Online reference and information services

Ancestry Library Edition

Ancestry Library Edition is for the family historian. Recently updated to include the London Parish Records from 1538-1980. Ancestry also has the UK Census Collection and immigation and emigration records. Access from library premises only.

The following links can be accessed from home or in the library using your Richmond Library Card

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Three versions of the encyclopaedia

Oxford Reference

Oxford Reference contains over 100 reference titles, including Oxford A-Z of Medicine, Oxford Dictionary of Law, Oxford companion to British History.

NewsUK

NewsUK is an archive of articles from UK newspapers. Magazines and periodicals have recently been added to News UK, including The Lancet, New Scientist and National Geographic and many more current and back issue editions.

The Times Digital Archive

This is the Digital Archive of The Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985. View, save or print any articles as it appeared in the origional publication.

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

Who's Who and Who was Who

Who's Who and Who was Who covers the living as well as those who have died - since 1897.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography contains over 55,000 biographies.

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Music Library: has over 550,000 tracks online from classical music to Jazz, Blues and World. To listen just search for the track or album you want, tick the box and press play selection.

Naxos Spoken Word Online-Only available until April 2010

Naxos Spoken Word Online let you listen to hundreds of books online. Audiobooks are broken down into short chapters so you can listen to the whole book at once or a chapter at a time

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Art online includes Grove Art Online as well as other sources.

Oxford Music Online

Oxford Music Online includes The Oxford Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Grove Music Online.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

The Oxford Language Dictionaries Online covers French, German, Italian and Spanish.

KnowUK-Only available until April 2010

KnowUK has information about UK people, places, events and institutions.

Most of the infomation on Know UK is now freely available online, copies of the most popular reference books on Know Uk are available at Richmond Reference Library. If you search Know UK for a particular servce and want to know how you can access this infomation after April 2010 then contact peoples.network@richmond.gov.uk

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

Oxford Islamic Studies Online is an authoritative resource on all aspect of Islam.

COBRA-Only available until April 2010

COBRA is for those setting up or running a business.

Much of the information on Cobra is now freely available through the Government Business Link website. If the infomation you wish to access is not on the business link then please email Richmond Reference Library for advice.

More information on our current online reference services.

New online resource trials

The Annual Register

Available until June 2010, The Annual Register is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, recording and analysing the year’s major events, developments and trends throughout the world. It was first written in 1758 and has been produced continuously since that date.

To access this resource email peoples.network@richmond.gov.uk for login details.

192.com Business Services

We have a limited number of search credits to trial this service which allows users to view business and residential information. Our corporate login allows users to check electoral rolls across the country and search for phone numbers and contact information. This service is only available on site from the following libraries, Richmond Lending, Richmond Reference, East Sheen, Teddington, Twickenham and Whitton.

Staff on site will log you on and explain the terms of use.
This trial will end when all the credits have been used.

e-books in Richmond Libraries

Online books on IT, health, psychology, business, plus the classics.

If you experience problems accessing any of our online reference or e-book services, for example being asked for a further user name and password, please see Problems accessing our online services?