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The following is a list of Internet Reference sites that are accessible to the following –

  • Holders of a valid UK Library Card
  • International holders of Library Cards

where the library holds a subscription to the site

Joining a Library in the UK is free. To logon, you will need to know in some cases both your library card number and your library's letter identifier (e.g SWI for Swindon or D for Northamptonshire).

Services Available

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Information on how to connect to the services is on the issuing library's website contained in the table below.

The following services are generally available –

  • CANS – Citizens Advice Notes – for legislation and law
  • EBSCO – EBSCO Host – for general reference and scientific papers
  • EBA – Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Academic Edition)
  • EBL – Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (Library Edition)
  • Grove Art – Dictionary of Art and Artists
  • Grove Music – Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  • Infotrac – Newspaper search
  • Times – The Times Digital Archive 1785–2019 – Newspaper search
  • News bank – Newspaper search
  • Know UK – UK specific research topics
  • Kompass – Business and Company information
  • News UK – Newspaper search
  • McGraw – McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science & Technology – Scientific Research
  • ODNBio – The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • OED – The Oxford English Dictionary
  • OROP – Oxford Research, search through all publications from the Oxford University Press
  • xrefer plus – online reference library, includes Who's Who and Debrett's
  • WBO – World Book Online encyclopaedia

Note – not all libraries subscribe to every individual service

Accessing the Services

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Some libraries have individual gateways for these services, generally for the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Use the library homepage link to access these.

Other services such as those provided by Oxford University Press can be used by entering a valid Library Card barcode or membership number.

In the UK, institutions subscribing to the Eduserv Athens package can also access some of these resources.

Subscription Table

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Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Aberdeen [1] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Aberdeenshire [2] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Alderney [3] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Angus [4] Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Argyll & Bute [5] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Barking & Dagenham [6] No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Barnet [7] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Barnsley [8] No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No
Bath & NE Somerset [9] No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bedfordshire [10] No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Belfast [11] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Bexley [12] No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Birmingham [13] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No
Blackburn & Darwen [14] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Blackpool [15] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Blaenau Gwent [16] No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
Bolton [17] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Bournemouth [18] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bracknell Forest [19] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bradford [20] No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Brent [21] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bridgend [22] No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No
Brighton & Hove [23] No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Bristol [24] No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Bromley [25] No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Buckinghamshire [26] No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bury [27] No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Caerphilly [28] No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Calderdale [29] No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Cambridgeshire [30] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Camden [31] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cardiff [32] No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Carmarthenshire [33] No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No
Castletown [34] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Ceredigion [35] No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Cheshire [36] No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
City of London [37] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Clackmannanshire [38] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Conwy [39] No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Cornwall [40] Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Coventry [41] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Croydon [42] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Cumbria [43] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Darlington [44] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Denbighshire [45] No No No Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Derby [46] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Derbyshire [47] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Devon [48] No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Doncaster [49] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Dorset [50] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Douglas [51] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Dudley [52] No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Dumfries & Galloway [53] No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Dundee [54] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Durham County [55] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Ealing [56] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
East Ayrshire [57] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
East Dunbartonshire [58] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No
East Lothian [59] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
East Renfrewshire [60] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No
East Riding of Yorkshire [61] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
East Sussex [62] No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Edinburgh [63] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Enfield [64] No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Essex [65] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Falkirk [66] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Fife [67] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Flintshire [68] No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Gateshead [69] No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Glasgow [70] No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No
Gloucestershire [71] No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Greenwich [72] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Guernsey [73] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Gwynedd [74] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Hackney [75] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Halton [76] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Hammersmith & Fulham [77] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Hampshire [78] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Haringey [79] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Harrow [80] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Hartlepool [81] No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Havering [82] No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Herefordshire [83] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Hertfordshire [84] No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Highlands [85] No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes
Hillingdon [86] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Hounslow [87] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Hull [88] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Inverclyde [89] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Isle of Wight [90] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Islington [91] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Jersey [92] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Kensington & Chelsea [93] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Kent [94] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Kingston upon Thames [95] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Kirklees [96] No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Knowsley [97] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Lambeth [98] No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes No No
Lancashire [99] No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Leeds [100] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Leicester City [101] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Leicestershire [102] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Lewisham [103] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Lincolnshire [104] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Liverpool [105] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Luton [106] No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Manchester [107] No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Medway [108] No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Merthyr Tydfil [109] No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
Merton [110] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Middlesbrough [111] No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Midlothian [112] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Milton Keynes [113] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Monmouthshire [114] No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Moray [115] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No
Neath Port Talbot [116] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No No
Newcastle [117] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Newham [118] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Newport [119] No No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Norfolk [120] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
North Ayrshire [121] No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
North East Lincolnshire [122] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
North Eastern ELB (N.I.) [123] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
North Lanarkshire [124] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
North Lincolnshire [125] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
North Somerset [126] No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
North Tyneside [127] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No
North Yorkshire [128] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Northamptonshire [129] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Northumberland [130] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Nottingham City [131] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Nottinghamshire [132] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Oldham [133] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Onchan [134] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Orkney [135] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Oxfordshire [136] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Peel [137] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Pembrokeshire [138] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Perth & Kinross [139] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Peterborough [140] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Plymouth [141] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Poole [142] No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Portsmouth [143] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Powys [144] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Reading [145] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Redbridge [146] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Redcar & Cleveland [147] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Renfrewshire [148] No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rhondda Cynon Taff [149] No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Richmond upon Thames [150] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Rochdale [151] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Rotherham [152] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Rutland [153] Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
St Helens [154] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Salford [155] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Sandwell [156] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Scottish Borders [157] Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No
Sefton [158] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Sheffield [159] No No No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Shetland [160] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
Shropshire [161] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Slough [162] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Solihull [163] No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No
Somerset [164] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
South Ayrshire [165] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
South Eastern ELB (N.I.) [166] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
South Gloucestershire [167] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
South Lanarkshire [168] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
South Tyneside [169] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Southampton [170] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No No
Southend on Sea [171] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Southern ELB (N.I.) [172] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Southwark [173] No No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Staffordshire [174] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Stirling [175] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Stockport [176] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Stockton-on-Tees [177] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Stoke-on-Trent [178] No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Suffolk [179] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Sunderland [180] No No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Surrey [181] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Sutton [182] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Swansea [183] No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Swindon [184] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tameside [185] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Telford & Wrekin [186] No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Thurrock [187] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Torbay [188] No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Torfaen [189] No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No
Trafford [190] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No
Tower Hamlets [191] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Upper Norwood [192] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Vale of Glamorgan [193] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Wakefield [194] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Walsall [195] No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No Yes
Waltham Forest [196] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Wandsworth [197] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Warrington [198] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Warwickshire [199] No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
West Berkshire [200] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
West Dunbartonshire [201] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No
West Lothian [202] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
West Sussex [203] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Western ELB (N.I.) [204] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Western Isles [205] No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Westminster [206] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Wigan [207] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wiltshire [208] Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Windsor and Maidenhead [209] No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO
Wirral [210] No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Wokingham [211] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No
Wolverhampton [212] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Worcestershire [213] Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Wrexham [214] No No Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No
York [215] No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Library Website CANS EBSCO EBA EBL Grove Art Grove Music Infotrac Times News bank Know UK Kompass News UK McGraw ODNBio OED OROP xrefer plus WBO

