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Some libraries will be closed on Thursday 7 May

N4 Library, and the children’s libraries at Mildmay and Finsbury libraries, will be closed on Thursday 7 May because they are being used as polling stations for the local elections. All other libraries will be open as normal.

Local council elections - Polling day tomorrow (Thursday 7 May)

Here’s what you need to know to vote in person on Thursday 7 May.

  • Polling stations are open 7am to 10pm - check your poll card or the 'Where do I vote?' website for yours
  • Bring photo ID - you cannot vote without an accepted form of ID
  • You do not need your poll card - if you are registered, you can vote
  • All our polling stations are wheelchair accessible and staff are there to help
  • If you have a disability, let us know now if you need anything else to help you vote at your polling station

Read all you need to know on our local council election 2026 page.

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Oxford Dictionaries and Oxford Online reference library

You can use Oxford Reference online resources for free as a library member

  • Oxford Dictionaries

    The 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, past and present. 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.

  • Oxford Reference Online

    ORO brings together over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works into a single, cross-searchable resource.

  • Oxford Art Online

    Oxford Art Online combines Grove Art with the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopaedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, to create the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today, a virtual art reference library of unparalleled scope and depth.

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

    The ODNB details the lives of over 55,000 people who have shaped British history over the last 2,400 years - from Julius Caesar and Boudicca to Princess Diana and Sid Vicious. Includes 10,000 portrait illustrations.

  • Oxford Bibliographies

    Oxford Bibliographies provides faculty and students alike with a seamless pathway to the most accurate and reliable resources for a variety of academic topics. Every article in our database is an authoritative guide to the current scholarship, written and reviewed by academic experts, with original commentary and annotations.

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