Online Medical Reference System (OMRS)

Brief biographical information
Finding obituaries
Major biographical sources:

Eponym Books

• Dictionary of Medical Syndromes
• Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes and Eponymic Diseases

Encyclopedias - use for major US and world figures

• World Book Encyclopedia
• OCLC World Almanac

Healthcare and Science Biographical Sources

• American Men and Women of Science
• Blacks in Science and Medicine
• Dictionary of American Medical Biography
• Medical Discoveries: Medical Breakthroughs and the People Who Developed Them
• Medical Discoveries: Who and When
• Notable 20th Century Scientists
• Notable Women in the Life Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary
• The Person Behind the Syndrome
• Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• Who Named It?

International Biographical Sources

• International Who's Who in Medicine

Nursing Biographical Sources