Sites in more detail

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CANS Advice Notes

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CANS Advice Notes is a detailed summary of the laws of England, Wales and Scotland. It is compiled from the original Parliament sources – statutes and statutory instruments. Statutes give the "bare bones" of legislation and statutory instruments give the "more meaty stuff"; such as how an Act of Parliament will be implemented.

CANS Advice Notes:

  • Tells you what the law is.
  • Explains the law.
  • Puts the law in context with previous legislation.
  • Explains how the laws relate to each other.
  • Gives you detailed relevant legal references.
  • Keeps you up-to-date with all the latest amendments.

http://www.cans.org.uk/

EBSCO

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The EBSCO UK Reference Centre contains full text and bibliographic information for general reference publications, including journals, biographies and images, some dating back to 1975.

http://www.ebscohost.com/

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

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The Encyclopædia Britannica. The world's most famous and respected multi-volume encyclopaedia and the oldest continuously published reference work in the English language. The current edition runs to 32 volumes. The library version of Britannica Online also includes access to:

  • Britannica Student Encyclopaedia, designed for middle and secondary school students.
  • Britannica Junior, designed for primary school students.
  • A wide selection of full-text magazines and journals;
  • Links to over 200,000 web-sites carefully selected by the EB editorial team.

The Academic Version of the Encyclopaedia is also available from some libraries.

http://eb.com/

Grove Art Online

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This resource provides web access to the entire text of the Grove Dictionary of Art, (published in 1996 in 34 volumes) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, (2001).

Over 6,600 scholars contributed to "The Dictionary of Art" , which contains 41,000 articles.

  • Simple keyword searching provides full text access to all articles.
  • Over 1,500 art images and line drawings.
  • Fully cross-referenced.
  • Updated monthly with new and revised material.

http://www.groveart.com/

Grove Music Online

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The world's leading musical reference source consists of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001, 29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2001).

