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Encyclopaedia Britannica
The famous encyclopaedia. Three editions - to age 11, 18 and adults
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Very readable biographies of people who influenced Britain and died more
than three years ago. Even includes how much money each person was worth
on death.
www.oxforddnb.com...
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KnowUK
Guides and directories eg Who’s who, tourist Blue Guides, bed and breakfast,
Writers and artists yearbook, Good Schools Guide, solicitors, advice agencies,
organisations, grants, local government, actors, self help groups, care
homes, courses etc. Also guidance on life events such as buying and renting,
living together and retirement.
www.knowuk.co.uk/goHome.do
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Oxford Reference
Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, eg dictionaries of law, ecology, African
mythology etc. Easy searching offers choice of short or long entries,
quotations etc.
www.oxfordreference.com
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Credo reference (formerly xrefer plus)
Dictionaries, biographies, encyclopaedias and atlas eg Bloomsbury Guide
to Art, Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet, Dictionary
of Nutrition and Food Technology, Encyclopaedia of Medicines, bilingual
dictionaries, quotations, the Bible, the Qur’an. You can search for pictures
and sounds.
www.credoreference.com
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is a guide to the meaning, history, and
pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide
range of international English language sources, from classic literature
and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/lclogin
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Literature, art and music
You could pay for these services - but they are free with your Camden library card number.
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Gale literary
Biographies, bibliographies, criticism. Just finished a book? Find out
about the author and what others think of their work.
http://galenet.galegroup.com...
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Grove art
Thirty four volume dictionary and encyclopaedia with links to thousands
of pictures.
www.groveart.com...
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Grove music
Twenty nine volume dictionary and encyclopaedia with musical examples.
www.grovemusic.com
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Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
Full text and look from 1902-1989. Reviews of books and theatre etc.
www.tls.psmedia.com...
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Newspapers
You could pay for these services - but they are free with your Camden library card number.
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Newsbank
Read an article you missed - full text of the main UK papers including
tabloids, the Economist, and some Irish and US papers. From 1998 up to
a few days ago.
http://infoweb.newsbank.com...
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Times Digital Archives
Full text and look of paper from 1785-1985 including advertisements.
Searchable.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com...
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Other websites
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Websites selected by the library service at Surrey County Council. We
thank them for generously agreeing to share this information. Note
some sites are only relevant to Surrey:
www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite...
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