Electronic databases - title list M: Available in the Library's Reading Rooms

The electronic databases available in the British Library's London Reading Rooms cover business and intellectual property, the humanities (including rare books and music), manuscripts, maps, science, social science and official publications, newspapers and our Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections.

Owing to licensing restrictions, these resources can only be accessed from British Library workstations within our Reading Rooms and Business & IP Centre.

Except where indicated, titles are available in all the Library's London Reading Rooms.

Online resource

CD-ROM resource

Title	Brief Description	Format
The Mail on Sunday 1993 -	See Daily Mail. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities, Rare Books & Music or Social Sciences Reference Enquiry desks.
MAIS (Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies)	Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS), produced by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts a wide range of media from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues from 1988 onwards. Source documents include books, book chapters, journal articles, selected newspaper articles, government documents, conference papers, research reports, theses and multimedia. For help with this resource: see staff at the Asian & African Studies Reference Enquiry desk.
Major Authors	Major authors on CD-ROM: The Brontes, Johnson and Boswell, Walt Whitman, Virginia Woolf. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities or Rare Books & Music Reference Enquiry desks.
Manchester Evening News 2001 -	Full text of articles from the Manchester Evening News, regional evening newspaper published in Manchester. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities, Rare Books & Music or Social Sciences Reference Enquiry desks.
Manuale Tipografico	Manuale Tipografico by Giambattista Bodoni printed in Parma, 1818. Bridwell Library copy. NB: CD-ROM available from the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk for use on a standalone terminal only. For help with this resource: see staff at the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk.
Mapa Militar Digital de Espana	Excellent 1:200,000 topographic mapping of Spain, with Digital Terrain Model (DTM) allowing for 3D visualisations of the landscape. NB: CD-ROM available from the standalone terminal in the Maps Reading Room. For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
Mapamondi: Une carte du monde au XIVe siècle	Digital reproduction of the 1375 catalan atlas held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. NB: CD-ROM available from the standalone terminal in the Maps Reading Room. For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
MapHist 1994 - 1999	Indexed hard copy on CD-ROM of the Map History discussion list, including the Discovery and Maptrade lists. NB: CD-ROM available from the standalone terminal in the Maps Reading Room. For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
MAPS (Archive)	Full text of all Market Assessment reports. [1991 - 2000] For help with this resource: see staff at the Business Information Reference Enquiry desk.
Maps of India	Electronic atlas of India with maps of regional boundaries, transport, industry, cities, and many other themes. NB: CD-ROM available from the standalone terminal in the Maps Reading Room. For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
Maps in the Atlases of the British Library (index)	The electronic index to accompany Maps in the atlases of the British Library: a descriptive catalogue c. AD 850-1800 by Rodney Shirley. (There is no conventional printed index in the book). For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
MarciveWeb Docs	Index to United States Federal Government publications from 1976 to the present. For help with this resource: see staff at the Social Sciences Reference Enquiry desk.
Mass Culture and Entertainment in Russia	This series comprises collections of rare, and often unique, materials that offer an insight into the dynamics of cultural and daily life in imperial and Soviet Russia. The series is organized along six thematic lines that together cover the full spectrum of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian culture, ranging from the penny press and high-brow art journals in pre-Revolutionary Russia, to children's magazines and publications on constructivist design in the early Soviet Union. The British Library subscribes to the following databases from this series: Russian Avant-Garde, Screen and Stage, Early Russian Cinema, Cult of : Body Sports and Physical Culture in Russia and World of Children - Artek Pioneer Camp Archive. NB. Printing should be from within the PDF application (not the web browser). For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities, Rare Books & Music or Manuscripts Reference Enquiry desks.
Mass Observation Online	Surveys, interview notes, diaries, reports and photographs that describe in detail aspects of British life in the 1940s and 1950s. Topics covered include attitudes to war, the role of the United Nations, youth crime, radio listening, famous people, and household budgeting. For help with this resource: see staff at the Social Science Reference Enquiry desk.
Maternity and Infant Care	A bibliographic database containing abstracts to journal articles on topics such as the midwifery profession, pregnancy, labour, birth, postnatal care, neonatal care, and the first year of an infant's life. For help with this resource: see staff at the Science Reference Enquiry desks.
Medical Register	An up-to-date register of qualified doctors in the UK. This resource is freely available on the Internet. For help with this resource: see staff at the Science Reference Enquiry desk.
Medieval Family Life	Includes full colour images of the original medieval manuscripts and full text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where available. The original images and the transcriptions can be viewed side by side. For help with this resource: see staff at the Manuscripts Reference Enquiry desk.
