Visit the General Collections and Humanities Center on the 3rd floor of the Main Library for our print biographies and memoirs, boasting tens of thousands of circulating volumes as well as a strong reference collection. The Biographies section includes volumes of personal correspondence and commemorative essay collections, and features hundreds of Bay Area memoirs.
Find print biographies about performing and fine artists on the 4th floor of the Main library in the Art, Music & Recreation Center.
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Print Reference Sets
- American National Biography
- Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide
- Current Biography Yearbook 1955-
- Dictionary of Literary Biography
- The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1892-1984
- Newsmakers 1988-
- Who's Who in America 1899-
Databases
For more information on biographical resources in the library, check out the Biographical Information Guide Web page.
