Biographical Sources (General)
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American National Biography Online This link opens in a new windowBiographical dictionary of notable deceased American men and women from all eras of American history. Includes illustrations and links to other web resources.
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Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowGrove Art Online is an encyclopedia covering both Western and non-Western art and all aspects of visual culture. Articles include bibliographies and searchable images. As part of Oxford Art Online, keywords also are simultaneously searched in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new windowThe Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century." Does not include living people or those recently deceased.
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Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new windowBiography In Context offers biographical information about historically significant figures as well as present-day newsmakers. It includes reference content alongside magazine and journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio podcasts, and images.
Biographical Sources (Architects)
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A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 by Location: Mugar Stacks NA996 .C6 2007Publication Date: 2008Essays followed by list of works in chronological order. -
Avery Obituary Index of Architects by Location: Mugar Folio NA40 .A94 1980Publication Date: 1980Newspapers and journals. Mainly American and English, 19th and 20th centuries -
Contemporary Architects by Location: Mugar Folio NA680 .C625 1987Publication Date: 1987nternational. Arranged by architect (planner, engineer). Each entry includes biographical data; chronological list of works; publications by and about; brief description of style and noteworthy works; photographs of representative works. Some information and illustrations not repeated from earlier editions:
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects by Location: Mugar Stacks NA40 .M25 1982Publication Date: 1982From antiquity to birth dates by Dec. 31, 1930. Includes engineers, bridge builders, landscape architects, town planners. Each entry includes text, list of works, and bibliography. Building photographs, drawings, plans. Special features: list of published biographies (books); chronological table of contents from Imhotep (2635 B.C.) to Tigerman (1930 -); glossary of terms; index of buildings by commonly known names.
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Makers of 20th Century Modernist Architecture by Location: Mugar Stacks NA680 .J628 1997Publication Date: 1997Brief biographical entries. Bibliographical headings include writings, biographical, assessment, bibliographical, and archival. Name and place indexes.
