Online fact-finder
A range of excellent, free research resources
You can browse through newspaper archives and look up words and definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and a whole lot more!
Ancestry Library Edition
Major family history resource including UK & Ireland Census collections 1841-1901, plus birth, marriage and death records ... and much more. Only available in the library.
Britannica Junior
Encyclopaedia Britannica for ages 5-11.
Britannica Student
Encyclopaedia Britannica for ages 12 - 18.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica for ages 18+.
Issues Online
Comprehensive reference source with articles on a wide range of topics addressing contemporary social issues, e.g. rights and discrimination, drugs, crime and the environment. Provides articles with news and views on each topic, key facts and statistics, lobby group links, newspaper archives, reference sites, research guides and glossaries plus assignment/debate suggestions. Very useful for school projects and general interest.
John Johnson
This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Categories include Nineteenth-Century Entertainment, the Booktrade, Popular Prints, Crimes, Murders and Executions, and Advertising.
NewsUK
NewsUK provides national and regional news, combining the most popular British newspaper titles in one database. It keeps you up-to-date with day-to-day information, looking through various established newspapers and magazines giving you an array of views and opinions on one story line or subject. About 100 newspaper and magazine titles are included in the database.
Oxford Art Online
Includes the full text of the 34-volume Dictionary of Art plus the Oxford Companion to Western Art. Covers all aspects of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day - painting, architecture, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, jewellery, metalwork and much more. Contains over 2,500 images. Links to a wide range of relevant websites.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond.
Oxford English Dictionary
Updated version of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford Music Online
Full text of the New Grove Dictionaries of Music & Musicians, Opera and Jazz.
Oxford Reference Online
Brings together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest reference publishers into a single cross-searchable resource.
Times Digital Archive
Times Newspaper 1785-1985 cover-to-cover.
