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Background Notes Country Profiles (U.S. Dept. of State)

Facts on different countries land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries and the United
States. The Notes are updated/revised by the U.S. State Department.
Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS) (International Monetary
Fund)
Provides a complete library of continuously updated international
statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
Barron's Full Text (ProQuest)
Premier financial magazine that provides in-depth analysis and
commentary on global markets and economic conditions. Full-Text access
provided from 1975-Present.
Bartleby
Literature and reference books on the web.
Bartleby Verse: Poetry Anthologies and Poems
include the complete text scholarly literary anthologies including: The
Oxford Book of English Verse, 1919; Yale Book of American Verse, 1919;
Modern British Poetry, 1920; Modern American Poetry, 1919; The Oxford
Book of English Mystical Verse, 1917; Anthology of Irish Verse, 1922; The
Oxford Book of Australasian Verse, 1918; Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of
the 17th Century, 1921; and The Golden Treasury, 1921. Also the full
texts of the works of more than two dozen poets from Rupert Brooke to
William Butler Yeats.
Bartlett Quotations
Including over 11,000 quotations, the first new edition of John Bartletts
corpus to be published after his death in 1905 keeps most of his original
work intact.
Berg Fashion Library
The Berg Fashion Library is the first online portal to offer comprehensive
coverage of dress and fashion around the world by providing access to
interdisciplinary and integrated image, book and journal content.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA)
The Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) is the world's most
comprehensive bibliography of scholarly writing about the history of
western art. BHA includes articles from over 1,200 journals.
Bibliomania: Free Online Literature
Biodidac: Digital Biology Resources
Digital diagrams and photographs related to biology and the life sciences,
meant for copying and modifying.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
This database is a first stop index tool for learning where to look for

biographical material on people from all time periods, geographical

locations and fields of endeavor. Biography and Genealogy Master Index
indexes any print product that includes biographical information on
multiple persons. It also acts as an index to other indexes.
Biography In Context (Gale)
Biography in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking
contextual information on the world's most influential people. The new
solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives &
Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a userfriendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for people
based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and
places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)
Wilsons largest biography database has combined the in-depth, original
profiles of Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, plus the thorough
periodicals coverage of Biography Index, full-text articles, page images,
and abstracts from the complete range of Wilson databases (including
biographical profiles, feature articles, interviews, essays, book reviews,
performance reviews, speeches, or obituaries). With links to every article
focused on any individual in nearly every WilsonWeb database, Biography
Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information youll find in no
other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes
over 36,000 images.
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus (EBSCO)
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus provides full text of articles from
over 100 journals dating back to 1997, as well as indexing and abstracts
of more than 380 publications. Subject coverage includes agriculture &
agricultural research, atmospheric science, biochemistry, biology,
biotechnology, botany, chemistry, environmental science, geology,
marine biology microbiology, physics and much more.
BioMed Central Journals
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to
providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
BioOne
BioOne provides a unique aggregation of high-impact bioscience research
journals, featuring timely content on a wide-array of todays most
pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, ecological
and biodiversity conservation.
BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Knowledge)
Get a comprehensive view of life sciences research, including the most
important discoveries, significant influences and relevant connections.
Biosis Citation IndexSM combines critical life sciences research with
powerful citation indexing.
Black Drama (Alexander Street Press)
Black Drama contains approximately 1200 plays by 201 playwrights,

together with detailed, fielded information on related productions,

theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes
selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to
the plays. Some 440 of the plays are published here for the first time,
including a number by major authors.
Black Literature Index (Proquest)
Black Studies Center includes the electronic index to the Black Literature
microfiche collection. This index allows users to search over 70,000
bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in
110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827-1940. For citations
to content from the Chicago Defender for which full text is available in
Black Studies Center, a link is included directly to the relevant article.
Black Newspapers (Proquest)
This database provides your patrons with access to esteemed Black
newspapers from across the U.S. Black Newspapers is a collection of
current newspapers providing access to news from 1989-present and is
cross-searchable with all of the newspaper collections on the ProQuest
platform.
Black Studies Center (Chadwyck-Healey)
Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press)
Black Thought and Culture contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors,
covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans.
Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be
searched more thoroughly than ever before. Where possible the complete
published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal
articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other fugitive material.
BLDS (IDS)
Europe's largest research collection on economic and social change in
developing countries.
Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCOhost/Wilson)
Book Review Digest Plus is an essential library tool that brings together
book reviews on a wide range of topics, from a variety of sources. Unlike
reviews on book-sale sites and the open Internet, many of the reviews
are serious, academic works. This invaluable resource for literary and
biographical research is essential for readers advisory and collection
development.
Books24x7
Books24x7.com contains hundreds of 'best-of-breed' books from the
world's top publishers such as MIT Press, Microsoft Press, Osborne/
McGraw-Hill, Que, Sams, Sybex and Wiley. New books are constantly
added.
British Library Archival Sound Recordings
Listen to a selection from the British Librarys extensive collections of
unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover

the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral
history, wildlife and environmental sounds.
British Periodicals (ProQuest)
This database 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. Topics
covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social
sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
British Philosophy 1600-1900 (Intelex)
Works by the following philosophers: Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes,
British Moralists (Selections), Anne Conway, John Locke, Bishop George
Berkeley, David Hume, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, David Ricardo,
Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and Henry Sidgwick.
Building Green
Includes online versions of GreenSpec, Environmental Building News, and
a database of more than 160 high-performance building case studies. This
information is searchable and cross-referenced by CSI MasterFormat
division, LEED credit, or green building topic.
Business Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost/Wilson)
Business Abstracts with Full Text offers a multitude of business
magazines and scholarly journals: this comprehensive database contains
the full text of articles from more than 510 key publications dating back
to 1995, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews,
biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical
rankings, book reviews and reports from associations, societies, trade
shows, conferences and more.
Business Insights: Essentials (Gale)
Research and analyze companies and industries around the world.
Featuring the content you need to explore a global business landscape:
extensive reference content from Gale's core business collection, easy-touse company fundamentals and investment research reports, industry
rankings, profiles, market share data, company histories.
Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business
database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text
content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database,
indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals
back as far as 1886 are included. In addition, searchable cited references
are provided for more than 1,300 journals.