COM 1100: Informative Speeches

• A search in the box above will search all resources to which Bunch Library has access, both within the library building and electronically.
• Use the Advanced Search to customize a search for an individual. Select "Subject contains," then limit results by resource type using the selections on the left.
• You can also find dictionaries and encyclopedias of biographical information.  Again, select "Subject contains" and enter "biography dictionaries" or "biography encyclopedias" (without quotation marks).

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The reference collection is on the first floor of the library, along the east wall behind the pods of computers.  You can find a number of reference works containing biographical information in the CT call number section - this is on the front row of bookshelves.  

Here are a few suggestions:

American National Biography   Ref CT 213.A68

• People of significance within the United States or whose lives influenced the course of American history
• Subjects died prior to 1996
• Categories include art, business, education, law, literature, medicine, performing arts, politics, religion, science and technology, social reform, and sports

Current Biography   Ref CT 100.C8

• Living leaders in all fields of human accomplishment
• Published monthly in magazine format for the current year
• Past years in yearbook format, containing indexes by profession
        

Great Lives from History   Ref CT 120.G69

• Individuals whose lives, careers and achievements have been significant, from ancient to modern times
• Various series including American, American women, Ancient and Medieval, British and Commonwealth, Renaissance to 1900, Twentieth Century