The UW Libraries has hundreds of printed biographical dictionaries covering all countries and occupations. To find these dictionaries, do a keywords search in the UW Libraries Catalog for: biography and dictionaries.  For example:

• biography and dictionaries and medicine
• biography and dictionaries and women
• biography and dictionaries and japan

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Many encyclopedias also include biographies.  Search these two collections of electronic encyclopedias for biographical information. Additional encyclopedias are listed on the various history subject guides.

• American National Biography  
• American Women of Science since 1900
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Biographical Directory of the US Congress 1774 to Present
• Biographical encyclopedia of scientists  
• Biographie-Portal
• Biography & Genealogy Master Index  
• Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists  
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
• Literature Resource Center  
• Neue Deutsche Biographie
• Oxford African American Studies Center  
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  
• Sackler Archive Resource
• World Biographical Information System  

The following microfilmed biographical sets are indexed by the World Biographical Index listed above.  The sets are housed in the Microforms & Newspapers Collection on the ground floor of Suzzallo.

• Archives biographiques françaises. I
• Archives biographiques françaises. II
• Archivio biografico italiano
• Archivio biografico italiano. Nuova serie
• Deutsches biographisches Archiv
• Deutsches biographisches Archiv. Neue Folge bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts
• Indian biographical archive
• Jüdisches biographisches Archiv
• Jüdisches biographisches Archiv. Supplement
• Russisches biographisches Archiv
• Scandinavian biographical archive
• South-East Asian biographical archive