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Internet and online services
These services can be consulted free of charge on terminals in Wandsworth Libraries, or via the Internet from your home computer using your Wandsworth library membership number. Please ask library staff for help if you are not a library member or have forgotten your membership number.
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Online services accessible from home
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KnowUK
KnowUK provides key information on the people, institutions and organisations which influence, govern and make up the United Kingdom. It draws together, in a single electronic source, some of the most heavily-used and authoritative reference materials in any library - from Who's Who and Debrett's People of Today through The Municipal Yearbook to a series of Which? guides and The Statesman's Yearbook. KnowUK contains over 80 publications.
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xreferplus
xreferplus provides access to a large selection of reference sources including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.
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Britannica - Libraries edition
Users of Wandsworth's libraries can access the comprehensive online version of the world-famous Encyclopaedia Britannica. You will need your library card to login.
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Britannica - Student edition
Special version of Encyclopaedia Britannica aimed at students and young adults. You will need your library card to login.
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Britannica - Junior edition
Special version of Encyclopaedia Britannica aimed at younger children.
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Heinemann World Book Online
Heinemann World Book Online contains every article from the highly respected 22-volume encyclopedia, plus thousands of new and updated entries.
Please enter your library card number preceded by wand to login; for example wand002023167
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Oxford English Dictionary
Wandsworth libraries users can access the Oxford English Dictionary
Please enter your library card number preceded by wandsworth to login; for example wandsworth002023167
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Wandsworth libraries users can access the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The site provides 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2001.
Please enter your library card number preceded by wandsworth to login; for example wandsworth002023167
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Oxford Reference Online
Online access to the world's most trusted reference collection
Please enter your library card number preceded by wandsworth to login; for example wandsworth002023167
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Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, ed. Jane Turner (1996, 34 vols.) and The Oxford Companion to Western Art, ed. Hugh Brigstocke (2001).
Please enter your library card number preceded by wandsworth to login; for example wandsworth002023167
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Grove Music Online
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrell, was published simultaneously in print and online as Grove Music Online in January 2001.
Please enter your library card number preceded by wandsworth to login; for example wandsworth002023167
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NewsUK
Archive of articles from national and regional newspapers and magazines with in-depth background information on a range of contemporary issues.
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COBRA
COBRA is a comprehensive, practical and continually updated information resource for anyone looking to start a business, write a business or marketing plan or conduct research into a new market.
Please enter your library card number.
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Online services which can be accessed in Wandsworth Libraries
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The Times Digital Archive
Search through the complete digital edition of The Times from 1785 to 1985 to retrieve either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured including all articles, advertisements, illustrations and photographs.
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BookData Online
BookData online database provides global book title coverage with comprehensive information on UK and US titles as well as English language titles from Australia, New Zealand And South Africa. All information is updated daily with thousands of changes and additions to the Book Data database.
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Kompass
Kompass is a leading business directory with information on approximately 200,000 companies, searchable by company name, location, trade names, number of employees, executive names, products and services.
This service can only be accessed at Battersea Reference Library.
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Ancestry
Online resources including census returns for England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; civil registration indexes for England and Wales, historic BT telephone directories and more. Can be accessed at the Local History Service as well as other Wandsworth Libraries.
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Local information
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CareLine
CareLine Information Centre for Wandsworth provides information on Social Services and Healthcare for those resident and working in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Sports Clubs
Lists over 150 sports clubs and associations operating in and around Wandsworth who provide sporting opportunities for all ages and abilities.
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Wandsworth Citizens Advice bureau
Wandsworth Citizens Advice Bureau where residents of the borough are provided with free, independent, confidential and impartial advice on Benefits, Consumer matters, Debt, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration & Nationality, the Law, Relationships, Tax and more.
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Wandsworth Lifelong Learning
Flexible learning opportunities including full and part-time study.
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Wandsworth Voluntary Organisations
Lists all of the voluntary organisations in the borough.
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Recommended websites
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A to Z Information links
An A-Z list of websites to help you find everything from local accountants to world rulers and heads of state.
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Adviceguide
Adviceguide is produced by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux and Citizens Advice Scotland in conjunction with Oracle. It gives basic advice and information on your rights.
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Articles Direct- British Library
Articles Direct is the safe and easy way to obtain and pay for copies of journal articles and conference papers without having to open an account with the British Library.
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BBCi
BBCi is the new name and look for all BBC services across the Web and interactive television. BBCi offers a huge variety of information and entertainment.
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Booktrust
Booktrust runs book prizes and brilliant projects to encourage readers of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy books and reading.
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The British Library
The British Library Website allows you to search online catalogues, view great treasures such as The Gutenberg Bible and Magna Carta in their entriety, tour virtual exhibitions, read specialist journals and much, much more.
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BUBL Information Service
BUBL provides access to selected Internet resources covering all subject areas, with a special focus on Library and Information Science.
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COPAC
COPAC provides free access to the merged online catalogues of 21 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Library services supplying records to COPAC include those from Cambdridge University, Oxford University, Imperial College, University of London, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh and Trinity College Dublin.
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Untold London
London is one of the most multicultural cities in the world, but the history of its diversity often goes untold. This site highlights the museums and community groups that bring that history to life. Browse collections, read news and visit events that explore multicultural London.
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What's in London's Libraries
The 33 London boroughs each have a catalogue of the items their libraries have in stock. Most can be searched individually via their own web sites, but by using "What's in London's Libraries' more than one catalogue can be searched at the same time. Most boroughs also collect 'Community Information' and many of those databases are listed as well. The site is still under development so some borough library catalogues cannot be included in a simultaneous search, but there are separate links to every catalogue.
There is also a small range of museum and archive databases which can be searched. They can be looked at on their own or in conjunction with library catalogues.
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