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Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians
Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians
Brings together a wealth of the British Library's greatest literary treasures, including original manuscripts, first editions and rare illustrations plus a rich variety of contextual material.
Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online The Benezit Dictionary of Artists and other art reference books brought together in a single authoritative source of information.
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Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library Information about music and musicians with the opportunity to listen online to excerpts or complete works.


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Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online Brings together the Grove Dictionary of Music and other titles to give a wide coverage of all music genres and history.

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Biographical, Historical and Genealogical
Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition Masses of information for family history researchers, including census records, births, marriages and deaths and much more.

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British Library 19th Century Newspapers
British Library 19th Century Newspapers Selected content from national and local newspapers.

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Dictionary of National Biography
Dictionary of National Biography Biographies of over 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles from earliest times to the year 2000.

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Guardian and Observer archive - 1791 to 2003
Guardian and Observer archive - 1791 to 2003 Discover great events or individual lives as reported at the time.
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Times Digital Archive
Times Digital Archive Facsimile of this major newspaper from 1785 to 2008.
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The British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive Millions of digitised U.K. newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection.

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Who's Who and Who was Who
WhoFrom 1849 right up to this year - the noteworthy and influential in all walks of like.


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Find My Past
Find My PastUK family history records, news and tutorials
IWM Lives of the First World War
Creating and sharing the life stories of more than 8 million men and women

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Your Family Tree
Your Family TreeFree access to monthly magazine, current and back issues plus special subject guides

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Business Information
COBRA Complete Business Reference Advisor
COBRA Complete Business Reference Advisor Hundreds of business opportunity profiles and fact sheets with detailed market analysis and local area profiling.

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Newsbank
Newsbank Full text newspapers (regional, national and international) plus over 70 business journals.

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Current Affairs
Issues Online
Issues OnlineTopical reports on current social issues - great for school projects.

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Dictionaries and Languages
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Oxford English Dictionary OnlineThe gold standard dictionary for the English Language.
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Encyclopaedias and Reference
Encyclopedia Britannica Library Edition
Encyclopedia Britannica Library Edition The world's best known encyclopaedia. With included editions for children (5-11) and students (12-18) as well as adults.
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Gale Virtual Reference
Gale Virtual Reference Comprehensive collection of reference sources across many subject areas.

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Oxford Premium Reference Collection
Oxford Premium Reference Collection The world's most trusted reference collection

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Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions
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Newspaper and Magazines
British Library 19th Century Newspaper
British Library 19th Century Newspaper Selected content from national and local newspapers.

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Guardian and Observer archive 1791 - 2003
Guardian and Observer archive 1791 - 2003 Discover great events or individual lives as reported at the time.

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Infotrac Newspapers Online
Infotrac Newspapers Online 10 daily and Sunday U.K. newspapers.

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Newsbank
Newsbank Local, national and international newspapers and business journals.

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The British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive Millions of digitised U.K. newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection.

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Times Digital Archive
Times Digital Archive Facsimile of this major newspaper from 1785 to 2008.

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Zinio
Zinio
Over 100 top magazine titles in facsimile.
Specialist Information
Access to Research
Access to Research
Discover a world of published academic research at your local library. Some in full text, some as abstracts.
BDS Lite
BDS Lite
A complete multi-media catalogue, combining data on home entertainment (recorded music and film) with an innovative and integrated multimedia service to library customers.
Nielsen BookData
Nielsen BookDataDetails of all currently published books.
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Sequels Online
Sequels Online Details of adult books in series to make sure you read them in order.

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Who Else writes like...?
Who Else writes like...?Answers the perennial question "I've read all the books by this author, who else writes like that?"
UCAS Guide
UCAS GuideEverything you need to know about Higher Education in the UK - finding the right course, applications, etc. In Library | At Home

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