Swindon Libraries provides an outstanding selection of world class online information resources to its members. It is available not only from every Swindon library, but also from your own PC, 24/7. The range of topics covered is huge:
And many more.
Use these quick links, or scroll down for a more detailed description of each resource and login details. You will need your Swindon library card number if you are not using a computer located in a Swindon library.
The leading online resource for family history research, this vast genealogical database includes:
This is just a small fraction of the huge amount of information available, and it is being added to constantly. This really is an invaluable resource for anyone researching their family history. You can access Ancestry, free, from computers located in Swindon Libraries. If you are reading this while using a computer located in a Swindon library visit Ancestry to find out more.
MarketLine offers a comprehensive collection of company, industry, financial, product and country information extending across every major marketplace and industry.
Information on:
You can access MarketLine, free, from computers located in Swindon Libraries. If you are reading this while using a computer located in a Swindon library visit Marketline to find out more.
The current edition of one of the world’s most recognised and respected works of reference, as well as Who Was Who? from 1898.
Visit Who's Who? and find out more about it. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number, preceded by the letters SWI.
The online version is based on the full content of the 10th edition of this world famous resource, but there is so much more than you will find in the 20 volumes of the print edition: it is continuously updated, with a multimedia section, thousands of illustrations and graphics, and research updates from the McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology. Over 5000 researchers contributed to this database, including 36 Nobel Prize-winners. Amongst the numerous topics covered are:
Visit AccessScience and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise this link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number.
KnowUK is an online service providing UK reference information. It includes over 100 reference publications, including Who’s Who?, Whitaker’s Almanack, The Municipal Yearbook and the Which? Guide to Money. An ideal resource both for in-depth research and quick information, suitable for:
There is also extensive local information as well as a series of guides to major milestone events such as marriage, going to university and retirement.
Visit KnowUK and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number.
As the sister resource to KnowUK, NewsUK provides an easily searchable database of 45 UK newspapers and periodicals, some going back to 1992. All the major daily and Sunday national papers are represented, as well as extensive regional titles, including the Bristol Evening Post and the Western Daily Press. There is also extensive news coverage from important weekly titles like the Economist, the New Statesman and the Spectator. These can be searched in many different ways:
Visit NewsUK and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number.
The Times Digital Archive provides researchers with an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context. Every complete page of every issue of The Times from 1785 to 1985.
Every:
that appeared within the pages of The Times is easily accessible in what is a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period.
Visit The Times Digital Archive and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number.
This superb resource includes over 100 OUP reference books from the standard Oxford Reference Online (comprising dictionary, language reference and subject reference works), plus a range of key titles from the world-renowned “Oxford Companions” series, as well as the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The whole package is fully indexed and cross-searchable, providing straightforward access to an invaluable array of information sources.
Some key subject areas:
Visit OROP and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number, preceded by the letters SWI.
Originally issued in 1900, this famous biographical reference resource has been radically expanded and is continually updated.
The new version includes:
Visit ODNB and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number. preceded by the letters SWI.
The most famous dictionary in the world, and the accepted authority on the evolution of the English Language. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. This extraordinary resource provides access to the full 20 volume print edition, and is updated quarterly with at least 1000 new and revised entries.
Visit OED and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise this link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number preceded by the letters SWI.
This simply magnificent resource provides web access to the entire text of The Grove Dictionary of Art, (published in 1996 in 34 volumes) The Oxford Companion to Western Art, (2001).and the 4 volume Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (1998)
Over 6,600 scholars have contributed 41,000 articles to “The Dictionary of Art”.
Visit OAO and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number, preceded by the letters SWI.
Now updated with new content and a new interface, the world's leading musical reference source includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001, 29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2001). You can now also search the outstanding 10 volume Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
An invaluable tool for music lovers of all genres, features include:
Visit OMO and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number, preceded by the letters SWI.
The world's most famous and respected multi-volume encyclopaedia and the oldest continuously published reference work in the English language. The library version of Britannica Online includes access to:
Visit BOL and find out more. If you are using a computer located in a Swindon library the link takes you straight to the search page. Otherwise the link will take you to a login page. You will then need to type in your Swindon library card number.
For ages 5-11 click here.
For ages 12-18 click here.
For ages 18+ click here
How can you be sure the website you are looking at is accurate and reliable? cyberLibrary is a comprehensive index of links to hundreds of websites chosen, described and organised by librarians from public library services across south-west England. All of the sites listed here have been evaluated and assessed by information professionals so you can be confident of their quality.
Visit cyberLibrary and find out more.This resource is hosted by Plymouth Libraries, so the link will take you to a section of Plymouth City Council's website.
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