Online resources in our libraries
The services listed below are available at your local library and the weblinks are to those which are available from home using your library card number.
Collect your library membership card and PIN from your local library to access a wealth of information from our online library resources.
Access the following titles from the links on the above Websites tab.
Please note that you need to enter LIN before your card number for some of these links, it does state on the link which these are e.g. LIN******
- Ancestry - Only available in libraries
- Britannica Online
- GoCitizen.co.uk is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test.
- Health Information Pathway to guide you to reliable information on all aspects of health and wellbeing.
- Junior Britannica (age 5 to 11)
- Student Britannica (Age 12 to 18
- Music Online
- Oxford Art Online (the new home of Grove)
- Oxford Music Online (the new home of Grove)
- Naxos Music Library
- UK News Stand
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Oxford English Dictionary Online
- Oxford Reference Online
- TheoryTestPro - online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories
- Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
- Transparent Language Online - choose from over 80 languages to learn - new users login with library card number before creating account
- Who's Who and Who Was Who
- Who else writes like
The following services are now available online
e-Books
What is it? An e-Book is a book whose text is available in an electronic format for reading on a hand-held electronic device or on a computer screen. The e-Book service which we provide allows you to download for free from a choice of over 700 e-Books. You can download up to 6 e-Books for 21 days. To access this service please follow this link.
e-Audio
What is it? An e-Audio file is a talking book in electronic format available to listen to on a portable audio player e.g. MP3 player, iPod or on a computer.
The e-Audio service we provide allows you to download and listen to over 600 audio books. You can save up to 10 audio books to your PC or portable media player at a time for a period of 3 weeks. For more information on e-audio please visit the online catalogue and click on the e-Audio banner.
To access the e-Audio service please follow this link.
