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Libraries - online information resources

Here is a list of online resources that you may gain access to either from within the library's public network, or from home by using your library card.

In-library specific resources

These are two family history sites with over 750 million historical records which hold invaluable details about your past. Birth, marriage and death records, parish records, complete 1841–1911 census collections, migration records and military records. As well as databases in common each site has access to unique datasets. For example,

  • Ancestry - British Phone Books, Criminal Registers and Worldwide Datasets;
  • Findmypast - Overseas Birth, Marriage & Death records, wider Parish Records (outside London) Boyds Marriage Index and Outgoing Passenger Lists.

Please note that the ability to save records has also been removed from Findmypast because the terminals are shared. Neither website allows access to the Living Relatives database and the Family Tree maker.

The links above will give you a taster of each website. These are the personal subscription websites only. To access the library subscription website, please come to your local library where there is access from any public computer.

This is a consumer website that focuses on consumer issues and ensuring you have the information to make the right choices - whether that's by reviewing products or providing independent advice you can trust.

Access is available in these libraries: Bracknell, Ascot Heath, Binfield, Crowthorne, Sandhurst and Whitegrove.

Resources accessible from home and from within the library (using your library card)

Britannica Encyclopaedia

Encyclopaedia Britannica (Age Group 18 and Up)

Britannica Encyclopaedia for Students

Britannica Student (Age Group 12 to 18)

Junior Britannica Encyclopaedia

Britannica Junior (Age Group 5 to 11)

CANS Legal Information logo and link

Login to CANS Legal Information Online using your library card

Oxford Online Dictionary

Login to Oxford English Dictionary using your Library card Find out more about the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries Find out more about the Oxford Dictionaries
Oxford Languages Dictionaries Online French, German, Italian and Spanish Dictionaries
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Find out more about the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Reference Online Find out more about Oxford Reference Online
Oxford Music Online Find out more about Oxford Music Online
Oxford Encyclopaedia of Popular Music Find out more about Oxford Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
Oxford Art Online Find out more about Oxford Art Online
Oxford Who's Who and Who Was Who Online Find out more about Who's Who and Who Was Who Online

Heinemann WorldBookOnline

Login to Heinemann World Book Online using your library card

Xreferplus - library referencing

Login to Credo Reference using your library card

Infotrac and the Times Digital Archive

Login to The Times Digital Archive using your library card

Pile of newspapers (photo by Bright Meadow)

Login to newspapers and magazines via ProQuest using your library card

Theory Test Pro

Create an account with (driving) Theory Test Pro using your library card

Go Citizen logo

Sign up or login to GoCitizen using your library card - an online resource for people preparing for the Life in the UK test or the British citizenship test.


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