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Sunderland Public Libraries provide access to the
following subscription web services, giving you access to a wide range of
up-to-date information sources. All sites can be accessed in any Sunderland Public Library service point. If you hold a
Sunderland Public Library ticket KnowUk, NewsUk, Encyclopaedia
Britannica, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary
and Oxford Reference Online can be accessed from any PC.
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KnowUk is an online directory providing information
about the people, institutions and organizations of the United
Kingdom. Information about the local area can be searched for,
as well as important life-events. Areas covered include the arts
and media, biography, education and government.
www.knowuk.co.uk |
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NewsUk is the ideal tool to keep up-to date with
day-to-day information, providing access to a range of established
newspapers and magazines giving the user an array of views and
opinions on any story or subject.
www.newsuk.co.uk |
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Trace
your family history using Sunderland Public Libraries' subscription to
Ancestry Library Edition. You
can search censuses for
England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands from 1851 to
1901, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes for births,
deaths and marriages, plus UK and Ireland parish and probate
records from the 1500s to the 1800s and even earlier.
 http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com
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Encyclopaedia Britannica is a virtual encyclopaedia that includes information at adult, student and elementary
levels. It can be browsed by A-Z categories, subject, timeline
or by inputting a search term. The site also includes images and
a world atlas.
http://Britannica
Junior (For ages 5 - 11)
http://Britannica Student (For ages 12 - 18)
http://Britannica
Online Academic Edition (For ages 18+) |
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Northeast
News Archive |
The Northeast Newspaper archive provides web based
access to articles in a number of regional newspapers including The
Journal, Evening Chronicle and Northern Echo.
http://liathach.televisual.co.uk/access/tnecom.html
(in library use only) |
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The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an
illustrated collection of more than 55,000 specially written
biographies of the men and women around the world who shaped the
history of Britain.
www.oxforddnb.com
(library use)
www.oxforddnb.com
(remote access) |
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The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary
of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the
present day. It aims to show not only the current meanings of
words, but also to trace their developments through time.
www.oed.com
(library use)
www.oed.com (remote
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Oxford Reference Online is a extensive collection of
reference works from Accounting to Zoology.
www.oxfordreference.com
(library use)
www.oxfordreference.com
(remote access)
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