Kirklees libraries subscribe to specialist information websites on behalf of our customers. Some are available at all libraries, others can be accessed
at specific libraries only and several can be accessed anywhere via the internet as long as you have library membership (the 24 hour library).
After selecting one of the 24 hour library links you will be taken either directly to the site or to a login page. At the 24 hour library login page
you should enter 'kirklees' and your library card number.
Reference resources
| Name |
About the resource |
Availability |
| Ancestry |
Information for family historians including Census records from 1841-1901 and birth, marriage and burial
indexes from 1837-2004. |
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| British Library 19th Century Newspapers |
Contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different segments of 19th
Century British society. |
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| Cobra |
A business tool with information for starting up a business, market research, a legal library and a wealth
of useful contact organisations. |
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| FAME |
A database covering all UK limited companies. Detailed information on accounts, directors, subsidiaries,
trading addresses and others. |
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| Kompass |
A database of 1.9 million companies in 75 different countries. We have special access rights to more
detailed information on European countries. |
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| MarketLine |
A business database specializing in industry analysis. Access to market research reports, SWOT analyses,
50 country profiles, 10,000 company profiles and industry rankings. |
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| Newsbank |
A full text newspaper database, updated daily. An archive to 1998 for some titles providing access to 39
titles including most national newspapers and some local ones. |
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| Oxford Art Online |
The most comprehensive and authoritative online resource for all research into the history of the visual
arts. |
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| Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies in a 60 volume, 60 million word
reference work, and a website of over 100,000 pages. |
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| Oxford English Dictionary |
The definitive English language reference dictionary. |
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| Oxford Music Online |
The most authoritative music reference source. The online edition includes regular updates and audio
musical examples. |
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| Oxford Reference Online (Premium Collection) |
Covers the entire subject spectrum from accountancy to zoology with over two hundred available titles. |
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| Mintel |
A database of up to date market reports covering a range of industries. |
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| The Times Digital Archive |
Every page of the Times newspaper, as published, from 1785 to 1985. |
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