Complete dictionary of scientific biography online sources

I am pleased to report that Oxford users now have access to the online Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

Containing thousands of biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all regions and historical periods, this resource is one of the most trusted science biography reference works.

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is supplemented by the New Dictionary of Scientific Biography with an additional completely new entries which include scientists deceased since , figures omitted from the original and “postscript” commentaries that detail new research on great scientists of the past.

Today’s Biography of Day …

…is Johannes Kepler, the German astronomer and mathematician (b. , d )

15 November is the rd anniversary of his death. Kepler’s work on the laws of motion were hugely influential on Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton. Check out his biography now!

Othe biographical resources available in Oxford

This guide provides links, citations, and tips for finding resources related to science biography. 

Famous Scientists and broad coverage:

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography - Features deceased scientists from ancient times through the 21st Century. Signed articles. Some portraits in black and white. Bibliographies. Index by specialty. Online version of Dictionary of Scientific Biography and New Dictionary of Scientific Biography.  Print editions held at Marx Library, Medical/Historical Library, and SML Starr Main Reference Room.

ORBIS - Online Catalog (books and journals in the Yale University Library System) To find biographies or autobiographies for an individual, enter the person's name in Orbis Advanced search keyword box. An example book is: Spencer Baird of the Smithsonian by EF Rivinius and EM Youssef. Library Shelving Facility QH31 B17 R58X For collective science biography enter a keyword search such as scientists biography or biologists biography. Some biographical indexes are also available which cover entries in collective science biography. These books may be found in Orbis by entering a keyword search such as science bio-bibliography indexes.

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists. 2 volumes Editors: Roy Porter and Marilyn Ogilvie. 3rd edition Helicon Publishing, c Over biographies of men and women scientists, living and deceased, from throughout time.  International in scope. Fields covered include: astronomy, botany, biology, chemistry, cosmology, engineering, exploration, geology, mathematics, physics.  Bibliographies for further reading. LSF

Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences. - Many of these volumes are online through Orbis as well as online through the Academy. Portraits and life events and a selected bibliography for deceased members of the Academy.

World Biographical Information System. - Database from De Gruyter. Biographical information on > 6 mil

The following biographical dictionaries either are not included in BGMI or WBIS, or have features (occupational or other indexes) not accessible through these sources.

General

FemBio. Institute for Women's Biography Research Hannover/Boston, Luise F. Pusch Hannover, Germany
--Some entries give substantial information; others are skeletal. Emphasis on European, especially German women. Full entries have source lists, web links, and often portraits and other photographs.

International who's who of women. London: Europa Publications Ltd.,
LOCATION: Widener: RR

Lesser-known women: a biographical dictionary,
LOCATION: Widener: RR
--Includes over living and deceased women arranged chronologically () by year of most significant achievement. Entries are keyed to about numbered sources in a terminal bibliography. Indexes list biographees by name, country, and profession.

Notable American women. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 5 v.
LOCATION: Widener: RR 34
--Covers women deceased before Articles include extensive source lists giving particular attention to unpublished sources. Classified index (by field) in each vol. Vols. indexed in Biography and genealogy master index. Full text in Women and Social Movements in the United States:

Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history, ed. by Bonnie G. Smith. Oxford; NY: Oxford University Press, 4 v.
LOCATION: Widener | RR
--Both topical and biographical articles.

Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of women's biography. 4th ed. NY: Palgrave Macmillan,
LOCATION: WID-LC CT .P26
--Includes over women, living and deceased, from Antiquity to the present. Introductory nine-page survey of other biographical sources. A few entries are dropped with each new edition. Subject index by occupation or reason for prominence. 1st ed.: The International dictionary of women's biography,

Women in world history: a biographical encyc