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biab online contains material from the following datasets:

biab - the british & irish archaeological bibliography, produced from 1997 to the present day and continuing.

BAB - The British Archaeological Bibliography, which was established as a separate organisation in 1991 and began publication in 1992, following the retirement of Cherry Lavell from the CBA. BAB become the British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography in 1997, to reflect the addition of the Irish Heritage Council to the consortium that funds the bibliography.

BAA - British Archaeological Abstracts - also published by the CBA, and edited by Cherry Lavell - was a twice-yearly compilation featuring the latest and most significant archaeological publications. It was published from 1968 to 1991.

ABGBI - The Archaeological Bibliography for Great Britain & Ireland, published by the CBA, which provided comprehensive, indexed listings for publications from 1940 to 1980 (originally under the title Archaeological Bulletin for the British Isles).

Reports of the Committee on Ancient Earthworks & Fortified Enclosures [of the Congress of Archaeological Societies] for 1906 to 1939.

A guide to the Historical and Archaeological Publications of Societies in England and Wales 1901-1933 by E L C Mullins.

The Index of Archaeological Papers produced by the Gomme family between 1892 and 1910. This was a retrospective compilation, and it included the works of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century antiquaries.

The conversion from published volumes onto computer was funded by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (now part of English Heritage), with additional assistance from The British Academy. Subsequent work on the computerisation and database design was undertaken initially by the CBA and others, and further developed by Karen Walford of Azuli IT Services.

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