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Reference and information online resources


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Dictionaries and Translation

 

Free translator.com


Google Translate


* Oxford English Dictionary Online


* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography


Encyclopaedias 

 

* Oxford Reference Encyclopaedia


Reference 

 

A to Z of Archived websites from The National Archives


AIM25

Online research for archive collections of higher education institutions and learned societies within greater London


Access to Research

Access to journals (Library Access only)


BFI Screenonline

Explore the history of British film and television


British Library - EThOs Electronic Thesis online service


Catholic Encyclopedia | List of Popes


IMDb - Movies, TV and Celebrities


National Maritime Museum Research : RMG


*NewsBank 

Newspaper article archives uses one of the richest collections of primary source material in the world. Contains full text articles from a range of international, national and local newspapers


British Newspaper Archive

The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership between the British Library and findmypast.  They aim to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection over the next 10 years.  This includes most newspapers published in the UK since 1800. Including News Articles and Family Notices. Letters to the editor written by the newspaper's reader.  As well as Obituaries and Advertisement.  Find out more on the BNA information sheet).   Access to British Newspaper Archive is in library use only.


Nobelprize Foundation


The British Library - explore the world's knowledge


The National Archives


*The Times digital archive edition (Times Digital Archives and 19th c. British Newspapers)


 

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