This is the alphabetical list of external databases that KBR gives you access to.
For an overview of databases by subject, check the page Databases by subject.
To access the databases remotely, please log in to your MyKBR account. You need an e-resources subscription or a valid reader’s card for this. Resources marked with an asterisk (*) can only be consulted on site at KBR for legal reasons.
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Acta Sanctorum
Database that contains a collection of documents (including an index) on the lives of Catholic saints.
Log inAfrican Newsstream
Provides access to more than 100 African information sources, such as The International Herald Tribune, Africa News Services, BBC Monitoring Africa, etc.
Log inAmerica History and Life with Full Text
Provides access to books and journals on history and culture of the United States of America and Canada.
Log inAncestry Library Edition
Genealogical database containing billions of civil statistics, census and military records from Canada, the USA and some European countries.
Log inL’Année Philologique
Bibliographical database concerning all aspects of Greek-Roman Antiquity. References are augmented with summaries.
Log inArt Sales Catalogues Online
Online catalogues of art sales between 1600 and 1900, supplemented by The Lugt’s Repertoire.
Log inARTSTOR – now only available via JSTOR
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.
Log in https://www-jstor-org.kbr.idm.oclc.org/images
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.
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Bibliographie 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 inBibliothecae codicum medii aevi * – Soon unavailable
Database of medieval libraries and manuscripts in Europe, based on the extended and completed publication from Sigrid Krämer : “Handschriftenerbe’s Sigrid Krämer“. The access codes for this resources are available at the desk.
Log inBiblissima
Reference portal for the Western written heritage of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Sanderus electronicus project led by KBR is part of the Biblissima partnerships.
Log inBiblioJazz
Participatory bibliographic database on jazz and related music.
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.
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Cairn.info
French database that specialises in humanities and social sciences. It gives access to journals, books, pocket encyclopaedia and full text magazines.
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 inCDU Online *
See UDC Online.
Chicago Tribune
Investigative and famous American newspapers (24 Pulitzer prizes since 1932).
Log inClavis Clavium
Bibliographic database in Open Access. Based on 4 claves (Clavis Patrum Latinorum, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, Clavus Patrum Graecorum, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca), it offers essential information for researchers specialising in Paleochristian, Medieval and Byzantine literature.
Log inCoinArchives Pro *
Lists worldwide auctions of coins and medals. The access codes for this resource are available at the desk.
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Database of Latin Dictionaries – Soon unavailable
Database giving access to 24 dictionaries from Antiquity to Modern times through Medieval times. It also includes thematic dictionaries.
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Early 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 inElectre *
Contains bibliographic data of French books published or to be published, available or out of print.
Please request the access codes for this resource from a librarian in the reading room.
Log inElectronic Enlightenment – Soon unavailable
A Bodleian Library project, it provides access to over 69,000 letters from correspondents around the world between 1600 and 1850. It includes private conversations of great personalities such as Voltaire, Louis XVI, Jane Austen, Erasmus and Françoise de Graffigny, as well as biographical notes and academic annotations.
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 African American History, 1619-1895
Gathers articles about African-American history, from the colonial period to the age of Frederick Douglass.
Log inEncyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
Gathers articles about African-American history, from the Reconstruction Era to today (2008).
Log inEncyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition
Contains more than 30 000 articles on all aspects of popular music from 1900 to today.
Log inEuropa Sacra
Database of Church prelates in the Middle Ages.
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.
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Frantext – Soon unavailable
Database representing the use of written French from the Middle Ages to the present day. Lexical and grammatical searches are conducted in a corpus of more than 5,000 references, including texts of classical literature as well as cookery and geography manuals, linguistic treatises or contemporary novels.
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Global 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 inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang
Online dictionary of English slang words.
Log inThe Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition
Online dictionary on music in all its forms.
Log inThe Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
Encyclopedic articles on American art.
Log inThe Guardian and The Observer
The archives of these two historical newspapers, available from 1791 to 2003, provide unmatched coverage of the arts, politics, public affairs and sports. These two British newspapers and famous defenders of press freedom offer a unique perspective on historical events.
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The Hartford Courant
The archives of this historical newspaper, available from 1764 to 1996, gives access to documentation of the movement for independence, the Revolutionary War, slavery in early American life and the writings of Mark Twain.
Log inHistoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire
This portal offers documents on the history of ideas and literary criticism; focusing on the contemporary period, from the 19th century to the present. You will find studies on great French-speaking writers (from Musset to Bauchau), but also on literary myths, Europe in literature or women in entertainment.
Log inHistorical Abstracts with Full Text
Collection of articles, reports and bibliographies of books on history, culture, social sciences, arts and military sciences.
Log inHistorical Newspapers
Database providing access to the full text of the archives of several Anglo-Saxon newspapers of international audience such as The Guardian en The Observer, The Hartford Courant, The New York Times with Index, The New York Tribune and Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
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In Principio
One million Latin ‘incipits’ about history, literature, philosophy and religion.
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.
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JSTOR
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 ARTSTORK
Knowledge 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, …
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Latin American Newsstream
Provides access to nearly 90 Latin American information sources, such as El Universal, O Globo, La Nación, El Mercurio, etc.
Log inLexikon des Mittelalters Online
Database that provides access to articles, books, bibliographies and indexes concerning the Middle Ages (culture, history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, science …).
