Article Databases by Title - B

Berkshire Eagle (2005-Present) Full Text Access

Bibliography of Asian Studies (1971-Present) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access 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.

Biological & Agricultural Index (1983-Present ) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access 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.

Black Literature Index (1827-1940) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access What Is It? Searchable full-text articles and images from the following influential black newspapers:

  • Chicago Defender (1910 - 1975)
  • New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
  • Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)


Why Use It? Find articles on black life in 20th century United States.

Black Studies Center (Coverage Varies) Full Text Access 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.

Book Review Digest (1983-Present ) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access 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) Full Text Access

Boston Globe (Via Newsstand) (1980-Present) Full Text Access

Boston Globe (Via Proquest) (1980-Present) Full Text Access