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Online reference sources that you can access at home
Library members now have free access to some of our most popular online information sources via this web site.
This exciting development means that as a library member you have access to a range of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias,
back and recent copies of Newspapers, and other information sources in your own home, place of work or study, at
any time you want, day or night.
To access this service all you will need is your current Borrower Number on your library card.
If you do not have a library card, please ask at your local library. If you are not a member already,
membership is free, open to all, and joining is easy.
Access to the 24 Hour Library
After selecting one of the links below you will be taken either directly to the site or to a login page.
At the login page you should enter "KIRKLEES" and your library card number.
Oxford Reference Online (Premium Collection)
Oxford's unparalleled collection of reference books covers the entire subject spectrum from accountancy to zoology.
Over two hundred titles are available. As well as standard works of reference in the arts, humanities and sciences,
many general interest titles area also included: dictionaries, including bi-lingual and visual dictionaries, encyclopedias,
books of quotations, companions to food and drink, names and places and many more. Search each title individually or
cross reference the entire online database.
Log in to the Oxford Reference online site.
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Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive English language reference dictionary.
Log in to the Oxford English Dictionary site.
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Grove Music Online
The most authoritative music reference source. Contains the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Enhanced features unique to
the online edition include regular updates and audio musical examples.
Log in to the Grove Music Online site.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of
Britain's past, from the fourth century B.C. to the year 2000. Compiled over a twelve year period by some 10,000
experts, who have produced a 60 volume, 60 million word reference work, and a website of over 100,000 pages.
Log in to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography site.
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Newsbank
A full text newspaper database, updated daily, with an archive to 1998 for some titles. It provides access to 39 titles including most British national newspapers, some local newspapers and some Irish newspapers.
Log in to the Newsbank site.
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Grove Art Online
Full access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art (1996, 34 vols.), plus extensive image links. Grove Art
Online is the most comprehensive and authoritative online resource for all research into the history of the visual arts.
Log in to the Grove Art Online site.
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