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This on-line version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) references western-language journal articles, book chapters, and monographs on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. 1971 - present No
BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic open access web resources and is operated by Bielefeld University Library. BASE collects, normalises, and indexes data from repository servers that use use the "Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting" (OAI-PMH) for providing their contents. BASE provides more than 36 million documents from more than 2,200 sources. You can access the full texts of about 75% of the indexed documents. Varies Partial
Gives international career information, including about prospective companies, and guides to living in another country. Full Yes
Black Drama:1850 to Present contains approximately 1,200 plays by 201 playwrights, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters & production companies. Also shows selected playbills, photographs and other ephemera related to some of the plays. 1850-present Yes
Fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies combines three resources: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. The Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience contains the full-text of commissioned essays detailing the Black Experience and other related materials. The IIBP covers scholarly and popular Black Studies journals, including full text for 58 titles. Black Studies also features the full text backfile of the influential black newspaper The Chicago Defender (1935  1975). varies Partial
Non-fiction works (books, essays, articles, speeches, interviews and letters) by African-American leaders and others who have dealt with issues of race from colonial times to the present. The collection is intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art. colonial times-present Yes
The BEOS Online, the digital version of the 11 volume Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. By George Ritzer (Blackwell Publishing, 2007), offers 1800 specially commissioned entries ranging from definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics in sociology. varies Yes
BIP provides current bibliographic information and prices for books published and distributed in the U.S. Forthcoming books six months in advanced are included. Many records include published reviews. Lists prize winners. Includes publishers directory. 1979-current Partial
Provides access to historic newspapers, newsbooks, ephemera and national & regional papers from British Isles. This interface searches: 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th century British Library Newspapers. 1603-1900 Yes