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Items whose title begins with B:

Balance of Payments Statistics (BOPS) – International Monetary Fund (IMF), 1940- Aggregate and detailed time series for (1) area and world totals of balance of payments components and aggregates and (2) international investment position for countries, including capital transfers and changes in each economy's external financial claims and liabilities. Online covers 2002 to date; CD-ROM covers 2005 to date.

To download data, click on the link in the upper center of the page to sign in or register (using email address as user name). Choose the database needed at the bottom left of the screen and enter variables. [Info]

Bar-Ilan’s Judaic Library Searchable database of the Old Testament and rabbinical literature.

Retrieve CD-ROM from Divinity Library Room 224 (BM501 .B37 no.17) and take to the CD-ROM Workstation (in the periodicals area of the Divinity Library) to use the database.
[Info] Full Text Resource! Available on CD-ROM Workstation in the Divinity Library

Baudelaire and Modern French Studies -- See Baudelaire Database: W. T. Bandy Center catalog

Baudelaire Database: W. T. Bandy Center catalog Baudelaire and Modern French Studies A database focusing on the literature relating to the 19th-century French poet and critic, Charles Baudelaire. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

BBC Shakespeare Plays Streaming access to 37 BBC Shakespeare plays. [Info]

Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA) This archive at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is a digital library focusing on Jewish communal life, education, identity, religion and spirituality, social activism, demographic trends, leadership, and organizational development. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

BIBLAT: Latin American Bibliography (CD-ROM) Includes 4 separate databases: CLASE--indexes Latin American periodical articles in the social sciences and humanities; PERIÓDICA--indexes Latin American periodical publications in the sciences and technology; BLAT--indexes non-Latin American periodical publications in all areas; and CIIN--indexes periodical publications in the information sciences. CLASE and PERIÓDICA, 1994- are also available on the web. [Info] Available in Central Library on Reference CD-ROM workstation

The Bible and Interpretation A nonsectarian web site that is "dedicated to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary, archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars." [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

BibleWorks (version 8.0) Provides exegesis and exposition of the original texts and translations of the scriptures, including original Hebrew OT and Greek NT, Septuaginta Greek LXX, plus several English, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Latin, Danish, Finnish, French and Hungarian Bibles; with lexical, morphological, grammatical, and syntactical concording and textual and reference access. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available only on workstations in the Divinity Library

Biblical Archaeology Society Online Archive Contains the content of selected journals and books published by the Biblical Archaeology Society. Includes each issue of the magazines Biblical Archaeology Review, Bible Review, and Archaeology Odyssey, and the content of five books. The site allows users to browse the entire corpus of material and perform Boolean searches by title, author, subject, word, issue, or date range in any combination. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Biblical Bibliography of Lausanne: BiBIL Provides up-to-date bibliographic citations on publications in the field of biblical research. Indexes books, journal articles, essays and collective works acquired by the University Library of Lausanne and some other university libraries in Switzerland. Offers links to freely available journal articles. Works can be searched by keyword or via hierarchical thesaurus searching.

Interface available in French, English, and German.
[Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliografia de la Literatura Espanola desde 1980 [Info]

Bibliografia Mesoamericana An extensive bibliography of the anthropology of Mesoamerica, including Mexico and parts of Central America, it includes areas such as archaeology, ethnography, ethnohistory, art history, linguistics, and physical anthropology. Includes bibliographic citations to books, articles, essays, festschrifts, dissertations, obituaries, films, newspapers, etc. Book reviews are omitted. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliografia Nazionale Italiana / BNI Lists publications published in Italy since 1958. Contains over 523,000 records for publications delivered (as requred by law) to the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (National Library of Florence). The Library then catalogs the publications and Informazioni Editoriali produces this database. Approximately 15,000 new records are added every year. The database is updated quarterly. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics (BIBP) Index to journal literature on patristics. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online (BAS) The BAS Online contains references on all subjects (especially the Humanities and Social Sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. The database includes references to books, journal articles, chapters in edited volumes, and conference proceedings. [Info]

Bibliography of British and Irish History The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Bibliography of German Language & Literature Research (BDSL) Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach-und Literaturwissenschaft (BDSL) is an international bibliography of German Literature and Literary Studies. [Info]

Bibliography of Native North Americans "Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life." Includes citations for books, essays, journal articles and government documents of the United States and Canada. Content dates range from the sixteenth century forward. [Info]

Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving A searchable database containing verified references (except as noted) to approximately 25,000 scholarly works in all academic disciplines and in all western European languages on slavery and slaving, worldwide. It includes all known print materials published since 1900 in scholarly formats, as well as digital scholarly journals, recent unpublished presentations at academic conferences, professional historical sites, and major museum exhibitions and catalogs. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) BHA covers the current literature of European art from the 4th century to the present, and of North and South American art from the European discovery of the Americas to the present. It covers the field of art in the broadest sense including the traditional fine arts (architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing and prints), decorative and applied arts, industrial design, popular and folk art, photography, and contemporary new media. In addition, BHA includes citations from publications on the performing arts (costumes and scenography) as well as related titles from the fields of music, history and literature. Subjects indexed include persons, places, institutions, buildings, works of art and topical subjects. BHA incorporates the complete contents of International Repertory of the Literature of Art (RILA) and Repertoire d’’Art et d’’Archeologie (RAA). For material published after 2007, see the International Bibliography of Art (IBA). [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliotheca Religiosa IntraText A full-text online library that publishes religious, philosophical, and literary works, including books, periodicals, complete works, and archives in more than 30 languages. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) The Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) is a definitive collection of Latin texts from the earliest times, through classical antiquity and the Middle Ages to the present. The online edition 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. This means that formerly omitted texts from BT editions of the 19th and 20th centuries are now included, especially those of scholia and grammarians. The extension ranges around 1 million word forms, so that the BTL Online now includes approximately 13 million word forms in total. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Bibloi (Bible Windows 8.0) Analytical Greek New Testament with full grammatical tags and dictionary forms coded in the text, accompanied by a modern, up to date, Greek dictionary -- Hebrew Old Testament (BHS) with full grammatical tags and dictionary forms coded in the text, accompanied by a modern, up to date, Hebrew dictionary -- Greek Old Testament (Septuagint) with full grammatical tags and dictionary forms coded in the text -- Revised Standard Version, including the Apocrypha -- New Revised Standard Version -- King James Version -- Latin Vulgate -- Miller, Friberg and Friberg Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament -- Louw and Nida’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains -- Liddell and Scott’s An intermediate Greek-English lexicon -- Brown, Driver and Brigg’s Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available only on workstations in the Divinity Library

BIBP: Bibliographic Information Base in Patristics Index to journal literature on patristics. [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) To Search, click on the button labeled "Zugang für Bibliotheken" Biographisch-bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon is a German-language biographical-bibliographical dictionary of people associated with Christianity. Some are church figures; others are people who have had some significant influence on church history without themselves being associated with a church. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Biography and Genealogy Master Index Indexes more than 700 current and retrospective reference sources containing biographies. BGMI does not include full-text biographical information but refers users to biographical information in other sources. The database includes citations for over 13.6 million international contemporary and historical figures and covers all eras. The BGMI is updated twice annually. [Info]

Biography Reference Bank Offers biographical information for over one-half million individuals, with many full-text articles and images. Includes biographical information from a range of different publications including Current Biography and Biography Index. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Biology sites recommended by Vanderbilt librarians [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

BioMed Central BioMed Central (BMC) serves as a free publishing repository for original peer reviewed research in biology and medicine. Articles submitted to BMC are reviewed by at least two external experts and authors retain copyright of their work. Accepted articles are published simultaneously on BMC, PubMed Central and submitted for indexing in PubMed. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts) Serial Sources (Available only on workstations from within the Science/Eng. or Central Libraries) Full title, frequency, history notes, ISSN, CODEN, and publisher address for serials indexed by BIOSIS. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Vanderbilt users only (CDROM Network)

BIOSIS Previews -- (1980-present) A weekly-updated life sciences database covering journal articles, meetings, patents, book chapters, and other publications from more than 5,000 serial sources. Biology. [Info]

Black Literature 1827-1940 CD-ROM index to the microfiche collection, Black Literature, 1827-1940, Central Library MiFiche 851, which contains texts of fiction, poetry and literary reviews that appeared in over 900 black-owned and edited newspapers between 1827 and 1940. [Info] Available in Central Library on Microform and Media Center CD-ROM workstation

Black Studies Center "The Black Studies Center is...a digital core collection of primary and secondary sources that record and illuminate the Black experience, from ancient Africa through modern times". The database includes the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, The Chicago Defender (1910-1975), The Daily Defender (1956-1975), the Marshall Index (guide to black periodicals 1940-1946) and the International Index to Black Periodicals (full-text of many of the journals). Texts, images, and video clips are included in the resource. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology [Info] Full Text Resource!

