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Do you like to know what is fact and what is fiction? Trying to find out more on the background on a topic? TIRED of spending time trawling through lots of questionable sites with lots of pop ups and strange advertisements? Want to know how to get access to free, high quality academic papers, historical newspapers, dictionaries and biographies?
All you need is your library card to get started on your research with any of our 16 databases!
The link to the digital copy can be found below the description and most of these can be found in our book catalogue or in branches.
This post is part of a series for National Non Fiction November
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.
Through a single gateway, users can access and cross-search Oxford’s acclaimed, regularly updated art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture, composed and expanded in collaboration with thousands of scholars and specialists around the world. Benezit offers unique information about the sale and collection of artists’ work, and it is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources of artists’ biographies available. In addition, users can search and access Oxford art reference titles including the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
You can find information on artists, architects, designers, patrons collectors, dealers, publishers, printers and writers and scholars. This database also covers a range of mediums, including film and video, liturgical and ritual objects and textiles and embroidery.
Find: checklists for new businesses, legal requirements for hiring staff, if there are any changes in legislation that may affect you and much more.
As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from Dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
The OED started life more than 150 years ago. Today, the dictionary is in the process of its first major revision. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language.
All you need is your library card to get started on your research with any of our 16 databases!
The link to the digital copy can be found below the description and most of these can be found in our book catalogue or in branches.
This post is part of a series for National Non Fiction November
Access to Research
Free access to a wide range of published academic research covering many different subject areas including medicine, art, history and the sciences.
Issues Online
A comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues. With 60 topics to choose from, Issues Online provides a wide range of information including: articles with news and views on each topic, key facts, key statistics, lobby group links, newspaper archives, reference sites, research guides plus assignment/debate suggestions. There are a variety of opinions available on each topic.
Oxford Art Online
The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Includes over 200,000 articles that span ancient to contemporary art and architecture, as well as over 19,000 images of works of art, structures, plans, and artist signatures.
Through a single gateway, users can access and cross-search Oxford’s acclaimed, regularly updated art reference works: the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Grove Art is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, offering global coverage of visual culture, composed and expanded in collaboration with thousands of scholars and specialists around the world. Benezit offers unique information about the sale and collection of artists’ work, and it is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources of artists’ biographies available. In addition, users can search and access Oxford art reference titles including the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (2nd edition), The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
You can find information on artists, architects, designers, patrons collectors, dealers, publishers, printers and writers and scholars. This database also covers a range of mediums, including film and video, liturgical and ritual objects and textiles and embroidery.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford DNB contains 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004.Access
http://www.oxforddnb.com/
http://www.oxforddnb.com/
COBRA(Complete Business Reference Advisor)
Practical information for starting, running and managing a small business.Find: checklists for new businesses, legal requirements for hiring staff, if there are any changes in legislation that may affect you and much more.
Access to Research
Free access to a wide range of published academic research covering many different subject areas including all aspects of business- marketing, finance, economics and advertising.Credo Reference
Credo is a giant online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of 504 reference books. It includes encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This is the online version of the famous encyclopaedia, with a world atlas, timelines, comparative country data, international newsfeeds, and much more. Also available is the Britannica Library Junior aimed at age group 5 to 10 and the Britannica Library Student aimed at age group 10 to 14.Access
https://library.eb.co.uk/
https://library.eb.co.uk/
Oxford Dictionaries
With up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, and language reference content based on the largest language research programme in the world, Oxford Dictionaries is an extensive, integrated, smart-linked English language resource. It offers quick search access to definitions of words, phrases, and idioms, with expert guidance on style and usage, grammar, and spelling; plus specialist guides for legal and technical writing.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from Dictionaries of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find present-day meanings in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
The OED started life more than 150 years ago. Today, the dictionary is in the process of its first major revision. Updates revise and extend the OED at regular intervals, each time subtly adjusting our image of the English language.
Access
http://www.oed.com
http://www.oed.com
Oxford Reference Online
You have access to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection which is a vast online reference library of over 212 titles available 24x7. It combines in-depth content offered by titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject range. See our guide on how to sign in to it.
John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera
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.Family History
Ancestry Library
Search for your ancestors on the library edition of Ancestry.com. All the UK censuses from 1841 to 1911, plus births, marriages and deaths. Available in Lewisham, Downham and Deptford branches only.
Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842 to 2003
The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable, the ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides library users with unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique historical record.Access
Illustrated London News
Illustrated London News
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