.0099 D874c

Dictionary of Christian Biography
  R 922 Sm68d

Dictionary of Literary Biography
  R 928 D561

Dictionary of World Biography
  R 920.02 D561

Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
  R 509.22 D633

Encyclopedia of Heads of States and Governments: 1900 through 1945
  R 920.02 L549e 1900-45

Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America    
  R 781.6297 K27

Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
  R 364.152303 N485e

Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters
  R 923.41 On25e

Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America
  R 200.8209 E564

Great Lives from History. The 17th Century, 1601-1700
  R 920.009 G78689s

Great Lives from History. The 18th century, 1701-1800
  R 909.7092 G78689e

Great Lives from History. The 19th century, 1801-1900
  R 920.0090 G78689

Great Lives from History. The 20th Century, 1901-2000
  R 970.02 S1633

Great Lives from History. African Americans
  R 920.009296 G78611

Great Lives from History. The Ancient World, Prehistory-476 C.E.
  R 920.03 A541s

Great Lives from History. Latinos
  R 920 G78611

Great Lives from History. The Middle Ages, 477-1453
  R 920.03 M6275w

Great Lives from History. The Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454-1600
  R 920.03 R393

Heads of States & Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia
  R 920.02 L549e 1945-92


Historical Dictionary of British Women
  R 920.72 H6293

Historical Dictionary of the Carter Era
  R 973.926 K21

International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers
  R 004.0922 In855

Lives and Legacies: An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World: Scientists, Mathematicans, and Inventors
  R 509.22 Sci275

MacMillan Profiles: Athletes and Coaches of Summer
  R 796.0922 At467s

MacMillan Profiles: Athletes and Coaches of Winter
  R 796.0922 At468w

MacMillan Profiles: Villains and Outlaws
  R 920.003 V7118

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography
  R 920.003 En195

Notable Black American Women

  R 920.7208996 N843

Notable Native Americans
  R 970.2 A1 N843

Notable Scientists From 1900 to the Present
  R 509.22 N843

Notable Sports Figures
  R 796.0922 N843

Oklahoma Women's Almanac
  R 305.409 D214

Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are & How They Influenced Sports in America
  R 796.0820922 W888o2

Oxford Dictionary of Popes
  R 922.21 K287o

The African American National Biography  
  R 920.0092 A2583

The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management
  R 658.009 E5647

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature
  R 810.9895 G816

The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
  R 791.4302 T482

The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history  
  R 305.4203 O984

The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia : Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Soccer
  R 796.0922 B647

The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789-2012
  R 347.7303 S959

Women in the American Civil War  
  R 973.7082 W87246

Writing African American Women : an Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color
  R 810.9928 W956

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