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Ancestry Library Edition - the leading online resource for family history research with thousands of sources of information of interest to family history researchers, with more than 1.5 billion names in over 4,000 collections. It includes: UK census records for 1841 - 1901, with images of the original records; Birth, marriage and death indexes; UK and Ireland parish and probate records from the 1500s to the 1800s and Extensive US and other international sources. (free access available in all libraries)
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British Standards Online - the authoritative, and most current site for all BSI publications. Updated daily, the site includes over 38,500 current, draft and historic British Standards, more than 16,000 of which are BSI adopted European and International standards. To access the database click on the BSOL button in the yellow box on the right-hand side of the page. (free access available in all libraries)
Please note that this site is for non-commercial use only and that printing is not possible.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica - this online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica including the complete encyclopaedia as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, the Britannica Book of the Year and an Internet directory.(free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries)
Click here to use Britannica Online Academic Edition for 18+ |
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Click here to use Britannica Junior for 5 - 11 year olds |
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Click here to use Britannica Student for 12 - 18 year olds
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Oxford Art Online - the most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries)
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Oxford Music Online - instant access to the world's premier authority on all aspects of music. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Infotrac Custom Journals - 50 specialist and trade journals across a range of subjects. You can search any one or across the whole range. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Issues Online - this is a database of articles on contemporary social issues. It provides a wide range of information with news and views on various topics, key facts, statistics, newspaper archives, reference sites and research guides. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Newsbank - online access to the full text of a range of UK national, regional and local newspapers. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - online version - contains the stories of over 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to those who died in the year 2001. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Oxford English Dictionary Online - free access to Oxford English Dictionary which is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary in the world. It traces the evolution of more than 600,000 words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources - from classic literature and periodicals to film scripts and pop songs.
Click here to use in a library.
Click here for free home access and enter your membership card number. |
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Oxford Reference Online - an extensive collection of reference works from Accounting to Zoology. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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searchMuze - contains 830,000 music and 108,000 DVD/VHS entries on all UK released music, including pop, classical, sound tracks and spoken word, and also film sound tracks, DVD and VHS. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Times Digital Archive - complete digital edition of the Times (London) from 1785 - 1985, with over 7 million articles. When you enter the site please click on the link for the Times Digital Archive. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries) |
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Who's Who - online access to Who's Who and Who was Who from 1897. Who's Who is the recognised source book of information on people of influence and interest in all fields. (free home access available with membership card number and in all libraries)
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