Online reference databases
Please note that access from outside the libraries will require you to log in using your library card number (e.g. DD123456789000) to each individual database.
Art and Culture
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BFI Screenonline
Guide to Britain's film and TV history. Watch video clips from the best of British film
and television over the past hundred years.
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John Johnson Collection: An archive of printed ephemera
This collection offers unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in
Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Oxford Art Online
Includes Grove Art Online, the Benezit Dictionary of Artists, the Encyclopedia of
Aesthetics, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Concise Oxford
Dictionary of Art Terms, as well as many specially commissioned articles and bibliographies available exclusively online.
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Oxford Music Online
The ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide: from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues. Includes Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians; Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music; Grove Music Online and the Oxford Companion to Music.
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Biography
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Crockfords Clerical Directory
Biographies of over 25,000 Anglican clergy in the UK. Details of English, Welsh and Irish benefices and churches.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Contains 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000.
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Who's Who / Who Was Who
Who's Who is the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide. Who Was Who contains over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who's Who dating back to 1898.
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Business
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British Standards
Full-text standards (including International and European Standards.
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General Reference, Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
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BDSlite Catalogue
Search books, DVDs, games and CDs currently available in the UK and those that are out-of-print.
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Credo Reference
Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
This is a powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior (Age Group 5 to 11)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Student (Age Group 12 to 18)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Library Edition
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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Include books on history, wildlife and science, including titles from Dorling Kindersley which are fully illustrated and specifically written for younger readers aged 6-14.
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Oxford Dictionaries Pro
Offers quick search access to definitions of words, phrases, and idioms, with expert guidance on style and usage, grammar, and spelling; plus specialist guides for legal and technical writing.
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Oxford English Dictionary
Guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.
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Oxford Reference Online
An online reference library combining in-depth content offered by titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum.
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Legal and Government publications
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Cans Legal Information
A detailed summary the original parliamentary sources, statutes and statutory instruments in England, Wales and Scotland. Available in libraries only. Book a library computer
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Official Publications Online
Web based subscription service that offers instant, searchable access to Legislation, Command and House papers, Hansard, etc. However we only have full text access to London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes. If you wish to register as an individual registered user and receive OPO Newsletters and email alerts please contact us. Available in libraries only. Book a library computer
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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Last updated: Wednesday 08 May 2013, 10:54