Medieval Travel Writing	This project provides an extensive collection of manuscript materials for the study of medieval travel writing in fact and in fantasy. The core of the material is a magnificent collection of medieval manuscripts from libraries around the world and dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries. The main focus is accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and China. The manuscripts are sourced from the British Library; Bodleian Library; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Cambridge University Library; Trinity College, Cambridge; Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek; Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen; the Beinecke Library at Yale University, Trinity College, Dublin and about 15 other Libraries and Archives to make a truly international collection. For help with this resource: see staff at the Manuscripts Reference Enquiry desk.
MEDLINE 1950 to present	Covers journal articles on all aspects of medicine, including dentistry, nursing and veterinary medicine. For help with this resource: see staff at the Science Reference Enquiry desk.
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary	Available on the Encyclopaedia Britannica site. For help with this resource: see staff at the Social Sciences Reference Enquiry desk.
Metadex 1966 to present	A comprehensive source for information on metals and alloys: their properties, manufacturing, applications, and development. For help with this resource: see staff at the Science Reference Enquiry desk.
Micrographia	Micrographia by Robert Hooke printed in London, 1665. Warnock Library copy. NB: CD-ROM available from the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk for use on a standalone terminal only. For help with this resource: see staff at the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk.
Middle English Compendium	Designed to offer easy access to and interconnectivity between three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities, Rare Books & Music or Manuscripts Reference Enquiry desks.
Millennium Earth Images	1000 views of the Earth. Accompanies the Dorling Kindersley World Atlas Millennium Edition on open shelves at Maps Ref.E.5.(World).(29) NB: CD-ROM available from the standalone terminal in the Maps Reading Room. For help with this resource: see staff at the Maps Reference Enquiry desk.
Mintel	Full-text access to Mintel's Horizons UK series which covers an extensive range of consumer and lifestyle markets in the United Kingdom. Printing is not permitted from this database. For help with this resource: see staff at the Business Information Reference Enquiry desk.
MLA International Bibliography	MLA provides bibliographic information on published scholarly documents in a range of subjects including literature, modern languages, linguistics, and folklore. 1926-. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities or Rare Books & Music Reference Enquiry desks.
A Monograph of the Testudinata	A Monograph of the Testudinata by Thomas Bell published in London, 1832-36. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia copy. NB: CD-ROM available from the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk for use on a standalone terminal only. For help with this resource: see staff at the Rare Books Reference Enquiry Desk.
The Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (MOxLAD)	The Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Database (MOxLAD) contains statistical series for a wide range of economic and social indicators covering twenty countries in the region for the period 1870-2010. Its purpose is to provide economic and social historians worldwide with a systematic recompilation of available statistical information in a single on-line source. This resource is freely available on the Internet. For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities Reference Enquiry desks.
Moses Maimonides, Unparalleled Editions Online 15th to 20th century	A selection of Moses Maimonides' works held in the British Library embracing virtually the entire spectrum of this famous Jewish sage's literary output. The sources presented here include the newly digitized original Unparalleled Editions collection of 290 microfiches containing 58 titles which are largely Hebrew printed editions dating from the 16th up to and including the 20th century, and examples of bilingual editions containing Hebrew and either Latin, Judeo-German, or French text. Added to the original collection are six incunabula also from the British Library, which expand and enhance access to Maimonides' life work. For help with this resource: see staff at the Asian & African Studies Reference Enquiry desk.
Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies	Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS), produced by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts a wide range of media from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues from 1988 onwards. Source documents include books, book chapters, journal articles, selected newspaper articles, government documents, conference papers, research reports, theses and multimedia. For help with this resource: see staff at the Social Sciences Reference Enquiry desk.
The Music Index Online	Published since 1949, The Music Index: A Subject-Author Guide to Music Periodical Literature is compiled from over 670 international music periodicals offering the researcher access to a wealth of historiographic, ethnographic, and musicological data. Covers 1976-2006. (NB: Click Reload button if "Data missing" screen appears on reading room terminals.) For help with this resource: see staff at the Humanities or Rare Books & Music Reference Enquiry desks.
Music Publishers' Association Catalogue	Directory of music in print in the UK (December 2007). NB: CD-ROM available from the Music Enquiry Desk for use on a standalone terminal only. For help with this resource: see staff at the Music Enquiry Desk.