Reference resources

Contents on this page

• Only available in a library
• Family and local history
• Dictionaries and encyclopedias
• Business, consumer and legal
• Learning and training
• E-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines
• News and current affairs

Only available in a Library

• Access to research journals
• Which? Consumer guides
• Ancestry
• British Newspaper Archive
• Find My Past
• British Online Archives
• BFI Replay

Family and local history

• American National Biography online​
• British Library Newspapers
• Local studies index
• Oxford Dictionary National Biography
• Who's Who? and Who Was Who?
• Twixt Aire and Calder
• Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• American National Biography online​
• Britannica
• Britannica junior
• Britannica student
• Oxford Dictionary National Biography
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford Dictionaries English
• Who's Who? and Who Was Who?

Business, consumer and legal

• EBSCO Greenfile
• EBSCO Teacher Reference Center
• EBSCO Library Science Abstracts
• Public Information Online
• Free Business Support from Wakefield BIPC

Learning and training

• Go Citizen
• Theory Test Pro driving theory
• Transparent Languages
• Learn My Way - basic computing
• FutureLearn - free online courses
• CISCO Networking Academy

E-books, e-audiobooks and e-magazines

• PressReader​ e-magazines
• Libby and Borrowbox e-books and e-audiobooks
• Digital Comics, Graphic Novels and Manga

News and current affairs

• British Library Newspapers
• PressReader​ e-magazines