1. BearCat: the library catalog: to find books, pamphlets, etc. in the main library collection.

Many search modes are available. Search by Author keyword for books by a particular author. A Title keyword search looks for word(s) found anywhere in the book titles (and contents notes, if included on the record.) A Subject keyword searches Library of Congress subject headings having the word(s) you enter. "Keyword anywhere" is the broadest search.

Books dealing with many persons will be listed in the catalog under broader subjects, such as:

• CHEMISTS
• SCIENTISTS--BIOGRAPHY
• SCIENTISTS--GREAT BRITAIN--BIOGRAPHY
• WOMEN SCIENTISTS, etc.

You can also try an "Advanced Keyword Search" for "biography", AND word fragments such as "scien*" or "chem*", etc. to see lists of biographies of scientists, chemists, etc.

This leads to titles such as:

• Lives in Science (Q 141.S37)
• Great Scientific Experiments (Q 175.H3254 1983)
• American Women of Science (Q 130.Y6)
• Stories from Science (Juv E 185.96.H82)
• Makers of the Modern World (CT 119.U5)

2. Also: for more about the science rather than about the people try

• Ref Q 121.M3. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
• Ref QD 5.V37 1984. Encyclopedia of Chemistry
• General encyclopedias such as Britannica and Americana at Ref AE

3. Several works are very useful for concise scientific and general biography - most are found in Reference.

• Dictionary of Scientific Biography. (Ref Q 141.D5 1981) This is the best collective source. There are also two supplements.
• American National Biography. (Ref CT 213 .A68 1999)
• Dictionary of National Biography. (U.K.) (Ref DA 28 .D48)
• Current Biography. (Ref CT 100.C8) Short biographies of living persons. Use the cumulated index for the years 1940-1985. Persons covered are found alphabetically by their name in the vol. for the year listed in the index.
• Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, 1901-1992. (Ref QD 21.N63 1993) brief biogs.,with bibliographies
• McGraw-Hill Modern Men of Science. (Ref Q 141.M15) 1966. 2 vols.
• The Harper Encyclopedia of Science. (Ref Q 123.H26) - has short entries on persons.
• Women of Mathematics. (Ref QA 28.W66 1987)
• Notable American Women, 1607-1950. (Ref CT 3260.N57) vol. III has an index by profession.
• American Women in Science. (Ref Q 141.B25 1994)
• Notable Women in the Physical Sciences : a biographical dictionary. (Ref Q 141 .N734 1997)
• Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th century. (Q 141 .D535 1996)
• Nobel Prize Women in Science. (Q 141 .B42 1993)
• A Treasury of World Science. (Ref Q 111.R78) 1962. This has excerpts from the writings of famous scientists.

4. The indexes listed below can be used to find recent newspaper and magazine articles

• On the library web site - under "Finding Articles / General Search"
  • Academic Search Premier- an index to recent periodical articles - with the entire article online in some cases.
  • EBSCO MasterFile Premier
• On the library web site - from the full list of databases
  • JSTOR - a full-text collection of many older periodicals.
• In Paper in the Reference Area of Crumb Library
  • The New York Times Obituaries Index. (Ref CT 213.N47) - an index to obituaries in this newspaper from 1858 to 1978
  • Biography Index. (Ref CT 100 .B5) - an index to magazine articles and books about people.

Crumb Library Guide. Sciences # 1 DT 9/2003 (trithadi@potsdam.edu) (x3311)