Encyclopedia of World Biography by 
Ahead of Their Time: A Biographical Dictionary of Risk-taking Women by 
Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women through the Ages by Biographies are easy to locate in the Online Catalog
To find biographies for a subject field, search by the subject and the word biography:
Example: Looking for a book about a sports figure?
In the Online catalog, click on Advanced Search
In the first search box, type:
Sports and from the drop down, choose Subject
In the second box, type:
Biography and from the drop down, choose Subject.
To find a biography of a specific individual, search for the person as a subject:
Example: to find a book about "Mahatma Gandhi"
In the Online catalog, click on Basic Search
In the search box, type: Gandhi, Mahatma and from the drop down, choose Subject begins with
