African Newsstream
Provides access to more than 100 African information sources, such as The International Herald Tribune, Africa News Services, BBC Monitoring Africa, etc.
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Image database featuring images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in an easily-navigated repository. This resource is now only available via JSTOR.
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Asian Newsstream
Provides access to more than 60 national and regional Asian information sources such as The Wall Street Journal Asia, China News and The Bangkok Post.
Log inAustralia & New Zealand Newsstream
Provides access to the leading Australian and New Zealand newspapers such as The Age, The Dominion Post, The Australian and The Mercury.
Log inBibliographie de Civilisation médiévale
Multilingual bibliographic database from the famous Cahiers de Civilisation médiévale (1958-2003). Originally dedicated to the High Middle Ages, today it also covers Late Antiquity and Late Middle Ages, with more than 64 000 references.
Log inBrill’s Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Online
Reference medievalist encyclopedia. It covers all aspects of medieval life : religion, economy, literature, living conditions, etc.
Log inCanadian Newsstream
Gathers more than 360 contemporary Canadian newspapers and their archives since the 1970’s, including Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail.
Log inCBS News 60 Minutes
Provides access to the archives (1977-2014) of the American television programme 60 Minutes. The database contains video files and their transcripts.
Log inChicago Tribune
Investigative and famous American newspapers (24 Pulitzer prizes since 1932).
Log inEarly English Books Online
Provides access to digital versions of over 130 000 printed works in English speaking countries between 1473 and 1700. They cover many disciplines: art, history, literature, music, science, theology …
Log inEncyclopaedia Britannica
English-speaking encyclopaedia of reference. Gathers generalist articles, atlases, primary sources, definitions of the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and English-speaking periodicals in the field oh humanities and social sciences.
Log inEncyclopaedia Universalis
French-speaking encyclopaedia of reference. Gathers more than 320 000 generalist articles, 125 000 definitions, 30 000 audio-visual media and an international atlas.
Log inEncyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition
Contains more than 30 000 articles on all aspects of popular music from 1900 to today.
Log inEuropean Newsstream
Provides access to more than 450 European information sources such as the Baltic News Services, Les Echos, Le Monde, The Guardian, etc.
Log inGlobal Breaking Newswires
News database providing access to newswires from around the world, including the AFP, AP, Dow Jones Industrial News, Canadian Press, etc.
Log inGlobal Newsstream
Provides access to the most important international and contemporary newspapers and their archives since the eighties, such as The Financial Times, El Mundo, South China Morning Post, etc.
Log inThe Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition
Online dictionary on music in all its forms.
Log inIndex to Printed Music – Soon unavailable
Bibliographic database on music.
Log inInternational African Bibliography Online
International and interdisciplinary bibliographic database on African studies with more than 140 000 references.
Log inInternational Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance – Soon unavailable
International reference bibliography of academic publications on the Renaissance and the Modern period. It completes the International Medieval Bibliography and the Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale.
Log inInternational Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
Supplement of the Lexikon des Mittelalters Online, this encyclopaedia covers the medieval period (300-1500) of Europe, North Africa and the Middle-East.
Log inInternational Medieval Bibliography
Multidisciplinary bibliographic reference database for studies on the Middle Ages in Europe.
Log inInternational Newsstream
Provides recent international news outside the USA, with archives. The database contains the full text from over 660 world newspapers such as The Times, The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Jerusalem Post, etc.
Log inInternet Archive
Digital Library dedicated to archiving the web. It contains more than 735 billion web pages, 41 million books, 22 million multimedia documents (audio and video), 4 million images and 890.000 software programmes from all over the world. Internet Archive includes:
- The Wayback Machine: web pages
- Books to Borrow: digitised books subject to copyright
- Open Library: free access digitised books
- TV News: TV broadcasts
- Understanding 9/11: archive of TV programmes about 9/11
- Live Music Archive: filmed music concerts
- The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection: audio recordings of public domain texts
- Internet Arcade: online video games from 1970 to 2000
- Console Living Room: video games on home consoles
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: museum image gallery
- Cleveland Museum of Art: museum image gallery
To access all these document on the Internet Archive, it is necessary to create a free user account.
Log inJSTOR
Database that provides access to journals and e-books in full text in the domains of arts and sciences. Since April 2024, JSTOR has also provided access to the full content of ARTSTOR, including photos and works of art from museums.
Log in to JSTOR (documents) Log in to JSTOR (images), formerly ARTSTORKnowledge Unlatched
Collaboration between libraries and publishers to ensure open access to scientific literature. This database covers the following disciplines: anthropology, history, literature, media and communication, politics, …
Log inLatin American Newsstream
Provides access to nearly 90 Latin American information sources, such as El Universal, O Globo, La Nación, El Mercurio, etc.
Log inLos Angeles Times
One of the largest American metropolitan newspapers that have won numerous journalism awards, including 37 Pulitzer prizes.
Log inMiddle East Newsstream
Provides access to more than 130 information sources from the Arabic world, Southwest Asia and surrounding countries. The database contains the full text from several newspapers such as Gulf Daily News, Palestine Chronicles, Le Temps, Sudan Tribune, etc.
Log inMosa
Database harvesting institutional repositories to centralize the Open Access scientific production of Belgium and Luxembourg.
Log inThe New York Times (with Index)
The renowned American newspaper gives access to its archives (1851-2018) and to early 20th century news. The newspaper publishes all important texts, including speeches and presidential press conferences. An index for politics, economics, art, culture, history, sports and public affaires is available.
Log in to the online archives (1851-2018) Log in to the online newspaper (1980-present)OpenBook Publishers
OpenBook Publishers is an academic Open Access publisher. Thanks to KBR’s partnership, you have access to all the e-books available on the platform, both in streaming, in ePub and PDF.
Log inOpenEdition Journals
One of the four OpenEdition platforms (OpenEdition Books, OpenEdition Journals, Calenda, Hypothèses). It offers more than 500 journals in the fields of humanities and social sciences. (Previously Revues.org.).
Log inThe Oxford Companion to the American Musical
Encyclopedic articles on the American theater scene.
Log inOxford Music Online
Gateway offering access to dictionaries and encyclopaedias on music.
Log inRépertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) with Full Text
Comprehensive index of articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, (master’s) theses, films, drawings, comments and reviews on music.
Log inRetrospective Index to Music Periodicals (RIPM)
Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text is an international database containing detailed analysis of musical history and culture from 1800 and 1950. It is completed by the RIPM Preservation Series: European & North American Music Periodicals, which contains about 100 rare full-text music journals from around the world.
Log in to RIPM with Full Text Log in to RIPM Preservation SeriesRIPM Jazz Periodicals with Full Text
Unique collection of 105 periodicals on jazz and its history.
Log in to RIPM Jazz Periodicals with Full TextRépertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM)
Bibliographies of musical sources (manuscripts and printed works, writings on music, books …) in the world. There is a version dedicated to English sources.
Log in to RISM Log in to RISM Belgium Log in to RISM UK & IrelandUS Major Dailies
Gathers the five most respected American national and regional newspapers and their archives : Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post.
Log inUS Newsstream
Gathers recent American news with archives from the 1980’s. The database contains the full text from more than 590 newspapers such as The New York Times, Los Angeles, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, etc. US Newsstream includes the following collections:
- US Hispanic Newsstream
- US Major Dailies
- US Midwest Newsstream
- US North Central Newsstream
- US Northeast Newsstream
- US South Central Newsstream
- US Southeast Newsstream
- US West Newsstream
* Resources marked with an asterisk (*) can only be consulted on site at KBR for legal reasons.