Online Reference Library

Who were your ancestors? Find out at your local library… As a library member enjoy free access to an online resource to help you explore your family history. Search key historical records from Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes to Census records. View original historical documents online and use powerful tools to build and grow your family tree...

The online version of the world's best known encyclopaedia for quick reference and research, covering a range of subjects from the arts to technology, and including features such as Notable Quotations, Gateway to the Classics, World Atlas, World Data and historical information through the ages...

A virtual art reference library!
Grove Art Online is the most extensive and easily searchable online art resource available today providing access to over 23,000 subject entries, 21,000 biographies and 40,000 image links...

An online resource covering all aspects of music that offers virtual access to the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Music...

Offering full text access to the North Wales Weekly News and the Daily Post (North Wales Edition) NewsBank is a premium online resource that provides access to some of the most popular national and regional newspapers in Wales and the UK.

With 57,000 life stories online, ODNB is the authoritative index of people from Britain’s past. It contains 'Reference lists' of people from all walks of British history, from kings and queens to the captains of the England cricket team, as well as 'Reference groups' that cover groups, clubs, factions, and movements that shaped our past. 'The greatest reference work on earth.' [Daily Telegraph]

The definitive record of the English language, whether you want help with a crossword or are simply fascinated by the often strange origins of words give it a try…

All the benefits of online searching with the security of knowing you are accessing top quality information. ORO includes over 1 million entries across 25 subject areas - everything from architecture to zoology, perfect for Homework help!