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To help you with your research we have over 800 electronic databases. (Our database lists include useful websites and journal collection search interfaces, where you can search for articles across a range of journal titles.)

NB: Most databases are Library subscribed and, owing to licensing reasons, are only available from British Library workstations within the Library's Reading Rooms and Business & IP Centre.

Remote Eresources is a pilot service, providing access to three historical Readex newspaper collections. It allows St Pancras registered readers, with a valid photographic pass, to access remotely (where licensing and technology permit) electronic resources normally only available in the British Library's reading rooms.

New resources

• Newly acquired databases available in the London Reading Rooms

Availability by title

• Databases in the London Reading Rooms

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• Databases in the Boston Spa Reading Room

Availability by subject/format

• Arts and Humanities: by subject
  
  
• Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections:
  • English language - alphabetical by title
  • Non-English language - alphabetical by title
• Business & Intellectual Property
  


• Manuscripts: alphabetical by title
  


• Maps: alphabetical by title; by subject
  
  
• Newspapers:
  • Abstracts and indexes to newspapers and journals
  • Full-text word-searchable newspapers and journals
  • Chronological and subject-based guides
  • Other newspapers eresources
• Science: by subject; alphabetical by title
  


• Social Science and Official Publications: by subject

Remote Eresources

Our Remote Eresources pilot service provides registered St Pancras Reader Pass holders with remote access to:

• Biblioboard
• Credo Reference
• Early American Newspapers, Series 1
• Foreign Broadcast Information Service 1974-1996
• Latin American Newspapers Series 1, 1805-1922
• US Congressional Serial Set
• World newspaper Archive: African Newspapers, 1800-1922

Looking for electronic journals?

Search over 45,000 electronic journals. Alternatively, many eJournal collections allow you to cross search titles for articles.