Looking for a full-length biography of someone? Go to The Catalog (QuickSearch), and select "Advanced Search." Use the pull-down menu to change "Any Field" to "Subject." Then enter the name of the person in which you are interested. For example:
If you're looking for works for which that person is responsible for most of the content (an autobiography; photographs; news reports; etc.) search as above, but now change "Any Field" to "Author". For example: