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Academic Search Complete
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Abstracts and indexing for over 11,000 journals from around the world with the full text coverage of over 7,000 titles, including more than 6,000 peer reviewed publications covering the fields of science; social science; education; psychology; language and linguistics; arts and literature.

 

The contents of this database are included in mySearch

Academic Search Complete

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BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

Anatomy.TV
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Online, interactive version of the world's most detailed 3D model of the human anatomy. Images can be rotated and layers of anatomy added or removed. Images are augmented with moving images and anatomical notes and the database includes quizes to test your knowledge. Images can be viewed online or downloaded for educational use at Bournemouth University.

 

Note: The off-campus connection link above is the only off-campus access route for this resource.

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (Ezproxy)

BBC Motion Gallery

 

The BBC Motion Gallery provides access to moving images from the BBC's extensive archive. This JISC negotiated licence permits the staff and students of the licensed institutions to access a vast collection of clips for use in presentations, lectures and coursework.

Note: Currently only available on-campus

Box of Broadcasts [BoB] - Requests for Off-Air Recordings

 

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BoB or Box of Broadcasts is a service available to all Bournemouth University members of staff, researchers and students. You need to register first to receive a password. Using BoB you can record TV and radio programmes from Freeview, and request programmes that have been broadcast in the previous seven days. BoB uses an Electronic Programme Guide which means you can schedule requests for programmes up to seven days in advance. BoB is available off-campus. Requested programmes will play in your web browser. BoB is not available outside the United Kingdom [UK]. 
Note: Before using BoB, you must register on the BoB site using your Bournemouth University e-mail address.

 

BoB operates under a specific licence offered in the UK so you must ensure that you comply with the licence terms and conditions.

 

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Dorset Coast Digital Archive

 

Archive reflecting the cultural heritage, natural environment and local histories of Dorset.

Europeana

 

Europeana, Europe's multimedia online library provides access to more than two million books, maps, recordings, photographs, archival documents, paintings and films online from national libraries and cultural institutions of the European Union's 27 member states.
Created by the European Commission,  it is run by the European Digital Library Foundation and hosted by the Dutch national library, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

The John Johnson Collection
On-Campus Connection | Off-Campus Connection

 

Fully searchable images of 65,000 items from the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

 

BU staff/student login required for off-campus access (OALA)

Visual Arts Data Service

 

Database of over 100,000 images that are freely available and copyright cleared for use in teaching, learning and research in the UK.

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