Gloucestershire Libraries: Reference Online

Your Gloucestershire library card gives you free access to the following online resources in your library or from home.

If you're not in a library you will need to enter the number on your library card.

Not a member? Visit Gloucestershire Libraries website to find out more.

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Ancestry Library Edition (in library use only)

The leading online resource for family history research.

Find out more about Ancestry Library Edition.

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British Standards Online (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online access to the complete collection of Standards from the British Standards Institution.

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Cobra Business Advice (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Business information factsheets and guides to 360 management issues. Topics covered include: finance, personnel, information technology (IT), exporting, health and safety, legislation, starting a business, marketing, and premises.

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John Johnson Collection (in library use only)

Archive of printed ephemera.

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Oxford Art Online (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online resource covering all aspects of visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day.

Find out more about Oxford Art Online.

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Over 55,000 biographies of notable Britons.

Find out more about the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED) (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online access to the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world.

Find out more about the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Oxford Music Online (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online access to the ultimate authority on all aspects of music.

Find out more about Oxford Music Online.

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NewsUK (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Definitive UK news giving access to national, regional and local newspaper databases including the Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo.

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Oxford Reference Online (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Quick access to top-quality, authoritative information on every subject - from Art to Zoology.

Find out more about Oxford Reference Online.

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Times Digital Archive (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Complete facsimile copy of the Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985. All the text is fully indexed and searchable - advertisements, captions for photographs and illustrations, personal notices, sports results, wartime casualty lists.

Find out more about the Times Digital Archive.

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Which Online (in library use only)

Access to all Which? reports, Best Buys and more.

Ask library staff for login details.

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World Book (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Includes World Book Kids and World Book. Advanced: simpler navigation, thousands of colourful illustrations, diagrams, and maps, and dozens of activities tied to the national curriculum.

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