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BAR Digital Collection

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Subject coverage: all periods from prehistory, through classical archaeology, to 20th century archaeology
Size/scope: over 500 titles
Type of content: e-books presented in data rich monographs, edited collections of paper, excavation and site reports and conference proceedings
Level of access: some full-text access; the Library subscribes to the British Series only.

BAR Help Pages

Barbour Environment, Health and Safety

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Subject coverage: documentation on legislation, regulations and standards, including HSE, Environment Agency and BSI, plus case law and prosecutions from key sources
Size/scope: over 600 information providers
Type of content: academic journal article
Level of access: some full text available.

Username and password required. Details available from the library area in Brightspace.

BestBETs

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Subject coverage: database of rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions principally in emergency medicine, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. Also includes a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and paediatrics
Type of content: evidence-based information, BETs (Best Evidence Topics)
Level of access: some full text available.

BFI Player

BioDigital Human - Interactive 3D Anatomy Platform

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Guide and Videos

Subject coverage: interactive 3D software for visualizing anatomy, disease and treatment
Type of content: includes images, quizes and textbook type material
Level of access: full access when registered with a BU email. Once you have signed up with your BU email and created a password, you can access BioDigital directly.

To access this resource select BioDigital Human from the blue ribbon towards the top of the page. You will need to use your BU email address to set up your account.

Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Subject coverage: a consortium of 12 major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions organized to digitize, serve, and preserve the legacy literature of biodiversity
Size/scope: over 37,000 titles
Type of content: content may be freely viewed through the online reader or downloaded in part or as a complete work in PDF, OCR text, or JPG2000 file formats. Help provided with downloading content.

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The contents of this database are included in mySearch

BIOSIS Previews Archive 1969-2008

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Subject coverage: life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation, animal studies, and more
Type of content: journal articles, meetings, patents and books
Date range: backfiles available to 1926
Level of access: some full text available; search precisely with BIOSIS indexing, enhanced MeSH terms and CAS registry numbers.

Off-campus access: At the web site select the Institutional login (Shibboleth) option followed by UK Federation on the drop down list. Login using your University login. BIOSIS can be found on the 'Select a Database' tab

Blackwell Reference Online

Bloomsbury Professional Platinum & Online Tax Service

BoB

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Subject coverage: access TV and radio programmes from over 65 'free-to-air' channels using a programme guide and a search option. Option to schedule recordings up to seven days in advance and request programmes broadcast over the previous 30 days. Search BoB to access other users' recorded programmes. Permanent archive of all broadcast content from nine channels: BBC1 London / BBC2 / BBC4 / ITV London / Channel 4 / More4 / Channel 5 / BBC Radio 4 / BBC Radio 4 Extra. Content plays in your web browser with access available both on and off campus.
Type of content: TV and radio programmes
Date range: 2007 to present
Level of access: BU staff/student login required; registration required on first use. Available off-campus, but not outside the UK.

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BNI (British Nursing Index)

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Subject coverage: nursing and midwifery database; useful resource for current trends in UK nursing care and policy for nursing and midwifery students, clinical, academic, and management staff and researchers
Size/scope: over 200 UK journals and other English language titles
Type of content: journal articles
Date range: 1994 to present
Level of access: some links to full text.

BNI is only available on Proquest

BRAD (British Rate and Data)

British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB)

British Library Sounds

British National Formulary (BNF)

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Subject coverage: up to date guidance on prescribing, dispensing and administering drugs and medicines. Details medicines prescribed in the UK, with special reference to their uses, cautions, contra-indications, side-effects, dosage and relative costs.

Note: Click the log-in button (top right) of Medicines Complete landing page. Use the Shibboleth/Open Athens link at the bottom of resulting pop-up panel, then choose the first 'Bournemouth University' from the 'Find your organisation' list.

British Pathe

British Periodicals

British Standards Online

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Restrictions on use
Access to British Standards Online is provided for educational purposes only. It must not be used for the purpose of University business processes (including but not limited to Health & Safety, Estate Management) or for monetary reward (including but not limited to knowledge transfer partnerships)

Subject coverage: British Standards (BS); British adopted European Standards (BS EN) and British adopted International Standards (BS ISO)
Type of content: British Standards
Level of access: full text.

Note: follow the link, above, to access the British Standards Online (BSOL) App

Personally owned devices (including access for Mac users):

download Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don’t already have it on your computer (this is available free from Microsoft App store)
then click on https://bsol.bsigroup.com/
use the Institutional Login and select ‘Bournemouth University’
sign in with your BU credentials
load the FileOpen plug-in as instructed on the BSOL site
search and download the British Standard you want to your computer
right-click on download and use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the British Standard.

Broadcast

The Burney Collection

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Subject coverage: news materials gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817) represent the largest single collection of English news media. 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
Size/scope: over 700 bound volumes
Type of content: newspapers, news pamphlets; media
Date range: seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Level of access: some full text available.

Note for off-campus use: at the web site select the link ‘Shibboleth users click here’