Articles contain bibliographies. The Dictionary of National Biography. The classic collection of historical British biographies. The first set, of 22 volumes, covers to 1900. Volumes have been published periodically after 1900, the most recent covering 1971 to 1980.
Annual volume provides short biographies of prominent living British subjects.
REF E 176 .D56 Dictionary of American Biography. Substantial articles by leading scholars. Each article is signed and includes a bibliography. A comprehensive index covers Vol. 1 through Supplement Eight.