Below are sources of biographical information on scientists and engineers.

• General: Books
• General: Websites
• General: Biography Databases
• Aerospace
• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Indexes to Sources
• Math
• Physics

General: Biographical Books on Scientists

• American Black Scientists and Inventors
  Libraries Annex Book Q141 .A46 1975
• American Men and Women of Science SEL Ref Q141 .C4 20th v.1 - v.8 1998-99
• American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary SEL Ref Q141 .B25 1994
• Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology SEL Ref Q141 .A74 1964
• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists SEL Ref Q141 .C64 1994
  LML Ref Q141 .B528 1982
  HSL Ref Q141 .B579 1994
• Biographical Index to American Science
• HSL Ref Q141 .E46b 1990
• Blacks in Science and Medicine SEL Ref Q141 .S25 1990
• Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists SEL Ref Q141 .C128 1996
• Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  SEL Ref Q141 .C55 1981
• Creative Couples in the Sciences UGL Book Q141 .C68 1996
• Dictionary of Scientific Biography SEL Ref Q141 .D5 1981
• Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century SEL Ref Q141 .D535 1996
• The Great Scientists UGL Book Q141 .M38 1989
• Larousse Dictionary of Scientists SEL Ref Q141 .L28 1994
• McGraw-Hill Modern Scientists and Engineers SEL Book Q141 .M15 v.1 - v.3 1980
• Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries UGL Book Q141 .B42 1993
• Notable Black American Scientists Lockwood Library Science & Engineering Reference  Q141 .N726 1999
• Notable Women in the Life Sciences UGL Ref QH26 .N68 1996
• To Fathom More: African American Scientists and Inventors LML Book Q141 .J46 1996
• Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology SEL Ref Q141 .W48 1984-85
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering SEL Ref Q141 .W34 1998/99
• Who's Who in Science in Europe SEL Book Q145 .W5 1993
• Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995 SEL Ref AS911 .N9 W53 1996
• Women in Science: Antiquity through the 19th Century LML Book Q141 .O34 1986
• World Who's Who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists From Antiquity to the Present SEL Book Q141 .W7 1968

General: Biographical Websites on Scientists

• 4000 Years of Women in Science Biography Listing http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/summary.shtml
• Biographical Information: Selected Sources https://library.buffalo.edu/asl/guides/biographical.html
• Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Collection of 631 detailed biographies of scientists of the period; includes images and detailed data on each person.
• Community of Science (PIVOT). Search for a person, then use refining tool on the left column.
• Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. Includes 1,071 entries, with 2,144 cross-references. Great selection of search tools.
• Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences. Includes past and present individuals; listed by field of science, with additional lists. Entries are detailed, with career information and achievements.
• Nobel Prize Laureates. Biographies on winners and also news on the awards process.
• Science Biography Resources. Internet resources guide.

Biographies by Discipline

Aerospace

• Who's Who in Space (Lockwood Book TL789.85.A1 W5 1967)
• NASA Biographies (NASA History). Bios for directors, administrators, policy makers, and other types. See also: Astronauts; Astronaut Biographies (books).
• Astronaut Biographies. All NASA astronauts who are are eligible for selection to Space Shuttle crew positions (including ground crews).
• Apollo Astronauts.
• Air Force Biographies. Includes related aerospace personnel from related armed forces.
• Boeing Biographies. Presidents and chief executive officers for Boeing and its predecessor/merged companies.
• Canadian Astronauts (Canada. Space Agency).
• Women Astronauts. See also NASA biographies above.

Astronomy

• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Astronomers Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QB35 .B56 1984b

Biology

• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Biologists Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QH26 .B54 1983
• Notable Women in the Life Sciences : A Biographical Dictionary Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QH26 .N68 1996
• Women in the Biological Sciences Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QH26.W66 1997

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

• American Chemists and Chemical Engineers Lockwood Book QD21 .A43 1976
• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Chemists Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QD21 .B48 1983
• German-Jewish Pioneers in Science, 1900-1933: Highlights in Atomic Physics, Chemistry, and Biochemistry Lockwood Book QD21 .N33 1979
• Great Chemists Lockwood Book QD21 .F35 1961
• Noble Prize Winners in Chemistry. 1901-1961 Lockwood Book QD21 .F37 1963
• Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Biobibliographic Sourcebook Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QD21 .W62 1993

Computer Science

• International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QA76.2 .A2L44 1995b
• Wizards and Their Wonders Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QA76.2 .A2 M67 1997

Engineering

• Biographical Dictionary of American Civil Engineers Lockwood Book TA139 .A53 1972 V.2
• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Engineers and Inventors Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference TA139 .B56 1986
• Engineers of Distinction In Annex Storage TA139 .E63 1970
• Great Engineers Lockwood Book TA139 .R6 1962
• Who's Who in Engineering Lockwood Book TA139 .W39 1995
• Who's Who in Technology Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference T39 .W6 1989
• National Inventors Hall of Fame

Environmental Science

• The Environmentalists: A Biographical Dictionary from the 17th Century to the Present Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference S926 .A2 A94 1993
• Pioneer Conservationists of Western America POETRY/RARE BOOKS W54.2P 1979 P56 1.1
• Who's Who in Environmental Engineering Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference TD12 .A47a 1994

Indexes to Sources of Scientific Biographies

• Prominent Scientists, An Index to collective Biographies Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference Q141 .P398 1994

Math

• Black Mathematicians and Their Works Lockwood Book QA28 .B58 1980
• The Great Mathematicians Lockwood Book QA28 .T8 1961
• Math Equals: Biographies of Women Mathematicians and Related Activities Lockwood Book QA28 .P47 1978
• Mathematicians from Antiquity to Today Lockwood Book QA28 .F3 v.1 1972
• Men of Mathematics Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QA28 .B4 1965
• Women in Mathematics Lockwood Book QA28 .083 1974
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians
• Mathematicians of the 17th and 18th Centuries

Physics

• Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Physicists
  Lockwood Science & Engineering Reference QC15 .B56 1984b
• German-Jewish Pioneers in Science, 1900-1933: Highlights in Atomic Physics, Chemistry, and Biochemistry Lockwood Book QD21 .N33 1979
• Pioneers of Science: Nobel Prize Winners in Physics Lockwood Book QC15 .W4 1988
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

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