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Beige Book (1970-) 
What Is It? The Beige Book is released two weeks prior to each FOMC meeting eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, Statistics are embedded in the summaries.
Why Use It? Find regional overviews of the US economy as provied by the twelve federal reserve banks.
Berkshire Eagle (2005-Present) 
Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971-Present) 
What Is It? Index to scholarly articles, books and book chapters in Asian history and culture. Includes citations to all articles from the 100 most-used journals in Asian studies. See also print index (Sawyer REF DS5 .B52) covering materials published from 1941 to 1970.
Why Use It? Research Asian history, art, culture and literature.
Bibliography of the History of Art (1973-Present) What Is It? Index to journal articles, books, essays, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogs in the field of art history. Covers Western art from late Antiquity to the present.
Why Use It? Search for scholarly articles and books on art history topics. Research exhibitions. Search for information about artists. Learn about art in a specific century or historical period.
Biography Index (1984-Present) What Is It? An index to biographical articles and essays published in periodicals and in collective or individual biographies. Also indexes incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. Subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present and represent all fields and nationalities.
Why Use It? Gather biographical information. Search through biographical dictionaries and Who's Who.
Biography Resource Center (1960-Present) What Is It? A database of biographical information. Covers all periods of history around the world. Indexes biographical reference sources as well as articles from periodicals.
Why Use It? Read quick summary or description of personal information on a particular individual. Find an in-depth overview of the subject's life and accomplishments.
Research the place of a subject in history or society, a particular field of endeavor, or the news.
Biological & Agricultural Index (1983-Present ) What Is It? Bibliographic database covering topics in agriculture and related fields.
Why Use It? Search a variety of popular and professional scientific journals. Research interdisciplinary biological topics.
Biosis (1969-Present) 
What Is It? Database providing access to the electronic version of Biological Abstracts. Index to literature in all areas of life sciences.
Why Use It? Search the database that provides the most comprehensive coverage of biological literature. Find citations to abstracts of scholarly journal articles.
Birds of North America (Varies) What Is It? BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. Read more about BNA's beginnings and where we are headed
Why Use It? Find encyclopedic type information about bird species living in North America
Black Literature Index (1827-1940) What Is It? Electronic index to the Black Literature microfiche collection. Includes over 70,000 bibliographic citations for fiction, poetry and literary reviews published in 110 black periodicals and newspapers between 1827 and 1940.
Why Use It? To research black literature
Black Newspapers (Current) What Is It? PDF and HTML full text and graphics of articles from several currently published black newspapers. Graphic content is not searchable.
Why Use It? Research current issues and opinions in the black press.
Black Newspapers (Historical) What Is It? Searchable full-text articles and images from the following influential black newspapers:
Why Use It? Find articles on black life in 20th century United States.
Black Studies Center (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Black Studies Center comprises three resources: the Chicago Defender 1935-present (a highly influential African American newspaper) , the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience (containing video, commissioned essays, timelines and supported materials, and images), and the International Index to Black Periodicals (indexing the major Black journals, magazines, and newsletters in the Americas; fulltext for many articles from 1988+).
Why Use It? Find articles, video, manuscripts examining the Black experience in the Americas.
Black Thought and Culture (Early 19th-century - present) What Is It? Collection of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writing by major American black leaders -- teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures -- covering 250 years of history.
Why Use It? The collection is intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art. Study the historical development of black culture through letters, speeches, political leaflets, interviews, periodicals and essays by hundreds of notables.
BLC Catalog What Is It? a catalog containing the holdings of the member libraries of the Boston Library Consortium: Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis, MA State Library, Marine Biological Laboratory/Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT
Northeastern, Tufts, University of Connecticut, Umass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, UMass Medical, University of New Hampshire, Wellesley, and Williams.
Why Use It? Search for and borrow materials that are not available at Williams.
Book Review Digest (1983-Present ) What Is It? Index to book reviews of English-language fiction and non-fiction books published in leading magazines and scholarly journals from the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Includes excerpts of reviews and an abstract of each book.
Why Use It? Find reviews about a particular book. Compile a list of reviews written by an author. Assess the significance of a book in a given time period.
Book Review Digest Retrospective (1905-1982) What Is It? Provides excerpts from and citations to reviews of over 300,000 fiction and non-fiction English-language books published in leading magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals as well as the library review media.
Why Use It? Find reviews about a particular book. Compile a list of reviews written by an author. Assess the significance of a book in a given time period.
Book Review Index Online (1965 - present)
Books in Print (Current) What Is It? List of titles that are in print, forthcoming, or declared out-of-print or out-of-stock. Many records contain excerpts from reviews.
Why Use It? Find out if a book is available for purchase. Get a list of books by an given author or on a given subject. Access brief book reviews (for more recent titles).
BOPCRIS (The British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service) (1688-1995) What Is It? Web-based bibliographic database of British Official Publications. Contains references to key 18th century House of Commons Journals from the period 1688-1800, key 19th and 20th century documents from the Ford Select Lists and Breviates (bibliographies of British documents), selected documents from the Hansard's Catalogue and Breviate of Parliamentary Papers for 1801-1832, and selected documents from 1983-1995.
Why Use It? Search and browse information from British Official Publications.
Boston Globe (Via Newsstand) (1980-Present)
Boston Globe (Via Proquest) (1980-Present)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (Coverage Varies) What Is It? The US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics collects vast amount of information on crime and law enforcement in the United States. You can use this site to gain "At a Glance" statistics as well as more in-depth time-series data.
Why Use It? Find in-depth statistics on crime, law enforcement, prisons and jails.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (Coverage Varies) What Is It? Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles data on the U.S. labor force. Data include employment, wages, productivity, inflation, etc. BLS also includes several "At a Glance" tables that provide overviews of labor statistics.
Why Use It? Find U.S. statistics on labor and employment.
Business Dynamics Statistics (1976 - present) What Is It? Business Dynamics Statistics include measures of establishment openings and closings, firm startups, job creation and destruction by firm size, age, and industrial sector, and several other statistics on business dynamics.
Why Use It? These data can help economists, policy-makers, and the business community develop a more complete understanding of the dynamics of employment over the business cycle and the contribution of businesses of different age and size.