Books are wonderful, in depth sources for biographical material. They go into much more detail than background resources and web sites, and are usually more academic.
eBook collection covering a wide range of subjects.
When searching for biographical material in our catalog, try doing a "subject" search and combining your person's name with the term "biography":
Example: Barack Obama biography
Please note that autobiographies and memoirs are also indexed as "biography."
Some other terms that may be helpful, and are related to biography are: diaries; correspondence (letters); and speeches.
Examples:
Arsenault recounts Lewis's lifetime of work toward one overarching goal: realizing the “beloved community,” an ideal society based in equity and inclusion. Lewis never wavered in this pursuit, and even in death his influence endures, inspiring mobilization and resistance in the fight for social justice.
Ada was many things, a daughter, wife and mother but above all that she was an inspirational woman, one who defied Victorian ideals by entering the field of mathematical studies and by achieving greatness that is still recognized today.
The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age
Follow Frida's life through tumultuous love and life-altering accidents, towards recognition in the art world from the likes of André Breton and Marcel Duchamp, to becoming the first Mexican artist held at the Louvre.
For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with amazing tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress?