Log inLibrary of Latin Texts Complete Online
Database offering more than 5 000 Latin texts on literature and social sciences. It includes the A Series and the B Series.
Log in to the A Series Log in to the B SeriesLibrary Information & Science Technology Abstracts with Full Text (LISTA)
Bibliographic data for information professionals and libraries. It contains 440 references on library science, media and communications, information science and technology.
Log inLos Angeles Times
One of the largest American metropolitan newspapers that have won numerous journalism awards, including 37 Pulitzer prizes.
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The Making of the Modern World
Bibliographic data and digitised texts on economic themes in the broad sense: political science, history, sociology, finance, colonisation …
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 inMLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography with Full Text
Annual bibliography of books and articles from around the world on languages, modern literature, linguistics, folklore, etc.
Log in to MLA with Full Text Log in to MLA Directory of PeriodicalsMosa
Database harvesting institutional repositories to centralize the Open Access scientific production of Belgium and Luxembourg.
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The 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)The New York Tribune and Herald Tribune
The archives of these annexes to The New York Times, available from 1841 to 1962, cover major events at the turn of the 20th century. Texts by Theodore Roosevelt, Margaret Fuller, Karl Marx and Frederic Engels are also included.
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OECD iLibrary
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s virtual library, which gives access to books, journals and statistics on economy, development, education, finance, etc.
Log inOpenBook 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 Books
One of the four OpenEdition platforms (OpenEdition Books, OpenEdition Journals, Calenda, Hypothèses). It offers more than 12.000 electronic books in the field of humanities and social sciences.
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 American Law
Encyclopedic articles on American law.
Log inThe Oxford Companion to American Military History
More than 1000 encyclopedic articles on American wars through various themes: history, literature, arts…
Log inThe Oxford Companion to American Politics
Encyclopedic articles on all aspects of American political life.
Log inThe Oxford Companion to the American Musical
Encyclopedic articles on the American theater scene.
Log inThe Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2nd edition
Encyclopedic articles on legal decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Log inThe Oxford Companion to the United States History
More than 1500 encyclopedic articles on American history, politics, culture, arts, sciences, …
Log inThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Labor, and Economic History
Encyclopedic articles on American economic history.
Log inThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Culture and Intellectual History
Encyclopedic articles on American values, aspirations, anxieties, and beliefs.
Log inThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
Encyclopedic articles on key points of American military history.
Log inThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History
Encyclopedic articles on American legal and political history.
Log inThe Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History
Encyclopedic articles regarding American social history.
Log inThe Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Online dictionary of military terms, weapons, vehicles, medals, famous people and battles of the American army.
Log inThe Oxford Guide to the United States Government
Contains all biographies of American political figures.
Log inOxford Music Online
Gateway offering access to dictionaries and encyclopaedias on music.
Log inOxford Scholarship Online – Philosophy – Soon unavailable
The Philosophy collection of the Oxford Scholarship Online platform provides access to over a thousand philosophy titles from 1963 to the present.
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Patrologia Latina
Contains original texts on Christianity, including prefatory material, original texts, critical apparatus and indexes.
Log inPeriodicals Archive Online
Journals and full text articles on humanities and social sciences.
Log inPeriodicals Index Online
Contains more than 20 million full text articles on humanities and social sciences.
Log inProQuest Research Library
Database that contains millions of full-access articles from scientific, literary, historical, artistic, … journals.
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Répertoire 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 & IrelandRoyal Geographical Society (with IBG)
The archives of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) provide primary sources (maps, atlases, expedition reports, …) from 1485 to 1983 on geography (human, historical and cultural), colonial and decolonization studies and the environment.
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Scriptores possessoresque codicum medii aevi * – Soon unavailable
Database of medieval manuscript’s scribes and owners, based on the extended and completed publications “Scriptores codicum medii aevi” and “Possessores codicum medii aevi” from Sigrid Krämer. The access codes for this resource are available at the desk.
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Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) * – Soon unavailable
Digital library of Greek texts from Antiquity to the Modern Period.
Access is strictly reserved to KBR Staff Members.
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UDC Online *
Library Database for the use of the Universal Decimal Classification. KBR grant access to the French and the Nederlands version of the UDC Online. The access codes for this resources are available at the desk.
Log in to the French version Log in to the Nederlands versionUN iLibrary
The United Nations’ virtual library. It give access to books and articles on democracy, economy, environment, human rights, health, etc.
Log inUS 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
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Van Dale
Dutch Reference Dictionary. KBR gives access to the explanatory dictionary (or Dikke Van Dale) and to a translation tool (Van Dale Online), in English, French, German, Dutch, and Spanish. The resource also contains the Oxford Dictionary of English and its thesaurus.
Log in to Dikke Van Dale Log in to Van Dale OnlineW
The Wall Street Journal
American newspaper considered as the leading publication for economic news and information on global financial markets. The archives (1889-2004) cover international and American business, financial news and in-depth financial analyses on the world’s stock market.
Log in to the online archives (1889-2004) Log in to the online newspaper (1984-present)The Washington Post
American journal well known for in-depth news and analyses of American politics. The archives (1877-2005) provide political and governmental news. This newspaper won Pulitzer prizes for its articles on the Watergate scandal (1972-1974).
Log in to the online archives (1877-2005) Log in to the online newspaper (1984-present)