E-resources and databases
starting with "B"
- British Library Newspapers
Sourced from extensive holdings of the British library, British library Newspapers delivers a wide range of irreplaceable local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
- British Literary Manuscripts online
British Literary Manuscripts Online presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works.
British Literary Manuscripts Online is divided into two parts.
Part 1: c1660-1900 contains works of major literary figures from the Restoration through the Victorian era: Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, William Morris, Oscar Wilde among others.
Part 2: Medieval and Renaissance presents a range of literary manuscripts — letters, poems, stories, plays, chronicles, religious writings, and other materials — from roughly 1120 to 1660.
- British Online Archives
British Online Archives provides access to unique collections of primary source documents to support research in the humanities and social sciences. ANU has access to ALL Collections.
- British Parliamentary History, 1102-1803
This collection contains manuscripts and records relating to the history of Parliament and British politics. It covers the most important events which gave rise to the modern British state, from Magna Carta and the Civil Wars to the Act of Union and the birth of Empire. The documents themselves are many and varied, including Parliamentary papers, debate records, and private diaries. Given its breadth and depth, this collection is one of the most significant resources available to students of British political history.
- British Politics and Society
Including papers of British statesmen, Home Office records, ordnance surveys, working class autobiographies, and other unique collections, British Politics and Society is a remarkable resource for scholars looking to explore the political and social history of Britain. Source libraries are the British Library, Oxford University, and The National Archives, Kew.
British Politics and Society enables researchers to explore such topics as British domestic and foreign policy, trade unions, Chartism, utopian socialism, public protest, radical movements, the cartographic record, political reform, education, family relationships, religion, leisure and many others. With this archive scholars have instant access to a range of never-before-available primary sources, including manuscripts, maps, drawings, newspapers, periodicals, government correspondence, letters, diaries, photographs, poster, pamphlets and more.
- British Theatre, Music, and Literature
British Theatre, Music, and Literature features a wide range of primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era, from playbills and scripts to operas and complete scores. These rare documents, many of them never before available, were sourced from the British Library and other renowned institutions, and curated by experts in British arts history. Covering more than a century, British Theatre, Music, and Literature is without equal as a resource for 19th century scholars.
This unparalleled collection provides a detailed look at the state of the British art world with, for example, not only manuscripts and compositions, but also documents such as personal letters, annotated programs, meeting minutes, and financial records, offering scholars an unmatched glimpse into the inner workings of the arts world and life in Victorian Britain.
- Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete contains premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business-related journals, covering management, economics, finance, accounting, marketing, banking, international business and more.
- Business, Economic and Labour History
A range of important sources from Britain and America, covering key subjects within this historical field, including Keynesian economic policy in post-war Britain, international labour movements, the London stock exchange and papers of important economists.