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PSYC-338: Personality and Political Leadership

Databases with Biographies

Find Biographies, Autobiographies, Memoirs in the Library

Use the Advanced Search option in the Library's Search Everything tool.

Find biographies

  1. In the first search box, put in the person's name
  2. In the second search box, put in the word biography
  3. Change the second box's drop-down option to SU Subject Terms
  4. Click Search

Screenshot demonstrating search instructions using search term Kamala Harris


Find autobiographies, memoirs, and works by the person

  1. In the first search box, put in the person's name
  2. Change the drop-down option to AU Author
  3. In the second search box, put in the following words (including OR): person's name OR biography
  4. Change second box's drop-down option to SU Subject Terms
  5. Click Search

Screenshot showing search boxes filled out with Kamala Harris as the example person


Limit to Books at Amherst

On the left side of the results screen, look for the Library Location filter and select Amherst College Frost Library.

Screenshot of Library Location filter with Amherst College Frost Library selected

Find Primary Sources in the Library

Use the Advanced Search option in the Library's Search Everything tool.

  1. In the first search box, enter the person's name
  2. Change the drop-down option to SU Subject Terms
  3. In the second search box, copy and paste the following: "archival resources" OR archives OR correspondence OR diaries OR interviews OR notebooks OR sketchbooks OR "personal narratives" OR photographs OR "pictorial works" OR sources OR speeches
  4. Change the second box's drop-down option to SU Subject Terms
  5. Click Search

Screenshot demonstrating search with Kamala Harris as example person