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To access a specific resource, click its name on the list below. Items marked "CSUDH Students Only" will require you to enter your CSUDH Student ID in order to access them. Items marked with "Anyone Can Use" can be used by anybody.
Biographies, Notable People, Awards
| Resource Name | Description | Who Can Access |
|---|---|---|
| Gale Biography collection | This link allows you to search all of the gale e-books that have a subject of Biography. There are over 91 different biography books in many different fields. This link will search them all. | CSUDH Students Only |
| American Men and Women of Science (via Gale Ebooks) | 'This respected resource is a biographical dictionary of the significant players in the physical, biological and related sciences. Each edition includes biographical entries on approximately 120,000 living scientists, providing birthdate; birthplace; field of specialty; education; honorary degrees; current position; professional and career information; awards; memberships; research information; and addresses for each entrant where available.' | CSUDH Students Only |
| American Women Writers (via Gale Ebooks) | 'Provides coverage on the best-known American women writers spanning from colonial days to the present, including biography, criticism, and bibliography for each; also includes lesser-known writers whose work is found in journals, letters, stories, and even hymns. Entries feature an assessment of the write.'s works; basic biography and complete bibliography, as well as comprehensive data on writers' names, including pseudonyms, aliases, parents' names and husbands' names, etc.' | CSUDH Students Only |
| Biographies plus News (via LexisNexis) | About politicians, business executives & more, from biographical sources, people-related news sources and selected biographical stories, obituaries and business related stories covering company executives. | CSUDH Students Only |
| Biographical books | Biographies of notable people. | CSUDH Students Only |
| Biographical References and Directories (via LexisNexis) | Another LexisNexis biography collection. This selection offers basic biographical information from a number of sources and across a number of professions. | CSUDH Students Only |
| Business Leader Profiles for Students (via Gale Ebooks) | 'Profiles of significant contributors to business and industry, past and present, written especially for students.' | CSUDH Students Only |
| Contemporary Authors (via Gale Ebooks) | This link searches all these EBooks: Contemporary Authors 2003-2005 (vol 206-228), Contemporary Authors New Revision Series (vol. 114-117) 2003, Contemporary Novelists 2001, Contemporary Poets , 7th ed., 2001. See also Literary Criticism section below | CSUDH Students Only |
| Encyclopedia of World Biography (via Gale Ebooks) | 'A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture.' | CSUDH Students Only |
| Notable Sports Figures (via Gale Ebooks) | 'Take a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. It features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times.' | CSUDH Students Only |
| Popular Musicians, Film Makers, Fashion Designers (via Gale Ebooks) | This link searches all these Ebooks: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 2 vols, 2004. Contemporary Fashion 2nd ed., 2002 International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers 4th ed., 4 vols, 2000 | CSUDH Students Only |
| Nobel Prize Laureates | A list of all the winners of the Nobel Prize, sortable by year and name. Very basic biographical information is included. | Anyone Can Use |