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Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics (BOP/IIP)Economic transactions of national economies with the rest of the world.
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Balkan Insight
Current events coverage for nine countries in the Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia.
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Baltimore Afro-American (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Access to the Baltimore Afro-American, one of the most widely circulated Black newspapers on the Atlantic coast. It was the first Black newspaper to have correspondents reporting on World War II, foreign correspondents, and female sports correspondents.
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Baltimore Sun (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Baltimore Sun.
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Barron's (ProQuest Recent Newspapers)
Online version of Barron's, a weekly newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company.
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BASE
Open access search engine for academic online resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
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BBC Horizon Collection
Access to the complete run of the BBC Horizon television program. Horizon reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, math, the environment, disease, and more.
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BBC Landmark Video Collection
Access to BBC television programs on the natural world. Includes access to popular nature series, such as Planet Earth and Blue Planet.
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BBC Shakespeare plays
Streaming video of BBC Shakespeare Plays, featuring some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent.
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BCC Research
Access to market research reports and forecasts. Includes reports in 25 distinct verticals and intel.
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BDSL Online
Lists bibliographic information for nearly 400,000 monographs and articles in journals, newspapers, anthologies, and Festschriften dealing with German language and literature.
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Berg Fashion Library
Collection of scholarly, multidisciplinary information on all aspects of dress and fashion worldwide, from prehistory to present day.
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Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall
Streaming video of classical music concerts. Individual registration is required for access.
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Bertolt Brechts WerkePoetry, drama, and major critical writings of Brecht contained in the Suhrkamp print edition Ausgewahlte Werke in sechs Banden.
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BHA and RILA
Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from more than 4,300 periodicals.
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Bible in English
Access to twenty versions of the Bible in English with searchable full text. In addition to the twelve complete Bibles, there are five New Testament works, two Gospel works and William Tyndale's New Testament, Pentateuch and Jonah translations.
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Bibliography of Arabic Books
Comprehensive bibliographic database, including information about books published in Arabic before 1960. Contains records from a selection of authoritative sources in the Latin and Arabic scripts, including the British Library, the National Library of Egypt, and the library of Congress.
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Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of research and scholarly literature on Asia written in Western languages; includes books, journal articles, conference presentations, chapters in edited volumes, etc.
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Bibliography of British and Irish historyBibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles
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Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
Index to world literature of vertebrate paleontology published between 1509 and 1993.
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Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America
Includes citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents pertaining to the history and life of Indigenous Peoples in North America.
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Biblioteca Digital del Patrimonio Iberoamericano
Access to freely available digital materials related to Ibero-American cultural heritage. Established by the Association of National Libraries of Ibero-America (ABINIA) to create a single source for access to the digital resources of the participating libraries.
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Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
Freely accessible portal to the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica's digital collections. Includes books, manuscripts, music scores, photographs, engravings, cartographic material, sound recordings, and magazines.
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Biblioteca Nacional Digital Brasil
Access to Biblioteca Nacional's digital archive. Officially launched in 2006, BNDigital integrates digital collections, exhibitions, and thematic projects, in partnership with national and international institutions. Includes 2,112,614 freely accessible documents.
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BioCyc
BioCyc is a collection of Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs), plus software tools for understanding their data. PLEASE NOTE: users need to create individual accounts to maintain access.
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Biography (Gale in Context)
Contains more than 600,000 full text biographical entries covering international figures from throughout history.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes biographical entries in about 2700 reference books, covering contemporary and historical figures.
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Biography Reference Bank
Biographical database containing profiles from Current Biography and World Authors. Includes full-text articles, images and abstracts from today’s leading magazines and journals.
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BioMed Central Supporter's Membership
Link to 300 peer-reviewed open access journals in biology and medicine. Also leads to Link for staff and students at IUB to receive a 15% discount on the processing charges of articles accepted for publication in BioMed Central journals.
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Biomedical Reference Collection: Basic
Indexes journals covering topics in medicine including clinical medicine, nursing dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. Offers some full-text.
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BioOneA collection of full-text journals, mostly from small societies and non-commercial publishers , focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
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BIOSIS Citation IndexThis database includes citations and abstracts to journal articles in the life sciences. It is very interdisciplinary within biology, including biochemistry, ecology, genetics, microbiology, ocean sciences, plant biology, and zoology.
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BIOSIS PreviewsPart of Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews covers journal articles, conference papers, and other document types in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, botany, clinical and experimental medicine, microbiology, and zoology.
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Birds of the World
Comprehensive life histories for each of the 760+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. Information includes vocalization, range, systematics, life history, and bibliographic references.
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Bizminer
Access to industry and area specific financial benchmarks for over 5,000 industries and market statistics for more than 9,000.
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Black Authors, 1556-1922: Imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Access to over 550 works by Black authors from the Americas, Europe and Africa. Includes personal narratives, autobiographies, histories, expedition reports, military reports, novels, essays, poems and musical compositions.
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Black Drama
Full text access to more than 1,700 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Includes 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.
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Black Economic Empowerment: the National Negro Business League
Primary source documents from the National Negro Business League, a business organization founded in 1900 by Booker T. Washington. The League included small African American business owners, doctors, farmers, craftsmen, and other professionals. Its goal was to allow business to put economic development at the forefront of getting African American equality in America.
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Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century
Primary source documents from federal government agencies, the personal papers of African Americans, and the records of civil rights organizations.
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Black Liberation Army and the Program of Armed Struggle
Primary source documents related to the Black Liberation Army (BLA), an underground, black nationalist-Marxist organization that operated from 1970 to 1981.
