Uncover your family history with Ancestry. Contains all UK census data from 1841 to 1901, plus birth, marriage and death records. Available in all Islington libraries only"
Oxford English
Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the
accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last
millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and
pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. To access
the OED free from a home or office computer using your Islington library card,
just click on the link above and fill in your library membership number where
indicated.
To use The OED in one of our libraries, Please click on the following lin k: www.oed.com
www.oxfordreference.com
Oxford Reference Online brings
together language and subject reference works from one of the world's biggest
reference publishers into a single, cross-searchable resource.
The core collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. It is a fully-indexed database of these books, giving subscribers unprecedented access to a comprehensive information resource.
www.oxforddnb.com
Explore the lives of over 55,000 people who have shaped the British past over
the last 2,400 years - from Julius Caesar and Boudicca to Princess Diana and
Sid Vicious.The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography details the
people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the
earliest times to the year 2002. Includes 10,000 portrait illustrations.
www.groveart.com
The award winning Grove Art Online is the most comprehensive online
reference resource on all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from
prehistory to the present day. Thousands of high quality art images are
included.
www.grovemusic.com
Grove Music Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music
worldwide - from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues. This
excellent resource incorporates over 3000 links to related sites, including
sound archives, illustrations and musical examples.
infotrac.london.galegroup.com
The Times Digital Archive,
1785-1985, is Gale's newest online historical archive, delivering every page
as published from 200 years of The Times (London) to your library.
The Times is the 'world's newspaper of record' and covers all major international historical events, from the French Revolution to the Falklands War. For the first time, users are able to search the full text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, and advertising. Click on the link above to learn how this powerful electronic tool can bring the newly-available resource, holding the complete run of the world's oldest continuously published newspaper, to your library.
infoweb.newsbank.com
Newsbank contains full text of
national daily and Sunday newspapers, plus the Evening Standard and the
Economist magazine. Most papers have a backfile to 1998, but the Times and
Sunday Times are available back to 1985. The Times Law Reports are also
included.
www.multikulti.org.uk
Multikulti offers information in 11 languages on what public libraries
offer: Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Gujerati,
Somali, Spanish and Turkish.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, the best-known comprehensive reference resource, is now available online. These are excellent resources, either for homework or general reference use. Discover articles, video clips and loads of other material, to help with projects or just for fun. Choose from 3 different versions:
Britannica Junior (for ages 5-11)
Britannica Student (for ages 12-18)
Britannica Library Edition (for all ages)
www.londonlibraries.org.uk
'What's in London's Libraries' (WiLL)
is designed to allow you to search a range of London library, museum and
archive information. There are two types of searches available:
Search the collections
Library catalogues, community
information databases and a range of museum and archive collections can be
searched simultaneously. You can choose to search as many or as few as you
wish. The results from each information source will be brought together for
you and will be displayed on a single screen.
Search the facilities
Use this search option to find out
practical information about the libraries, museums and archives involved in
WiLL - where they are are, when they are open and what services they offer
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