Biography Books
FAU's book catalog has two search modes. Basic search allows you to search by keyword, author, title and subject. Advanced search offers you additional options, such as to limit your search by format. To search for books held only at the MacArthur Campus Library, open the "Location" box and choose "Jupiter".
Some of the books for which you are looking may be available electronically from netLibrary. You must be a FAU faculty, staff, or student to access the electronic collection and you will need to use EZ-Proxy. First time netLibrary users should select "Create Account" and choose a customized user name and password.
Books from FAU's S.E. Wimberley Library in Boca Raton can be requested by using your ILLiad account.
Biographical titles are shelved within the area of the person's subject specialty and are labeled according to the Library of Congress classification system. For example, books about Shakespeare will not be found in the Biography section, but rather in the literature section; books about Einstein will be in physics, and so on.
Below is a selection of books containing biographical information which are available at the MacArthur Campus Library.
| The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History | REF CT 105 .H32 1992 |
| African-American Political Leaders | E185.96 .C18 2004 |
| American National Biography | REF CT 213 .A68 1999 |
| American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: a Biographical Dictionary | REF E 175.45 .S27 1996 |
| American Women Prose Writers to 1820 | REF PS 149 .A54 1999 |
| Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary | REF N6502.5 .C657 2002 |
| Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science | REF Q 141 .B5285 2000 |
| The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia | REF CT 103 .C26 1994 |
| The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists | REF Q 141 .C128 1996 |
| Chambers Biographical Dictionary | REF CT 105 .H32 1992 |
| Chicano Writers | REF PS 153 .M4 C485 1999 |
| The Cold War Reference Guide | REF D 843 .S3365 1997 |
| The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians | REF ML 105 .B16 1988 |
| Contemporary Southern Writers | REF PS 261 .C569 1999 |
| Dictionary of World Biography Series: 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries | REF CT 104 .D54 1998 |
| Encyclopedia of British Writers | REF PR451 .E55 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World | REF HQ1127 .S25 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of World Biography | REF CT 103 .E56 1998 |
| Feminist Writers | REF Z 5304 .A8 .F46 1996 |
| The Great Scientists | REF Q 141 .M38 1987 |
| The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music | REF ML 105 .H38 1996 |
| Illustrated Biographical Dictionary | REF CT 107 .I44 1994 |
| The Justices of the United States Supreme Court | REF KF 8744 .F75 1995 |
| The Negro Almanac: a Reference Work on the African American | REF E 185 .N385 1989 |
| The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians | REF ML 100 .N48 1980 |
| Notable American Women, 1607-1950 | REF CT 3260 .N57 |
| Notable Black American Men | REF E 185.86 .N68 1999 |
| Notable Black American Women | REF E 185.96 .N68 1991 |
| Notable Hispanic American Women | REF E 184 .S75 N68 1998 |
| Notable Latino Americans: a Biographical Dictionary | REF E 184 .S75 .M435 1997 |
| Notable Women Scientists | REF Q 141 .N736 1999 |
| The Oxford Dictionary of Saints | REF BR 1710 .F34 1997 |
| The Presidents: A Reference History | REF E 176.1 .P918 1997 |
| Science Fiction Writers | REF PS 374 .S35 .S36 1982 |
| The Supreme Court, A to Z | REF KF 8742 .A35 S8 1998 |
| Twentieth Century Authors | REF PN 771.K86 1973 |
| Webster's Dictionary of American Authors | REF PS 21 .W43 1996 |
| Who's Who among Black Americans | REF E 185.96 .W52 1990/1991 |
| Who's Who in America | REF E 663 .W56 1995 |
| Who's Who in American Art 1989-1990 | REF N 6536 .W5 1989/1990 |
| Who's Who in Democracy | REF D 21.3 .W48 1997 |
| The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners | REF AS 911 .N9 .W53 1996 |
| Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe | REF PN 471 .W565 1997 |