ASII Research Resources 2024-25: Biography in Context

This is your starting point if you need to gather information about a specific person.

Biography in Context

There are two different print book sections in the library that focus on people:

• Memoirs: accounts of experiences personally written by the author, typically tend to be more appropriate for personal/independent reading

• Biography/Autobiography: a book that covers the history of a person from birth to death (or age at time of publication)