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BasicBIOSIS
Provides abstracts of journal articles in the life sciences including agriculture, biology, ecology, genetics and medicine. Covers the most recent 5 years.
BBC online
Provides access to an array of services offered by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) including news, broadcast information, informative country profiles and other reference sources. Coverage varies.
Beazley Archive
The Beazley Archive is a research unit of the University of Oxford's Faculty of Literae Humaniores. This web site provides access to photographs, notes, drawings and books relating to ancient Greek and Roman art. The photographs of Athenian vases are the largest archive of this class in the world and were the basis of John Beazley's life's work.
Bibliography of Asian studies
Provides citations to journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, anthologies, and Festshriften on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. Covers 1971-present. Complete citations end with the 1991 records. Since 1992, newly published books are no longer being added.
Bibliography of the history of art
Provider: CSA
Offers abstracts of journal articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations and exhibition and dealer's catalogs. Includes European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Covers 1973-present.
Biography and genealogy master index
Provides citations to reference sources and important retrospective works that cover individuals both living and deceased from every field of activity and from all areas of the world.
Biography resource center
Provides access to biographical sources on over 325,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals.
Biological sciences
Offers abstracts and citations to a wide range of materials including journal articles, books, conference proceedings, technical reports and patents. Fields covered include biomedicine, biotechnology, zoology, ecology, and some aspects of agriculture and veterinary science. Covers 1982-present.
BioMed Central
Provides free access to biomedical research publications including biology, medicine journal articles, current reports, and meeting abstracts. Offers information about current controlled trials, as well as topics in modern biology. Coverage varies.
BioOne
Provides full-text access to research journal articles in such fields as the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. Covers 2000-present.
Book review index
Provider: Gale
A comprehensive online guide to book reviews with over five million review citations from thousands of publications. Covers 1965-present.
Books in print
Lists U.S. books in print, out-of-print, and forthcoming. Includes audio and video titles and full-text books reviews. Covers 19th century-present.
Britannica online
Offers a fully searchable and browsable collection of authoritative reference sources,including Britannica's entire encyclopaedic database, articles not yet in the print Britannica encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica book of the year. Current Coverage.
Bryn Mawr College Library collection of auction catalogs
A collection of nearly 6000 auction catalogs spanning the 20th century to the present, chiefly from Christie's and Sotheby's. This collection is available at Carpenter Library.
Built in America
Provides digital access to images of measured drawings, photographs, color transparencies, and data pages including written histories, and supplemental materials that document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories. Includes a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies. Covers 1933-present.