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BESS: Buried Electronic Serials Search

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List of Databases Included

Click on the first letter of the periodical title that you are looking for (ignore initial articles.) If the title begins with a number, select "Num" (e.g. 19th Century Music).

Or search for specific titles, title words, or ISSNs. Use * as a wildcard: comput* finds computer, computing, computational...

Or browse journal titles by broad subject categories. Reminder: this is NOT an index to periodicals. Please see the Electronic Resources page for a list of indexes that will help you find articles published in these and other journals. A librarian will be able to help you if you have questions.


Search the online catalog for journals in paper owned by the Library.

BESS allows users to find full-text articles within journals and newspapers that are only accessible in aggregator databases (e.g., Expanded Academic ASAP, EbscoHost, Lexis-Nexis). These databases offer some full-text of journals. BESS also provides access to e-journals available through JSTOR, Project Muse, BioOne, and other e-journal vendors. Access to BESS is restricted to Lawrence faculty, staff and students.

Occasionally, resources are unavailable due to network slow-downs; try again later. If that doesn't seem to help, contact the reference desk.