Reference Online

Your Plymouth library card gives you free access to the following subscription websites in your library or from home.

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19th Century British Newspapers (access in your library or from home using your library card

The archives of 48 influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th century British society.

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Ancestry Library Edition (in library use only)

The leading online resource for family history research. (Ancestry is currently not available in Eggbuckland Library)

Find out more about Ancestry Library Edition.

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Annual Register (in library use only, ask staff for log in details)

The Annual Register: A Record of World Events has been published every year since 1758. It is a valuable source of contemporary opinion, historical context and biographical information.

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

Great reference content from over fifty publishers including text, images and sound files.

See the full list of titles available from Credo Reference.

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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.

Find out more about the Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.

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

An online study resource for anyone preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test. Includes the official study materials licensed from the Home Office, hundreds of practice test questions plus additional interactive learning materials.

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John Johnson Collection (in library use only)

Access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Categories include nineteenth-century entertainment, the booktrade, popular prints, crimes, murders and executions, and advertising.

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Naxos Music Library (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Online classical music collection.

Find out more about Naxos Music Library.

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Newsbank Newspapers (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Full text articles from a range of local, national and international newspapers.

Find out more about Newsbank Newspapers.

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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 DNB.

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

Electronic editions of OUPs award-winning scholarly reference titles:

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History

Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance

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

Online access (via the cyberLibrary) to the most authoritative and comprehensive English dictionary 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 (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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Theory Test Pro (access in your library or from home using your library card)

Theory Test Pro is an online simulation of the UK's driving theory test. It contains the entire official test question bank licensed from the DSA and Hazard Perception test video clips.

The first time you visit the site you will need to sign up with your name, email address and library card number.

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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.

Find out more about the Times Digital Archive.