Blackwell Reference Online Blackwell Reference Online provides full-text access to almost 300 Blackwell reference titles. Subjects include Business, Economics, History, Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy and Religion. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Bonner Kant-Korpus Created by researchers at the University of Bonn, this database provides access to Kant's Akademie-Ausgabe as well as to selected unpublished, handwritten works. Currently, volumes 1-9 of his works and volumes 10-13 and 23 of his letters are available insearchable full-text. Future projects include Kant's personal lecture books with his personal notes. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

Book Review Index Online Plus Book Review Index Online Plus is a "comprehensive guide to book reviews that includes more than 5 million review citations from thousands of publications, including refereed journals, general interest publications, and newspapers. It also includes more than 634,000 full-text reviews from InfoTrac OneFile and Expanded Academic ASAP." BRI Online Plus "...is searchable by author of book reviewed, title of book reviewed, publication date, reviewer, title of review, review length, journal, refereed publications, reading level, and more." [Info] Full Text Resource!

Books & Authors Powered by Gale's popular What Do I Read Next? series, Books & Authors combines both browseable menus and visual search technology to guide readers from every level of reading proficiency to books that match their interests. Search by author, title, series, "if you like...", genre, and more. [Info]

Books in Print (BIP) Lists in-print, and forthcoming books published or distributed in the U.S. which are available to the general public or trade. The database contains over 1.2 million bibliographic citations. [Info]

BOPCRIS Ford Selections of British Parliamentary Papers 1801 - 1995 A finding aid for searching and browsing British Official Publications, 1801-1995. The records have been enhanced to contain an abstract and Library of Congress key words. Bibliographic records will be added to extend the period to include 1688 to 1800. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) none

Brill Online Reference Works The collection contains:

Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition

Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE

Encyclopaedia Islamica

Encyclopaedia of the Qur’an

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures

Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World

International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who Online

. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Britannica Online Britannica Online is a searchable and browsable collection of authoritative references, including the latest article database from the print Encyclopædia Britannica, articles specially written for Britannica Online, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the Britannica Book of the Year, and links to other World Wide Web sites selected by Britannica editors. [Info]

British History Online "British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles." The database was created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users)

British Parliamentary Papers Index (Newsbank/Readex) CD-ROM version This index to the British Parliamentary Papers (BPP) indexes Hansard’s debates (both Houses of Parliament), House of Commons sessional papers, House of Lords sessional papers, and Journal of the House of Commons. [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

British Parliamentary Papers Indexes (Bunsei Shoin) CD-ROM version This resource to the British Parliamentary Papers (BPP) indexes papers from the House of Commons, 1801-1944, and House of Lords, 1801-1922. INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE [Info] (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

British Periodicals Collection I and II British Periodicals 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. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Broadcast News (ABC, CNN, NPR transcripts) Index to and text of television and radio news programs from ABC, CNN, and NPR. [Info] Full Text Resource! (Free database--open to all users) Available in Central Library only

Budget of the United States Web version The Budget provides basic information about how the government receives and spends its money and highlights of the President’s spending priorities. The Appendix provides more detailed information about individual programs and their appropriations. Analytic Perspectives includes highlights of specific subject areas. Historical Tables provide budget data from 1940. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery This online version of Burger's offers easy access to broad coverage of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery for new, as well as experienced, medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, and molecular biologists. Burger's offers a comprehensive, global perspective of drug design and drug development.With expanded content, this edition of Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery includes more than 50% new material. An entire section has been dedicated to cancer research. Areas included are those at the foreground of life science including: proteomics, genomics, bioinformatics, combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, blood substitutes, allosteric effectors as potential drugs, COX inhibitors, statins, high-throughput pharmacology, and much more. [Info]

Burney Collection Newspapers (17th-18th century collection) This resource contains newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817), . It is a collection of early English news media from the 17th and 18th centuries. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Burney Collection Newspapers (17th-18th century collection) via NewsVault This resource contains newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817), . It is a collection of early English news media from the 17th and 18th centuries. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Business & Industry (Business and Industry) Business & Industry (B&I) is a broad-based business information database which includes coverage from over 900 trade and business publications covering business events in over 190 countries around the world. [Info] Full Text Resource! Some Vanderbilt users may encounter access restrictions

Business Insights: Essentials Includes up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. Contains scholarly journals, business news, and more. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Business sites recommended by Vanderbilt librarians [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Business Source Premier Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications as well as country economic reports and company profiles. This database provides exclusive access to the online Harvard Business Review. The database is updated daily. [Info] Full Text Resource!

Business statistical International sources recommended by Vanderbilt librarians [Info] (Free database--open to all users)

Business statistical U.S. sources recommended by Vanderbilt librarians [Info] (Free database--open to all users)


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