It indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings and dissertations, exhibition and dealer's catalogs, and articles from over 4,000 periodicals. The online version of BHA currently covers 1991 to 1999, but will soon be extended to 2001. Compiled over a period of 15 years, it represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around the world, each writing on his or her own specialist field of study. As an innovative collaboration among scientific societies and institutes, libraries, universities and the commercial sector, BioOne is providing an unprecedented level of online access to peer-reviewed research results and other scientific information. The titles in BioOne are published by major scientific societies and other nonprofit organizations.
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Researchers may access BioOne remotely using the McMaster Web Proxy Service , make copies of articles for use in reserves and coursepacks, and for classroom instruction. Nor is there similarly a Canadian humour, nor any particular Canadian way of being funny. The Division of Archives and Research Collections has risen to the challenge of Professor Leacock's denial. Among the works exhibited are those of Thomas Chandler Haliburton, W.J. Bengough, Pierre Berton, W.O. Mitchell, and Farley Mowat. With great difficulty we were even able to cull a few humorous works from Professor Leacock's meager pen.