Authority Control Electronic Resources
General Electronic Resources
- United States Universities
- Canadian Universities
- State and Local Government on the Internet
- FirstGov
- NASA Personnel Search
- University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) Directories
Biographical Resources
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) UM only
- Social Security Death Index
- Biographisch-Bibliographischen Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)
- Biography Index UM only
Remember to use a Named Person Phrase search, not an author search. - Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-Present
- Contemporary Authors UM only
- Find a Grave
- Gale Literature Resource Center UM only
- Internet Movie Database
- New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors Attempting to index all deceased authors and all authors of books published thru 1963
- Virtual American Biographies: Continental Discovery to 1899
- Who's Alive and Who's Dead
- World Biographical Index
Resources for Authority Work
- Official Library of Congress Authority File
- Unofficial Library of Congress Authority File (DRA)
- Library and Archives Canada Authority File via password protected AMICUS Web Login Required
- USM Authority Database (via MdUSA) & Description UM only
- Autorités RAMEAU Bibliothèque nationale de France Authority File
- GNIS (Geographic Names Information System) Place names for U.S.
- GNS (GEOnet Names Server) Place names for everywhere else
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes
- NACO (Name Authority Cooperative Program)
- SACO (Subject Authority Cooperative Program)
- MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data
- Name Authority Procedures & Practices at Princeton University Library
Library Homepages and Catalogs
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- National Agricultural Library Online Catalog (AGRICOLA)
- National Library of Medicine Online Catalog (LocatorPlus)
- State Library Web Sites
- Library and Archives Canada Online Catalog (AMICUS)
- GABRIEL - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
- British Library Public Catalogue
- Bibliothèque nationale de France Online Catalog (BN-OPALE)
- Deutschen Bibliothek Frankfurt am Main Online Catalog
- Catalog of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (COPAC), 22 largest research libraries in the UK & Ireland
- LAP: Directory of Libraries of Asia Pacific
- National Library of Australia Online Catalog
- IFLA Worldwide List of Web Accessible National Libraries
- LibDex: The Library Index Worldwide index of library catalogues and web sites