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Black Short Fiction and Folklore: African, African American, and Diaspora
Literature from Africa and the African Diaspora. Includes short stories and folktales, ranging thematically from oral traditions that date back many hundreds of years to contemporary tales of modern life. Features over 11,707 short stories and more than 81,955 pages.
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Black Studies in Video
Streaming award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of Black culture in the United States.
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Black Studies Periodicals Database
Includes current and retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United States, Africa and the Caribbean--and full-text coverage of core Black Studies periodicals (1998 forward).
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Black Thought and Culture
Non-fiction published works of over 1,000 African American leaders, including interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters, etc.
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Black Women Writers
Full-text works by Black women writers from the U.S. (18th century - 1970s), the Caribbean and Africa (second half of the 20th century).
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Bloomberg Businessweek Archive
Full text issues of Bloomberg Businessweek, 1929-2000.
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Bloomberg Professional
Powerful and flexible platform for financial professionals who need real-time data, news and analytics. PLEASE NOTE: this resource is temporarily accessible remotely but requires advance booking. Book a time to access Bloomberg Professional.
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Bloomington Faculty Council Minutes
The Bloomington Faculty Council Minutes collection contains meeting minutes and accompanying circulars produced by representative body of elected members from the Indiana University Bloomington campus. Minutes are available online on an on-going basis.
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Bloomsbury Architecture Library
Resource for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design.
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Bloomsbury Collections
Ebooks in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
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Bon Usage
Extensive French grammar reference work. PLEASE NOTE: to log into the database select "Espace Abonné : accès et identification au Bon usage électronique," then “Me connecter via mon établissement“ and then chose "Indiana University" from the drop down list, and select "Continuer." First time visitors will then be required to create a user account to access Bon Usage content.
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Book History OnlineDatabase of books and articles for the study of the history of the printed book and libraries
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Book Review Digest Retrospective
Provides selected extracts of book reviews as well as citations to additonal reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.
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Border and Migration Studies OnlineProvides access to primary documents, images, and video covering worldwide border areas, including: U.S. and Mexico, the European Union, Afghanistan, Israel, Turkey, The Congo, Argentina, China, Thailand, and others.
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Boston Globe (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Full page and article images with searchable full text from the Boston Globe.
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Bowker Books in Print (BIP)Price and complete description of books available for purchase (or forthcoming) from publishers and distributors in the U.S. Includes publishers addresses and information.
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Brazil Cordel Literature Web Archive
Digitized collection of Brazilian chapbooks, known as literatura de cordel. This web archive collection is comprised of sites or blogs containing full-text cordel, video or audio clips of repentista performances, and news about cordel-related events.
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Brazilian and Portuguese History and Culture
Spanning the “long” 19th century, this collection covers topics such as colonialism, the Brazilian independence period, slavery and abolition, the Catholic Church, Indigenous peoples, immigration, ecology, agriculture, economic development, medicine and public health, international relations, and Brazilian and Portuguese literature.
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Brepolis Medieval Encyclopaedias
Combines access to the Lexikon des Mittelalters with a supplement, the International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages. The Lexikon des Mittelalters online contains some 37,000 signed articles and covers all aspects of medieval studies for the period 300 to 1500
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Brepolis Publications
Home to all Brepolis online projects, including bibliographies, dictionaries, and indexes. Aimed at the international community of humanities scholars.
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Brevier Legislative Reports
The Reports, published biennially from 1858 to 1887, are verbatim reports of the legislative proceedings and history of the Indiana General Assembly during those years.
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Bridgeman Education
Online digital library of images sourced from the world's leading museums, galleries, contemporary artists and private collections, with unlimited access to over 1.2 million images, all copyright cleared for educational use.
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Brill Online Books and Journals
An index to journals and e-books published by Brill with full text access to content licensed by Indiana University, Bloomington Libraries. Subject areas include the humanities, international law, and biology.
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Brill's Medieval Reference Library
Access to three Brill encyclopedias - Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage, Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450, containing 3600 signed articles on aspects of medieval history, culture and belief, with nearly 200 illustrations.
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Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
Unrivalled reference work for the ancient world, including fifteen volumes on Greco-Roman antiquity, and five volumes on the classical tradition.
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Collection of British and Irish women's personal writings spanning over 400 years.
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British Library Catalogues and Collections
Provides access to the catalog of the Library's major holdings, developed over 250 years and containing over 150 million items. Also includes access to digital collections, subject guides, and collection guides.
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British Library Newspapers
Comprehensive digital access to historic newspapers, newsbooks, ephemera and national & regional papers from British Isles.
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British Literary Manuscripts Online
Facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works, and similar materials.
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British Periodicals
Searchable full-text of British periodicals from the late 1600s to the twentieth century.
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Brockelmann OnlineBrockelmann's Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) and the three supplement volumes, including the indexes.
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BrowzineBrowZine allows users to browse scholarly journals on computers or mobile devices. With the BrowZine app you can add your favorite journals to your personal bookshelf and save articles to read later. The BrowZine app and web version are available to all IU Bloomington students, faculty, and staff.
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BTAA GeoportalProvides access to geospatial resources, including GIS datasets, web services, and digitized historical maps.
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Buddhist Digital Resource Center
Collection of Tibetan literature with links to digital archives and initiatives
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Building Types Online
Resource for the study and practice of architectural design, based on Birkhäuser's professional architecture books. Includes a large international collection of contemporary buildings, from housing and offices to museums, schools and other building types.
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Business Expert Press's Digital LibrariesBusiness Expert Press publishes concise, practical ebook treatments of the topics taught in MBA programs. Includes collection of full text business and management books.
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Business Source Complete
Regional, national and international business, financial, banking and industry publications.