  • Regular updates with both additions and revisions.
  • Search by article title or full text.
  • Separate search options for biographies.
  • Over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations.

http://www.grovemusic.com

Infotrac

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Custom Newspaper Database. Infotrac is a full text archive of UK daily and Sunday newspapers. The archives are updated daily so you should be able to search yesterday's paper by midday, any day.

You can search all of these titles simultaneously, by:

  • title
  • headline
  • date
  • author
  • section
  • keyword

or any other method you choose.

You can search the whole backfile of all titles at once; one title on a specific day; a selection of titles over a specific period of time; or any combination of these.

It is very easy to use; full text articles are displayed; they can be printed, downloaded or e-mailed directly to yourself or anyone you think may be interested.

Current titles

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/

The Times Digital Archive

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With The Times Digital Archive 1785–2019, researchers now have an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context. Every complete page of every issue of The Times from 1785 to 2019.

Every:

  • headline
  • article
  • image
  • front page
  • editorial
  • birth and death notice
  • advertisement
  • classified ad

that appeared within the pages of The Times is easily accessible in what is a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period.

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/

KnowUK

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KnowUK is an online service developed to provide libraries with a complete collection of current, useful and UK-specific reference information from over 100 of the most widely used reference publications in the UK.

http://www.knowuk.co.uk/

Kompass

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Kompass Online provides details of nearly 1 million companies in the UK and Europe, with bias towards the industrial /manufacturing sector.

Details available include:

  • Comphrehensive list of products and services provided.
  • Contact Information
  • Names and positions of senior executives
  • Financial Information

Not all details are available.

Kompass provides several quick and easy searches, including type of product or service, or company name. The advanced search facility allows you to combine several criteria to narrow your search.

http://www.kompass.com/

NewsUK

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NewsUK, from where you can access newspapers such as the Times, Guardian, Mail and Liverpool Echo and some magazine titles such as the Economist and New Statesman.

http://www.newsuk.co.uk/

Newsbank

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Infoweb NewsBank Newspapers – U.K., and Ireland Full-text content of local and regional newspapers. Includes; Bristol Evening Post, The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, The Daily Mirror, The Sunday Mirror, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Economist, The Evening Standard, The Express, The Express on Sunday, The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Irish Independent, The Sunday Independent, The News of the World, The Observer, The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Western Daily Press.

http://www.newsbank.com/

McGraw

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The McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology with full-text online encyclopaedic entries on subject areas including: recent scientific research topics and developments, biographies of scientists, dictionary of scientific terminology, late-breaking science and technology news headlines, and much more.

http://www.accessscience.com

Oxford Reference Online Premium

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This resource includes over 100 Oxford University Press reference books from the standard Oxford Reference Online (comprising dictionary, language reference and subject reference works), plus a range of key titles from the "Oxford Companions" series, as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The whole package is fully indexed and cross-searchable, providing straightforward access to an array of information sources.

Some key subject areas:

  • Art & Architecture
  • Bilingual Dictionaries
  • Computing
  • Economics & Business
  • Medicine
  • History
  • Science

http://www.oxfordreference.com/

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

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Originally issued in 1900, the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is a biographical reference resource that has now been expanded and updated.

The new version includes:

  • Over 50,000 biographies of the men and women who have shaped British history.
  • 60,000,000 words.
  • The equivalent of 60 huge volumes of print.
  • Cross-referencing of the whole text.
  • Numerous search options, from the basic to the most complex.
  • Over 10,000 images, searchable separately, also cross-referenced and including copyright information.
  • Links to external web resources next to each article.

http://www.oxforddnb.com/

For a list of subscribed libraries see http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/freeodnb/libraries/

Oxford English Dictionary

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The Oxford English Dictionary is the most famous dictionary in the world, and the accepted authority on the evolution of the English Language. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. This resource provides access to the full 20 volume print edition, and is updated quarterly with at least 1000 new and revised entries.

http://dictionary.oed.com/

xreferplus

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Virtual reference library. This resource allows you to search the full text of 100 reputable reference books simultaneously.

There are detailed help pages to instruct you in the most effective search techniques.

Detailed citations recording exactly where the information was taken from (title of the book, publisher, edition).

Pictures (including the Bridgeman Art Library Archive of some 17,000 images).

Sound files to aid with pronunciation.

Some of the titles available are:

http://www.xreferplus.com/

World Book Online

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The World Book Encyclopedia, an online reference encyclopaedia and resource. You can access all the articles from the 22 volume World Book Encyclopaedia plus thousands more. Includes a wide range of illustrations, animations and audio clips.

http://www.worldbookonline.com/

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