JUDAIC STUDIES

Biographical Works

American National Biography
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html

     Access this database through Article Resources section of the library’s home page.  This resource “offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.”

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BGMI?locID=ucinc_main&finalAuth=true

     “This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical locations and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index indexes any print product (1964-) that includes biographical information on multiple persons.”  Access this database through the Article Resources section of the library’s home page.

Biography Index
http://olc5.ohiolink.edu/bin/gate.exe?f=search&state=c8kbme.1.1

      “Biography Index provides access to biographical material in books and journals.”  Access is through the Article Resources section of the library’s home page.  For materials indexed prior to 1984, use the printed volumes in Langsam Reference Z5301.B6 1946-1995/96.

Biography Reference Bank http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/shared/shared_main.jhtml;jsessionid=KGBMTGXEHD2CZQA3DILSFF4ADUNBIIV0?_requestid=50004

     “The database combines the complete content of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated with the complete and enhanced content of Biography Index Plus. Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases.”  Access this database through the Article Resources section of the library’s home page.

Jewish Biographical Works

Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography
Langsam Reference E184.J5C653 1994 [2 vols.]

The Congressional Minyan: The Jews of Capitol Hill
Langsam Stacks E184.37.A17 2000

Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook
Langsam Stacks BM750.N33 1988

Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Langsam Stacks DS115.W49 1991

Reform Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook
Langsam stacks BM750.R39 1993

Consult the bibliography listed below for additional published collections of Jewish biographies:

Biographical Dictionaries and Related Works: An International Bibliography of Approximately 16,000 Collective Biographies
2nd ed.  2 vols. Langsam Reference Z5301.S55 1986 and supplements 1 and 2 Langsam Reference CT104.S55x

 

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