Biographical Information
There will be many times during your years at CSC and later in life that you will need to find biographical information about a person. The library has dozens of biographical sources in the reference area. A researcher often doesn't know which one will contain information on the person of interest.
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Biography Index
Look up a name in Biography Index, and you will find references to books and articles about that person. It includes people living and dead from all nations.
- Look in an encyclopedia for a brief summary of the person's life.
- Do a subject search in the VSC Library catalog to find whole books about him or her.
- Look in Periodical Indexes, such as Expanded Academic ASAP to find articles about the individual.