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Bibliography of Asian Studies Online
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | Contains over 545,000 records on subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) relating to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide. Studies covering the period 1971 to 1991, as well as new entries compiled since. |
| Coverage: | 1971 to present. |
Bibliography of British and Irish History
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. Select "enter databases". |
| Description: | The Bibliography of British and Irish History provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present. It is the successor to the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History, available online from 2002 to 2009. |
| Coverage: | 55BC-present. |
BioMed Central
| Access information: | Free access on and off-campus from wFree access on and off-campus from www.biomedcentral.com |
| Description: | An independent publishing house committed to providing open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. The University of Edinburgh is a member. |
| Coverage: | Portfolio of 205 journals. |
BIOSIS Previews
| Access information: | On and off campus access via Web of Knowledge, select BIOSIS tab. Not working? - try clearing your cookies or use Alternative login. |
| Description: | The electronic version of Biological Abstracts , the largest printed reference publication for life sciences information, and Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews, Meetings), the companion printed reference to books, meetings and research reviews. Approximately 6,500 life science journals, and over 2,000 international meetings, as well as review articles, books and monographs are monitored for inclusion. |
| Coverage: | 1926 to present. |
Blackwell Reference Online
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | The collections in Philosophy and Religion are available. |
BLDS (British Library for Development Studies)
| Access information: | Free access on and off-campus from BLDS. |
| Description: | Depository library at The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, for publications from international organisations (including the UN system and World Bank) with a strong collection from developing countries. |
| Coverage: | Contains over 116,000 records of documents on economic and social development including serial titles held and monographs acquired since 1987 Journal articles selectively indexed since 1990. |
BMJ Case Reports
| Access information: | Access on campus. |
| Description: | BMJ Case Reports delivers a peer-reviewed collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. |
| Notes: | An access code is required to upload any new Case Reports. |
BMJ Best Practice
| Access information | On campus and mobile access. |
| Description | BMJ Best Practice is a point of care tool from BMJ Evidence Centre designed to support clinical decision making from diagnosis to treatment. The latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion are combined in a single source and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis |
Bodleian Library Pre-1920 Catalogue of Printed Works
| Access information: | Single user CD-ROM workstation, Main Library. |
| Description: | a CD-ROM catalogue of all printed works in European languages and scripts published before 1920 and acquired by the Bodleian Library in Oxford before 1989. |
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Bridgeman Education
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Over 380,000 images from museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use. Bridgeman Education gives you access to the visual culture of every civilization and every period from Prehistory to the present day across continents and civilisations. |
Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online I
| Access information: | Available on and off campus. |
| Description: | This first online collection of Brill's acclaimed series of Companions in Classical Studies presents the best in current scholarship in a variety of subjects. |
| These 25 volumes, ranging from Homer to Ovid and from Aegean Greece in the Fourth Century BC to Flavian Rome, will be of use to scholars and students alike as excellent starting points for teaching as well as research. |
Brill's New Jacoby
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | Brings together online Felix Jacoby's monumental Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker and Brill's New Jacoby, in a completely new edition of the great work for classical scholars with abundant new commentaries in English. Includes facing English translations of the Greek texts, in a fully searchable and indexed online format. |
Brill's New Pauly
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. Choose Brill Online Reference Works to access this database |
| Description: | Recognized standard reference work for students and scholars of the ancient world. Brill's New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly, published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996, and both versions of the text are available online, fully searchable and cross referenced. |
| Coverage: | Fifteen volumes (Antiquity, 1-15) are devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity and cover more than two thousand years of history, from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe. |
| Five volumes (Classical Tradition, I-V) are uniquely concerned with the long and influential aftermath of antiquity and the process of continuous reinterpretation and revaluation of the ancient heritage, including the history of classical scholarship. |
British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
| Access information: | On and off campus access from www.biab.ac.uk |
| Description: | Covers with data derived from Index of Archaeological Papers, Archaeological Bibliography of Great Britain and Ireland and British Archaeological Abstracts. Abstracts are available for most publications from 1967. |
| Coverage: | Publications from 1695 to 1992. |
British Education Index
| Access information: | Access on campus. Available off campus using the VPN. |
| Description: | Compiled and edited at the University of Leeds, BEI provides details about the contents of various literature sources: over 300 education and training journals published in the British Isles, similar report and conference literature, and texts. |
British Library Archival Sound Recordings
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. Choose Log in via your home organisation and follow instructions. |
| Description: | This service provides access to digitised recordings of some of the Sound Archives' collections. Archival Sound Recordings is the result of a development project to increase access to the British Library Sound Archive's extensive collections. |
British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
| Access information: | Single user CD-ROM workstation, Main Library. |
| Description: | A catalogue of 5.7 million records including the largest collection of pre-1914 imprints in the world. Contains all entries for pre-1975 imprints acquired and catalogued by the British Library prior to 1976 and all pre-1971 imprints acquired and catalogued before the end of 1982. |
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British Periodicals
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. |
| Coverage: | from 1680s to 1930s |
British Standards Online
| Access information: | No username/password required for on-campus access. For off-campus access use VPN. |
| Description: | Updated daily, the site includes over 39,000 current, draft and historic British Standards, more than 16,000 of which are BSI adopted European and International Standards (ISO). An email alert service is available to track any changes in selected current Standards. Some draft standards are not available online - these may be purchased at a discounted rate through the Robertson Engineering and Science Library. |
Burney Newspaper Collection
| Access information: | Access on and off campus. |
| Description: | Search the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles. |
| Coverage: | Newspapers, pamphlets, books: 1757-1817. |
Business Insights
Business Insights has been relaunched as Datamonitor 360. Please see the entry for Datamonitor 360.
Business Source Complete
| Access information: | Access on and off-campus. |
| Description: | The world’s largest full text business database, Business Source Complete provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. This database provides full text for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals. Updated daily. |
| Coverage: | 1922-present. |
Butterworths Scots Law Direct
| Access information: | Laws of Scotland Online is available via LexisLibrary (was LexisNexis Butterworths). On and off campus access. Off campus login via UK federation and select University of Edinburgh from drop down menu. |
| Description: | Contains essential services for anyone interested in Scots law, including Scottish Case Reports Direct and Scottish Legislation Direct. |
This article was published on Feb 1, 2013
