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Search QCAT, the Library Catalogue to locate books on a specific individual or type of individual.

Biographies of individuals can be found by performing a subject search on the individual's name. Type the last name first and as much of the name as you know.
Atwood Marg
Beethoven
Mao
Dickens Charles
To find biographies of groups of individuals, you can either search by subject using the appropriate Library of Congress subject heading and adding Biography.
Authors Canadian Biography
Women Biography
Actors Biography
Prime Ministers Canada Biography
Kingston Ont. Biography
If you do not know the Library of Congress Subject Heading for your topic, do a keyword Boolean search. A keyword word search will generally retrieve more items, though many of them may not be relevant. Look for relevant titles and then click on subject hypertext links to perform a quick subject search, and locate similar items.
"world war" and biography

Last Updated: 13 August 2009