Free online information services from Wiltshire Libraries
Free online information services from Wiltshire Libraries The following online services are available free of charge to members of Wiltshire Libraries. Use them from your home or office computer or from one of our in-library computers*. Please have your library card ready when using these services and enter your 10 digit card number without spaces.
Alphabetical list of titles
See a Subject listing.
- *Ancestry Library Edition - 4000 family history databases –in-library use only
- 19th Century British Library Newspapers - 48 national and regional newspapers representing 19th century Britain
- Business Information - (COBRA) - all you need to know to run a small business
- CyberLibrary - websites recommended by librarians to help you find good quality, safe sites.
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage - details of every duke, marquess, viscount, earl and baron.
- Dictionary of National Biography - 50,000 lives – the men and women who shaped Britain
- Enquire - national online enquiry service staffed by librarians
- Issues Online - homework topic sheets for contemporary social issues. Key stages 3 and 4
- *John Johnson Collection - ephemera from the Bodleian Library - in-library use only
- Life in the UK Test - (GoCitizen) an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test (you will need an email address to sign up for this)
- Naxos Music Library - streamed classical music. Also includes some jazz, blues and new age.
- Naxos Spoken Word Library - streamed novels, plays and poetry.
- Newspapers Online - (Newsbank) Search for newspaper articles from national and local papers
- Oxford Art Online - over 26 million words on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Music Online - the essential music resource - from Bach to the Blues, from Pachebel to Presley
- Reference Books Online - search 130 reference books from Oxford University Press
- TheoryTest Pro - an online simulation of the UK's driving theory test (you will need an email address to sign up for this)
- Times Digital Archive - 200 years of world history through the pages of the Times newspaper from 1785
- Who's Who and Who Was Who - short biographies of influential people dead and alive
- Wiltshire Clubs and Organisations Directory - contact details for over 8,000 local clubs and societies
- Wiltshire Community History - our award winning local history site
* Title only available in-library
June 2011 update
As part of our continuous review of online resources, Contemporary Fashion and Magazines Online will no longer be available. Usage figures for these resources are low and they both suffer from frequent technical difficulties. This change means that improvements can be made to other resources in order to enhance our service.
Subject list of titles
| Subject | Online service |
|---|---|
| Art | Oxford Art Online |
| Biographies | Dictionary of National Biography |
| Biographies | Who's Who and Who Was Who |
| Business | Business Information (COBRA) |
| Enquiries | Enquire |
| Family history | Ancestry – in-library use only |
| Genealogy | Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage |
| History | John Johnson Collection - in-library use only |
| Driving | TheoryTest Pro –an online simulation of the UK's driving theory test (you will need an email address to sign up for this) |
| History | Times Digital Archive |
| Internet sites | CyberLibrary |
| Language | Oxford English Dictionary |
| Life in the UK Test | Life in the UK Test - (GoCitizen) an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test (you will need an email address to sign up for this) |
| Literature | Naxos Spoken Word Library |
| Music | Naxos Music Library |
| Music | Oxford Music Online |
| Newspapers and magazines | Newspapers Online |
| Newspapers and magazines | Times Digital Archive |
| Reference books | Reference Books Online |
| Social issues | Issues Online |
| Wiltshire history | Wiltshire Community History |
| Wiltshire organisations | Wiltshire Clubs and Organisations Directory |
It's not all online!
All libraries in Wiltshire also have a range of reference books to help customers with their information enquiries as well as helpful staff who are trained in using both books and the Internet.
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Last updated: 19 September 2011
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