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in Politics: Biographical and Directory Listings 
Master
Indexes
Biography
and Genealogy Master Index. 1980-. An index to entries
in biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, and indexes.
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5305 U5 B56
Lexis/Nexis
Academic. Full text newspapers,
trade journals, wire services and transcripts of broadcasts. Most coverage
begins in 1980.
Periodical Indexes/Master Indexes Biography Index.
1946- . Indexes articles as well as references to obituaries,
book reviews, and collections of letters.
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5301 F46
Historical Biographical Dictionaries Master Index: A
Consolidated Index to Biographical Information Concerning Historical
Personages in Over 35 of the Principal Retrospective Biographical
Dictionaries. 1980- .
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Dictionaries
Biographical Dictionaries Who's Who in America. 1900-
. Current year at Ref Desk. Ref
Desk XE 176 D563 Dictionary of American Biography (DAB). With supplements and index. 1928- .
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176 D563 Current Biography. 1940- . Yearbook 1955- .
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100 F40The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. With supplements. 1888- . Not alphabetically arranged; use the index at the back of each volume or the cumulative index. A drawing or photograph accompanies each entry.
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176 E91 Biographical Dictionary.
Britannica Online.
*While no print copy of solely biographical entries exists, all biographies can be found in the Encyclopaedia Britannica [XAE5 .E363 1989].
Biography. Provides basic information on each person as well as a useful guide to name pronunciation.
Notable American Women: 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. (3 volumes) 1971. Identifies primary source material.
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3260 N57 Notable American Women: The Modern Period. A Biographical Dictionary. 1980.
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3260 N573 Personal name index to "The New York Times Index", 1851-1974. With supplement 1975-1989. This work indexes the New York Times Index rather than the Times itself.
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5301 F58 Directories
of US Politicians and Elected Officials
Find
Your Representatives.Note: An alternative source is Project
Vote-Smart [http://vote-smart.org/].
This source contains much of the information contained in Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America (below), but with different organization and indexing.
http://voter.cq.com
Almanac of American Politics. Bi-annual. Profiles every U.S. senator, House member and governor, as well as provides interest group ratings, key votes and election results. Published every two years.
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Desk XJK 271 B343 Congressional Directory. Annual. Contains biographical sketches of members of Congress arranged by state as well as committee assignments, state delegations, and names of foreign diplomatic representatives. This source also contains a wealth of non-biographical information such as office locations and maps of congressional districts.
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Desk XJK 1011 E09 Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America. Annual. Articles profile each legislator's voting records, influence, and issues considered critical by individual members. Geographical arrangement with name index. Much of the information here has been repackaged on the web as On the Job, noted above.
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Desk XJK 1012 C63 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989.
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Desk XJK 1012 C63 Directories
of Federal Employees and Non-Elected Officials Federal
Staff Directory. Annual. Directory and/or brief biographical
information on 32,000 key executives and staff in the Executive Branch.
Indexed by keyword and individual.XJK
6 F42M Congressional Staff Directory. Annual. In addition to biographies of key congressional staff, includes congressional committees and subcommittees and their members and staffs. Also lists mayors of the 65 largest cities.
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Desk XJK 271 B343 The Capital Source. Annual. "The Capital Source is a directory of the 7,000 most important people and organizations in Washington."(publisher's description)
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192.3 C26 Washington Information Directory. Annual. Directory of federal government officials, foreign embassies, political consultants, think tanks, law firms, and corporations in Washington D.C.
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192.3 W33 Foreign Consular Offices in the United States, 1997.
U.S. Department of State. Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts. 1996. Provides addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and lists of all officers holding embassy positions in foreign countries.
Principal Officers (Department of State). Biographical resumes with photographs of over 30 officers, including the Secretary of State.
The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions. 5 vols. This source provides the most extensive scholarly treatment of Supreme Court Justices.
Law
Ref KF 8744 J87 1995 The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies 1789-1993. Brief biographies, illustrated with photographs and political cartoons, of the first 106 justices. Each article is approximately 5 pages long, with a bibliography.
Law
Ref KF 8744 S86 1993 International
Political Biographies
The International Year-Book and Statesman's Who's Who.
Annual. Covers approximately 8,000 entries of leading world
figures including, but not limited to, diplomats, heads of state,
and politicians. Also gives country overviews and world organization
profiles.
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Desk XJA 51 F53 1996/97
Electronic Embassy. Addresses
for each of the foreign embassies in Washington D.C., with links
to web-based sources where available.
The Routledge Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers.
1992. Includes bibliographies of individual writings as
well as references for further reading.
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83 R725 1992
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. A
simple directory listing of names and positions, updated frequently.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/chiefs-toc-view.html