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Online Reference Resources

We are pleased to be able to offer you free access to the following electronic resources, so now you can get even more from your library service online.

This is the Prism online library catalogue icon. You can This is an external link icon. search Prism, the online library catalogue, download audiobooks, search reference materials, and contact a librarian with your questions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

If you are a member of the library you can take advantage of these great services from any computer with internet access - all you need is your library card number. If you're not a member This is an internal link icon join now!

(Please note, however, that you can only access Ancestry and Screenonline from a library computer.)

If you are using a computer in one of our libraries you can go directly to each service by clicking on the links below.

Find out more about what each resource has to offer, including information on how you can access these services from a home PC by downloading our Online Resources Guide:
This is a PDF document icon. Online Resources Guide [287 kb]

	Ancestry Library Edition This research tool offers the most comprehensive genealogical information available online, with more than 4 billion names in over 4000 categories.
	Encyclopaedia Britannica Library Edition With over 73,000 articles this is one of the most complete and accurate information sources in the world. It contains both short and book-length articles on every subject, along with images, video clips, biographies and weblinks. This edition is aimed at 18+ year olds.
	Encyclopaedia Britannica Junior Edition The Junior edition is ideal for the 5-11 year olds.
	Encyclopaedia Britannica Student Edition The Student Edition will help 12-18 year olds with their school and college work.

	Grove Art Online The most comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide from prehistory to the present day. Click on 'Library Barcode User Login' and enter your membership number.
	Grove Music Online Instant access to the world's premier authority on all aspects of music. Click on 'Library Barcode User Login' and enter your membership number.
	Heinemann World Book Online Contains thousands of articles on a whole range of subjects and includes nice features like Surf the Ages.

	Net Library Download classics and contemporary novels to your portable media device. Find out more about Netlibrary, including advice on compatible players.
	Education City The huge suite of activities reinforces teachers' educational objectives and is mapped, via online directories, to national educational objectives.
	NewsUK The ideal tool to keep up-to-date with day-to-day information, looking through various newspapers and magazines giving you a range of views and opinions on topical stories. Enter your library card number and select Rotherham Libraries from the drop down list.
	Oxford English Dictionary Search the full 23 Volumes of "the internet's biggest, most prestige-laden reference book..." Access the OED from a People's Network computer in the library. Access OED from a computer outside the library.

	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Read stories of over 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to those who died in the year 2001.

	Oxford Reference Online Search through and extensive collection of reference works from Accounting to Zoology.
	People's Network Services This site helps everyone to get the most out of the online world: to Enquire, Discover and Read online for free, 24/7, from anywhere with access to the web. Find out more about these services here.
	Screenonline is an online encyclopaedia of British film and television featuring hundreds of hours of film and television clips from the vast collections of the BFI National Archive, and several hours of recorded interviews with film and TV personalities.

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