You can get free access to these subscription websites with your library card. This includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, classical music, newspapers, homework help and more.
If you're not a member, you'll need to join a library.
Services that you need to be in a library to use
Some of our resources and services are only available when you access them from a library. Find a library.
Access to Research
Access over 1.5 million academic articles on a range of subjects.
Ancestry Library Edition
The leading online resource for family history research.
BFI Replay
BFI Replay is a free digital archive from the BFI available to libraries.
With 60 years of screen stories, digitised and preserved for the public to view. The collection includes media from The Box, the BFI National Archive and other partner UK Regions and Nations Film Archives.
British Newspaper Archive
Access to millions of pages of British and Irish newspapers from 1710 to 1955. You'll need to register and log in with your own email address.
Find My Past
Search or browse this collection of 650 million family history records.
John Johnson Collection
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
- advertising
Which Magazine
Read the digital Which magazine using our library computers. Library staff will need to log you on to the Which website.
Central Library has paper copies of Which magazine. Ask library staff for details.
Services you can access from home
You can access these services from or home or in a library using your library card.
Naxos Music Library
A wide selection of online music free to use from home or in a library with your library card.
Newsbank Newspapers
Full text articles from a range of local, national and international newspapers.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Over 55,000 biographies of notable Britons.
Oxford English Dictionary
Online access to the most authoritative and comprehensive English dictionary in the world.
Oxford Reference Online
Fast access to top-quality, authoritative information on every subject - from Art to Zoology.