Guide to American Medical Biography

WorldCat and Local Library Catalogs  --  More Sources

Notable figures are often subjects of full biographies, some more scholarly than others.  More scholarly publications will  include footnotes and bibliography.

Search for book-length biographies in your local library catalog and in WorldCat (has both free and institutional subscription interfaces). More on WorldCat

American National Biography Online (Institutional login) is the main biographical dictionary for major figures.  Articles have  bibliographies which often identify the best biographies.

• Other reviews can often be found by entering the book title in a library catalog and limiting to "reviews." 

Digital Libraries

General digital libraries like Google Books, HathiTrust (both free and institutional subscription options) and Internet Archive are good sources for the full text of pre-1924 book length biographies.  More on digital libraries on the General Biographical Tools page.