Search Britannica
Britannica Online for adults - search four of Britannica's encyclopaedias including the most up to date multi volume set (Use 11 character borrower number outside a library) Britannica online for students 12 - 18 - specifically for students (Use 11 character borrower number) outside a library Britannica online for Juniors 5 - 11 - tailored for juniors (Use 11 character borrower number outside a library)
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Credo Reference
Credo Reference (formerly xreferplus) - search a selection of major reference books on topics ranging from art and fashion to maths and technology
Go Citizen
Click here to access Go Citizen Go Citizen is an online study resources for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK or British Citizenship test. This is a comprehensive and proven study package. It includes an online version of the latest official study materials, licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook plus hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test. (You have to register a username and password linked to your library card)
Newsplan
Newsplan London and South East - Find archives of local newspapers for all over London and the South East. This link no longer works. Newsplan West Midlands - Find archives of local newspapers for the West Midlands |
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BFI Screen Online
BFI Screen Online Archive is now available in all library branches (sorry this is not available outside the library)
UK Newstand
NewsUK- is changing to UK Newsstand. Find the full text of articles from a wide range of national and local UK newspapers (currently not available outside the library) NEW - UK Newstand is an amalgamation of NewsUK with UK Newsstand.
Know UK
KnowUK offers full access to over 100 major directories including 'Whitaker's Almanac' and 'Who's Who'.
This resource is only available in the library
Ancestry online
Public Library Edition is now available in all branches of Kingston Public Libraries and also at the Local History Room, North Kingston Centre. Ancestry UK is not available from home computers . | ||||||||
ledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. It also traces the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources: from classic literature and periodicals to film scripts and pop songs.
