THMS Library Biography Pathfinder

• World Book Online -- An encyclopedia is one of the best places to start when looking for information. You can find articles about the person and collect background information about the time period and the places they lived.

• Biography Resource Center --  detailed articles about people. Also included are  magazine articles, pictures, and links to authoritative web sites.

• Factmonster People -- Short, easy to read articles about a variety of people.
• InfoPlease Biography -- Over 30,000 brief biographies searchable by name or category.
• Biography.com -- Official site of A & E's Biography Channel. Includes 15,000 biographies

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  Biographies About Specific Groups of People

   

• The Achiever Gallery -- This site provides information on role models from sports, business, arts, public service, and science and exploration.
• Black History: Biographies -- Thomson Gale provides detailed biographical sketches and hyperlinks of famous African Americans
• Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography -- Brief biographies of over 1000 scientists.
• National Inventors Hall of Fame -- Articles about inventors and inventions searchable by inventor, invention, or decade
• Presidents of the United States -- The White House presents the presidents
• PBS History Biographies -- selected historical figures featured in PBS programs
• The Time 100 -- Time's list of the top 100 people -- artists, musicians, athletes, scientists. leaders, revolutionaries -- who are influencing our world through their power, talent, or moral example
• ESPN's Top 100 Athletes of the Century -- Biographies of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, selected and profiled by ESPN