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This article presents a listing, which is a sampling of the biographies available dealing with the lives of the presidents of the United States. Douglas Southall Freeman's "George Washington: A Biography," is thoroughly researched and well written. Page Smith's "John Adams," was the first major biography of Adams completed after the publication of the Adams Papers. Dumas Malone's "Jefferson and His Times," is one of the greatest contributions to American historical literature in the twentieth century. "James Madison: A Biography," by Robert Ketcham, is a well-written review of Madison's life. Oliver Chitwood's "John Tyler: Champion of the Old South," is a scholarly work on a complex personality, the first of the accidental presidents.

The article provides information on the written and digitized information about American Presidents till date. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration holds papers, records, and other historical material related to each of the presidents, and oversees the operation of presidential libraries. The American Memory collection of the Library of Congress contains a large amount of written, photographic, and audiovisual material useful to understanding American history and the development of education in the United States. The History of American Education Web Project includes short informational articles, biographies of influential educators, and illustrations of educational materials from various periods of American history.

The book 'Archimedes' presents the journey of the Roman statesman and writer Cicero to the Greek mathematician Archimedes' homeland, Sicily in 75 BC. He did so to search for information that would reveal the personality if the mathematician. Archimedes discovered many important scientific laws and principles without the aid of computers, calculators, and even pen and paper.