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Information Services Team
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General reference, encyclopaedias and dictionaries

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Britannica Online (BOL) - our subscription provides access to three age-specific encyclopedias. Click on the most suitable link for your need in the list below:

Britannica Junior edition logo Britannica Junior Edition

(ages 5 to 11years)

Britasnnica Student edition logo Britannica Student Edition

(ages 12 to 18 years)

Encyclopedia Britannica logo Encyclopeadia Britannica

(ages 18+ years)

Please note: Your borrower number needs to be entered using a capital D.

credo logo Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) - gives you access to 100 top reference books from some of the world's biggest publishers - everything from art to technology and much much more.

DNB logo Dictionary of National Biography - tells the 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 2004. It also includes over 10,000 portrait illustrations, and the complete text of the 33-volumes of the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography.

OED logo Oxford English Dictionary - widely acknowledged as the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. It also traces the evolution of more then 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources.

Oxford Reference Online logo Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection - provides access to 100+ of Oxford University Press's reference books: a total of 1.5 million individual entries and 3000+ illustrations, maps and diagram.

Who's who logo Who's Who with Who was Who Online - Who's Who is the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in the UK and worldwide. Who Was Who includes over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who's Who dating back to 1898.


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