Databases
See below for an alphabetical list of the electronic databases, e-book collections, and e-journal collections to which the library subscribes. Access to these e-resources is restricted to the students and staff of Brunel University for licensing and technical reasons. Some licence agreements may exclude access to databases and their contents from certain countries. It is your responsibility to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant licence agreements - for more information see the copyright web page on databases - contact copyright@brunel.ac.uk if you have any questions.
For more information on how to access the databases on-campus and off-campus see the e-Library web page. A small number of e-resources require a unique username and password instead. These are given on the password page on our intranet. Please do not share credentials with anyone.
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BankScope
Financial data on world banks. Bankscope, FAME and Osiris all have a similar interface, so once you have familiarised yourself with one, you should be able to use the others.
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BFI Inview
Provides access to 1,000 hours of non-fiction, moving image titles selected by the BFI National Archive. The images can be browsed according to broad political and economical themes.
BIOSIS Citation Index and BIOSIS Previews Backfiles 1969-2008
Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more. JISC Collections has licensed the BIOSIS Previews Backfile 1969-2008 in perpetuity and this is now freely available to all UK universities. Thomson Reuters has given our users free access to BIOSIS Citation Index backfile too. For the avoidance of doubt, the Library does not subscribe to the current file from 2009 onwards, so you will not be able to access citations and previews published after 2008. Select BIOSIS Citation Index or BIOSIS Previews from the 'select a database' tab on Web of Knowledge to begin searching. This abstract only database is updated weekly. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.
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Bloomberg
Bloomberg provides access to a vast array of financial data along with economic and business news. It also provides information on countries, international organisations and prominent individuals. The database is relatively easy to use and if you do get stuck help is available online 24-7 via a unique interactive help chat window. This database can be accessed in the Library Bloomberg room via a number of dedicated PCs. Before using Bloomberg you need to book a terminal.
BMJ Journals Collection
A collection of 22 leading medical journals on specialist clinical areas, public health and evidence-based medicine published BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
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British Education Index
Index of 350 British and selected European journals with more than 175,000 references to journal articlesin the fields of education and training, from 1976 to date. This abstract only database is updated quarterly. Use Article Linker (AL) to check for full text online sources.
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British Library Sounds
British Library Sounds is the new name for Archival Sound Recordings. 50,000 recordings and their associated documentation from the Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds.
British Newspapers 1600-1900
British Newspapers 1600-1900 is the most significant digital collection of British historic newspapers. New conservation and imaging techniques and a new cross-searchable platform adopted by the British Library offers unparalleled access and discoverability to this valuable historical and cultural archive. In addition one will find specially commissioned essays and contextual materials written by expert scholars intended to help non-specialist users with perspective and analysis. (Gale NewsVault is the new interface, see alternative link).
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British Periodicals
British Periodicals traces the changing attitudes and assumptions of British Writers over a period of 250 years. It consists of 460 periodical runs published from the 1680s to the 1930s, hosted on the new ProQuest integrated platform (this has the option to search other databases, too).
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British Standards Online
Provides access to the full text of more than 50,000 British and adopted European and international standards. It is updated daily. Alternative access to BSOL is given below using a unique username and password given on the password page on our intranet. Please do not share these credentials with anyone.
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BURA
BURA (Brunel University Research Archive) aims to showcase the University's research outputs by making them freely available to the public via the Internet. No ID is required for access.
Burney Collection
The newspapers and news pamphlets gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century English news media. The 700 or so bound volumes of newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.
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Business Source Premier
Contains full text articles from over 2,300 journals covering all business disciplines. Also provides access to market research reports country reports, industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
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