Online resources

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100s of online reference books, encyclopaedias and articles free. All the resources below marked 'Universal' can be accessed from home. Just enter your Library Membership Number with no spaces (including LDP) at the library sign in/ log in page. Not a member?  join the library.  

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Ancestry.com

Billions of records for family history research

All Libraries

Art index

Index to articles on Art and related topics

Central
Art Sales Index

Find out the value of fine art

Central

Britannica -Encyclopaedia Britannica

World-renowned content with many enhanced features unique to the online edition e.g. video clips

Universal

Britannica Student     

As above for 12-18s

Universal

Britannica Junior

As above for 5-11s

Universal

British Standards Free access to thousands of current, draft and historical British standards. Updated daily with full text and technical diagrams for each standard. Universal
Business and Company ASAP Providing access to a wide range of business and management journals, providing in-depth research on companies, products, markets, industries, and the economy. All Libraries

CANS Citizens advice notes

Online UK legal publication that provides low-cost, accurate and up-to-date legal information.

Central

COBRA

Complete Business Reference Advisor

Universal

Custom UK Journals Gives access to a range of 50 journals and magazines, from Good Housekeeping to New Scientist, most are full text All Libraries

Design and Applied Art Index

Index to articles from 450 international craft and design journals since 1973 and includes data on over 50,000 designers, craftspeople, studios, workshops and companies.

Central

European Sources Online

European Sources Online provides information on the EU and the wider Europe, focusing on its institutions, structures, countries, regions, people, policies and processes.

All Libraries

KnowUK  

Over 100 reference publications - includes NewsUK and is cross searchable

Universal

MPA Catalogue of printed Music

 Up-to-the-minute listing of music publications available in the UK. With instant online updates, the Catalogue contains nearly 450,000 entries. Central
Naxos Music Library A collection of music available for online listening. It contains the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, plus selections from other labels. 170,000 plus tracks - mainly classical music but also includes jazz, world, folk and Chinese music. Universal
NewsUK UK national and local news online Universal
Nineteenth Century Newspapers Explore over 2 million pages of nineteenth century British Library newspapers.  All text fully searchable with keywords. Universal

Origins network

Family History research resource featuring comprehensive and exclusive British and Irish record collections dating back to the 13thC, as well as rare and unique photos and books.

Central

Oxford Art Online  

Oxford Art Online is an innovative new gateway that offers users the ability to access and search the vast content of Grove Art Online and Oxford art reference in one location. A virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth.

Universal

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography   

57,000 specially written illustrated biographies of those who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2006. 

Universal

Oxford English Dictionary

The definitive English language reference dictionary

Universal

Oxford Music Online  

The most authoritative music reference source, Oxford Music Online is a new gateway that offers users the ability, for the first time ever, to access and cross-search the vast resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. Grove Music Online, has been completely redesigned with a number of functional enhancements and new content. Regular updates and audio musical examples. Now also contains The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

Universal

Oxford Reference Online premium collection

Unparalleled collection of 200+ reference books covers everything from accountancy to zoology.

Universal

SearchRED 

Information on music recordings, DVDs

Central

Times digital archive

200 years of Times newspaper

Universal

Trustfunding

Find grants

Larger libraries

Who's Who and Who was Who

Who’s Who: the essential directory of noteworthy and influential people from all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide, and Who Was Who: over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who’s Who dating back to 1898: the definitive roll-call of the last 150 years of British history.

Universal

Which? Extra online

Up-to-the-minute consumer buying guides (see pdf on the right hand side of this page)

Larger libraries


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