American Men and Women of Science
Armstrong Ref Q141 A474- latest ed.
Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Armstrong Ref Q141 D5 v. 1-18
Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists
Armstrong Ref Q141 N73 1995 v. 1-4
American Women in Science: 1950 to the Present: a Biographical Dictionary
Armstrong Ref Q141 B254 1998
Women in Chemistry and Physics
Armstrong Ref QD21 W62 1993
The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century
Armstrong Ref Q141 D535 1996
Black Women Scientists in the United States
Armstrong Ref Q141 W367 1999
Notable Black American Scientists
Armstrong Ref Q141 N726 1999
Biographical Dictionary of Scientists
Armstrong Ref Q141 B528 2000
Finding biographical information can be a challenge. The titles listed above are only a small sample of available resources.
Using the scientist's name, do a subject search in MIDCAT for books about that person. Or do a subject search with the subheading Biography under the person's field, for example, Physicists Biography or Women Physicists Biography. You may have to further finesse your subject search by inserting a place subheading after the person's field, such as Nuclear Physicists--United States--Biography. American National Biography
A librarian can show you even more strategies.