Biographical dictionaries are special reference works providing biographical sketches of famous people. Most entries have further reading references. Subject dictionaries and encyclopedias also have biography articles. Use the online catalog, subject search, to find a whole book about someone. Use the online catalog, author search to find the works written by someone, or their journal, letters, diary, memoirs.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Main DA 28 .O95 2004 and 2009