Swindon Libraries: Reference Online

Your Swindon library card offers you free access to premium online resources.

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Access Science (access in your library or from home using your library card)

The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

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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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Encyclopaedia Britannica (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Includes Britannica Student for ages twelve to eighteen and Britannica Junior for the under elevens.

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Know UK (access in your library or from home using your library card)

UK Reference information. Includes over 100 reference publications.

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Marketline (in library use only)

International and UK business information.

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News UK (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Provides an easily searchable database of 45 UK newspapers and periodicals, some going back to 1992.

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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 (via Swindon Libraries website) (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.

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

Fast 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)

The complete digital edition of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985.

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Who's Who (access in your library or from home using your library card)

The essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide. Includes Who Was Who.

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