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Introduction

The sections below provide biographical information for people in science and technology.

Print Resources

Note: All print sources are in Oak Street Facility unless otherwise noted.
 

Title Call Number Latest Edition at Oak Street
American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory
of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological and Related Science
925Am313

1977

Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology 925as4b (ENX)

1964

Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers 624.0922am356b

1991

Biographical Dictionary of Scientists 925w67b

1974

Black Engineers in the United States: A Directory 926.2h65b (STX)

1974

Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 16 vols. 925d561

1970

The International Who's Who 920.01in81 (STX)

2013

Marquis' Who's Who Directory of Computer Graphics q.621.399025m348

1984

McGraw-Hill's Leaders in Electronics 621.3810922m459 (ENX)

1979

Who's Who in Aviation and Aerospace q.629.10922w62

1983

Who's Who in Engineering, G. Davis 926.2en31

1995

Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology q.509.22w62

1984/1985

Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1994-1995, 2nd ed. q.509.22w622

1994/1995

Who's Who in Science in Europe q.925w623

1987

Who's Who in Technology 926w6221

1995

African American Women Chemists 540.922 B812a (CHX)

2012

Biographical Dictionary of People In Engineering:
From Earliest Records Until 2000
Online Resource

2010

American People: Census 2000 / Reynolds Farley and John Haaga, editors Q. 304.60973021 Am356 (SSHEL)

2005

Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland 624.09224103 B52 (ENX)

2002

Biographical Information Gathered Posthumously

Title Call Number Latest Edition at Oak Street
Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology 609.22b52 (ENX)

1996

Who was Who in American History - Science and Technology 925w627

1976

World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary
of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to Present, A.G. Debus
925w893

1968

Online Sources

Title Location
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Gale Databases
UIUC Links - Biography https://guides.library.illinois.edu/biography/online_resources/general
Russian Biographical Dictionaries https://www.library.illinois.edu/ias/spx/slavicresearchguides/biography/russianbio/rubiodict2/
Brief Biographies of American Architects who Dies Between 1897 and 1947 Transcribed from the American Art Annual (PDF/Adobe Acrobat)

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