Oxford Art Online - Information on artists, architects, designers, images etc. Library Access Home Access Enter letters LCC followed by your library card number.
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Who's Who 2009 and Who Was Who - directory of influential people worldwide Library Access Home AccessFor " Home Access" - enter letters LCC followed by your library card number.
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Nielsen BookData Online - Search over 2 million book titles. Whichbook.netA free web-based resource to find 'good read' books based on your moods but don't quite know how to define. Use Whichbook.net to find a list of books based your personal preference and check our catalgoue to see if we hold the book you are looking for. |
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eMoneyfacts.co.uk and Which Online
Please ask a member of library staff if you want to use either eMoneyfacts or Which? Online websites to access information on financial products or consumer reports on the Internet. Please note that we have a limited subscription to Which Online and therefore you may not be able to view all the Which reports. For home access enter your library card number.
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Oxford English Dictionary Online - Find meanings, missing crossword puzzle letters etc. Check New words added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - French, German, Italian and Spanish bilingual dictionaries. For "Home Access" enter letters LCC followed by your library card. number
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New Online Titles - Library and Home Access
For home access enter letters LCC followed by your library card number.
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Food & Drink - a selection of online reference titles from Oxford Reference Online. Library AccessHome Access - Enter letters LCC followed by your library card number. Health & Welfare - a selection of titles from KnowUK such as Care Homes Directory, Welfare Benefits Handbook etc. Library AccessHome Access - Enter your library card number. Medicine - a selection of online reference titles from Oxford Reference Online. Library AccessHome Access - Enter letters LCC followed by your library card number.
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Issues Online - a resource for homework topics such as drugs, abortion, smoking etc Library Access Home Access - Enter your library card number. Oxford Reference Online - a collection of over 200 reference titles Library AccessHome Access - Enter letters LCC followed by your library card number. KnowUK - over 100 key reference titles such as Whitakers Almanac, Ask Hollis, Who's Who, Which Guides etc. Library AccessHome Access - Enter your library card number.
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Trace your family history by using UK Census records from 1851 to 1901; birth, marriage and death records plus many other records. For Help or more information about this service go to our News & Events section. The 1911 census is now available online from 1911census.co.uk and findmypast.com websites. You can search both the sites for free but to view a record you will need to buy vouchers available from major libraries in Leicestershire. Other useful links:
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Local history
Free web-based resourceThe Victoria County History of England - The VCH is the acknowledged national resource for those beginning work in local history. Type leicestershire in the search box to find full list of local history resources for Leicestershire county.
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Oxford Music Online - discover all aspects of music. Library AccessHome Access - Enter letters LCC followed by your library card number. SearchMuze Online - Search by artist, title, music genre, composers, films, stage shows, soundtracts etc. Library Access only
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NewsUK - find archived newspaper articles from UK national and regional newspapers includes Leicester Mercury and Nottingham Evening Post. Library AccessHome Access - Enter your library card number. Magazines - available to search in the library or from home using your library card number:
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Virtual Reference Library BioMed Central's Open Access Journals: Free journal abstracts and articles from Scholar Google . Use the search terms as Science, Technology, Innovation etc to search for journal articles. The British Library Humanities resources for research
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