Research Guides @ Fordham: DATABASES : B

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Barron's This link opens in a new window
Financial news coverage on Proquest's updated platform. Provided through the US Newsstream package. Full text from 1988 - Present.
BBC Shakespeare Plays This link opens in a new window
Videos of 37 Shakespeare plays from Ambrose Digital Publishing. Click on the blue banner for a full list of titles.
Biblical Archaeology Society Library This link opens in a new window
Full text of the Society's publications including journals: Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, and Archaeology Odyssey. Video lectures from world-renowned master teachers on the latest key issues in archaeology and the Bible.
Bibliographie de Civilisation Medievale & International Medieval Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Contains over 505,000 records of journal articles and books related to the Middle Ages published from 1958 to 2009.
Bibliography of British and Irish History This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive guide to books and articles about Britain, Ireland and the British overseas written from the Roman period to the present day. Online "Help Pack"
Bibliography of English Women Writers 1500-1640 This link opens in a new window
A still-growing list of known and newly recovered writers and texts.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) This link opens in a new window
The Getty provides open access to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and to the Répertoire International de la Littérature de l'Art (RILA). These citation databases, searchable together, cover European and American visual arts material published between 1975 and 2007.The Getty Research Institute.
Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes This link opens in a new window
Full texts of Spanish books in the public domain.
Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) This link opens in a new window
Comprises the data of BTL 4, supplemented by the texts of all Latin editions of the Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana printed by 2008. Content updated annually.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) is now separate from BTL, and is listed on Alpha Tab (T) and Classics Subject.
Big Ten Open Books Project This link opens in a new window
A collaboration between the university presses and libraries of the Big Ten Academic Alliance. The first 100-title collection centers on Gender and Sexuality studies. Hosted on the Project MUSE Open platform. (Use filters on left side to access other OA content on the platform.)
Biodiversity Heritage Library This link opens in a new window
Digitized books, journals, images and collections from a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries creating a global “biodiversity commons” of significant biodiversity materials. Includes the foundational literature component of the Encyclopedia of Life.
Biography (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Search for biographies based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, or other keywords.
Biological Science Database This link opens in a new window
On ProQuest's platform. Provides access to a wide range of biology topics, including some of the most popular information resources for users in academic, government, and public research environments.
BioMed Central This link opens in a new window
Several hundred peer-reviewed open access journals covering Science, Technology and Medicine subject areas from Springer Science+Business Media.
bioRxiv This link opens in a new window
Free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
BIOSIS Citation Index and Biological Abstracts (ACCESS ENDS 12/31/22)
See Scopus
Birds of the World This link opens in a new window
Brings scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology into a single platform where biologists and birders can find comprehensive life history information on birds from around the world. Illustrated.
Formerly "Birds of North America Online."
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality This link opens in a new window
Select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. Supports a wide range of students and researchers exploring the ongoing racial injustice in the U.S. and movements such as Black Lives Matter. Time period covered: 1790-present.
Black Life in America - 1704 to Today This link opens in a new window
From Readex/Newsbank. Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience, as it was written. Covers not just people and events, but also achievements and impacts. Updated daily, this resource offers deep coverage on a variety of perspectives from over 12,000 local, regional, national, and international news sources. Provides the researcher full text/keyword searching, as well as, access to content by eras in African American history, topics, people and events. Includes Series I, II, and III.

Black Newspapers
Now part of US Newsstream

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online This link opens in a new window
Wiley online library. Over 1,800 entries ranging from brief definitions to long articles.
Book Index with Reviews This link opens in a new window
Provides information on thousands of books, music titles and DVD/videos. Contains more than one million full text reviews.
Book Review Digest Plus This link opens in a new window
With coverage back to 1983, it indexes reviews of current fiction and non-fiction, provides review excerpts and full text reviews, covering hundreds of thousands of books. Daily updates.
Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1908-1982 This link opens in a new window
Book Review Index (Gale Literature) This link opens in a new window
An online guide to book reviews that includes more than five million review citations from thousands of publications, with links to thousands of full-text reviews. Contains the entire backfile of Book Review Index print content from 1965 to the present. Full coverage dependent upon availability.
Books24x7 - Skillsoft This link opens in a new window
Full text of books on technology, business, finance and management. Majority of titles are not downloadable due to publisher restrictions. Includes IT and Desktop videos, and thousands of audio books.FOR DEVICES USING CAMPUS WIFI, MUST USE FORDHAM GUEST UNSECURED WIFI...FORDHAM SECURE WIFI IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS DATABASE ONLY. NETWORKED CAMPUS DESKTOPS ARE NOT IMPACTED. 100 concurrent users at one time. No downloading available. Internet Explorer Not Supported.
Brepols Miscellanea Collection This link opens in a new window
Full text of hundreds of books in Medieval studies. NOTE: Not all titles are available. Look for green box next to accessible titles.
Brill Open E-Book Collection This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of open access books covering a wide range of subjects.
British History Online This link opens in a new window
Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Includes Parliament Rolls of Medieval England.
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British Library Newspapers, 1800-1900 (Parts I & II) This link opens in a new window
Sourced from the British Library, this collection of 69 newspapers ranges from early tabloids to radical papers. The historical content uncovers unique perspectives from national, regional, and local origins as well as interests of diverse and distinct attitudes, cultures and vernaculars.
Business (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
This collection provides coverage of all business disciplines, including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Coverage of companies and industries worldwide through business and trade publications, complemented by a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications.
Business Insights: Gale Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Research and analyze worldwide companies and industries. Extensive reference content from scholarly journals, news, market research reports, market share reporter, SWOT reports and more. New platform includes global content! SEE INFORMATION
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text for thousands of journals and other sources. Covers business, economics, management, accounting, etc.