The following is a list of Internet Reference sites that are accessible to the following –
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).
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 –
Note – not all libraries subscribe to every individual service
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.
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 |
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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 | No | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
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.
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:
The Academic Version of the Encyclopaedia is also available from some libraries.
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.
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).
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:
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/
With The Times Digital Archive 1785–1985, 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 1985.
Every:
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 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.
Kompass Online provides details of nearly 1 million companies in the UK and Europe, with bias towards the industrial /manufacturing sector.
Details available include:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
http://www.oxfordreference.com/
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:
For a list of subscribed libraries see http://www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/freeodnb/libraries/
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.
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:
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/