A monograph is a scholarly book with a narrow focus. While a biography focuses on the sweep of its subject's life, a monograph might focus only on one incident, or might discuss your person within the context of a specific trend.
Take a look at the books listed below. Which ones are biographies and which ones are monographs?
The Failure of Popular Sovereignty: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and the Radicalization of Southern Politics by Search Primo for biographies and monographs. For best results, switch the scope to just "Collins and Summit."
The easiest way to search for biographies in Primo is to use a combination of the name of your person (last name, first name) and the word, "biography" in an advanced search:
