Online with Warrington Libraries
Warrington libraries now offer its members a great new range of online resources and services to help you find the information you want absolutely free.
Need to find out if we have a book, DVD or CD? Want to renew items out on loan? Check it out in our library catalogue.
Take a look at what’s on offer in our online reference library. We have taken out subscriptions so that you can search newspaper archives, art, music, biographical and general encyclopædias for free.
From anywhere in the world you can now use Enquire, a 24/7 online enquiry service and other new People's Network services which will help guide you through the web and explore books and reading online. find out more…
If you need more information about our services please contact us direct via our online enquiry form or email libraryenquiries@warrington.gov.uk. You can also telephone Warrington Library Information Point (Tel 01925 442890) or click on the links below to find out more.
You can access many of the resources listed below from home. Just click on the link and enter your Warrington Libraries membership number when prompted. This can be found on your library card and begins with 24143… Please note that to look at the Oxford titles you will need to put the letter W before your library card number e.g W24143...
 | Search for your ancestors in Census Records 1851-1901 and Civil Registration Indexes. Free only on computers in Warrington Libraries.
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| Encyclopædia Britannica This award winning learning resource for adults and children is now being offered absolutely free to members of Warrington Libraries and to anyone who uses the computers in our libraries. find out more... |
| Search for British, European or International Standards from home and our libraries Click on the British Standards link and enter your Warrington Libraries membership number when prompted. find out more |
| Newsbank - search the full-text content of more than 170 local, regional and national newspapers from library, office or home find out more... |
| Oxford Art Online - the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present day, now with new content! Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more... |
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Oxford Music Online – the definitive music reference resource, now with new content! Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more...
Oxford English Dictionary Online - search the ultimate authority on the English language. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more...
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - more than 55,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2002. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more
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| Who's Who and Who Was Who - new for 2008! the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in all walks of life, in the UK and worldwide plus over 100,000 entries from the archives of Who’s Who dating back to 1898: the definitive roll-call of the last 150 years of British history. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more... Oxford Reference Online - Premium collection A vast online reference library… Search more than 170 titles from Oxford University Press. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143 find out more... Which? Online is available only in Warrington libraries but well worth the trip if you're thinking of buying something new! Reports on goods and services by the famous Consumer Association. Ask a member of staff to log you on. |
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More about your online services from Warrington libraries
www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk
People's Network services help everyone to make the most of the online world: to enquire, discover and read online for free 24/7 from anywhere with access to the web.
People's Network Enquire instantly connects you to library staff from libraries in England or America, trained to help you find answers to your questions. Best of all the service is free and anyone can use it at any time!
Warrington Libraries help staff this national service using virtual chat or email, whichever you prefer.
Warrington Libraries online enquiry service
This service is for anyone wishing to contact Warrington libraries direct. Using all the resources at our disposal in Warrington libraries, our enquiry team will try to answer your questions. Just fill in the form with your enquiry and we'll do the rest.
People's Network Discover: find the web's hidden treasures.
Discover offers you a personal guide through the net to websites, news, pictures, movies and much more from libraries, museums, archives and elsewhere.
People's Network Read invites you to explore books and reading online and helps bring readers together. Find out about reading groups in your area.
People's Network Services are managed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, funded by the Big Lottery Fund and delivered by public libraries in England working together with museums, archives and others.
Warrington libraries are proud to support these services.
The most authoritative and current site for all British Standards Institute publications. Available in all Warrington Libraries and now available from home! Printing from this site is available on request at your local library and copyright restrictions apply. For more information on individual libraries, visit the local library page.
Britannica Online
This award winning learning resource for adults and children is now being offered absolutely free to members of Warrington libraries and to anyone who uses the People's Network computers in our libraries. All you have to do is follow the link to Encyclopædia Britannica and enter your library card number. If you are on a library computer just look for the link to Britannica to begin your search.
In the academic edition, you will have unlimited access to the full, updated content of the 32-volume Encyclopædia Britannica, plus: Britannica's student and concise encyclopædias, the web's best sites, thousands of video and audio clips, hundreds of magazines and journals, and more. The student edition is suitable for secondary age children and the junior edition for 5-11 year olds.
Check out a fact for a quiz or crossword, use it to find high quality information for research or homework or just browse for information safe in the knowledge that the information is trustworthy. All of this wonderful resource is now accessible day or night so, whenever you choose, just log on and learn!
Newsbank Search more than 170 UK newspapers plus the Economist. Includes the Times (back to 1985), Telegraph and Independent plus many other national and regional titles. For local information there is the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo and Daily Post and you can search across Newsquest publications, which includes the Warrington Guardian. Includes Scottish, Welsh and Irish newspapers. Ideal for student and researchers or anyone interested in current affairs.
Available in all Warrington Libraries and to Warrington library members on a computer linked to the world wide web anywhere in the world.
Oxford Art Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of art from prehistory to the present dayand has new content for 2008! It provides online access to the entire text of the acclaimed 34-volume Grove Dictionary of Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art plus much more! Offering unrivalled breadth and depth of content, a wide range of search options, and extensive links to images from galleries and museums around the world, Oxford art online is an invaluable research tool. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
Oxford art online offers:
- Over 45,000 signed articles on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day — from Paleolithic cave and rock art to the work of Frida Kahlo and Damien Hirst.
- More than 26 million words covering both the fine arts (painting, sculpture, and architecture) and the decorative arts (ceramics, textiles, jewellery, interior design, furniture, glass, metalwork, and more).
- Over 2,000 art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles.
- Over 40,000 image links from high-quality museum and other art sites.
- Search more than 21,000 biographies (of artists, architects, patrons, collectors, dealers, theorists, writers, and scholars) by birth/death dates, places, nationality and occupation (in addition to name searches).
- Links to more than 1,000 useful web sites covering people, places, art forms, styles and movements, institutions, museums, and other organisations, exhibitions, and more.
- Extensive coverage of world art: unparalleled depth of information covering the civilisations and cultures the world.
Oxford Music Online - New for 2008! this resource now includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music; the Oxford Companion to Music and the multi-award winning 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the 3-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).
Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
Including 50,000 articles, sophisticated search and browse capabilities, Sibelius-enabled musical examples, and extensive links to musical sites on the internet, OxfordMusic Online is the unsurpassed authority on all aspects of music.
Comprehensive and authoritative:
- Covers the entire history of music from Bach to the Blues
- Over 50,000 articles by 6,000 contributors
- Broad coverage of musical styles
- 28,000 biographies
- Updated regularly with new and revised articles
Invaluable:
- Wide range of search and browse options
- Over 3,000 links to related web sites
- Over 500 audible musical examples
- Detailed composers' works lists
- 3-D interactive images of musical instruments
The Oxford English Dictionary is widely acknowledged to be the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. It also traces the evolution of more than 600,000 words over the last 1,500 years through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of sources – from classic literature and periodicals to film scripts and pop songs. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
OED online offers:
- Unprecedented access to the 20-volume second edition and three additions series volumes
- Quarterly updates comprising at least 2,500 new and revised words
OED online is also a crossword solvers’ dream! Not only is it the biggest dictionary of English in the world, it is possible to search for words with wildcards (missing letters can be denoted with a ?), and to search for words on the basis of their definitions. Find out about wildcard searches at http://www.oed.com/help/search/wildcard.html.
Click on the "enter OED online button" to begin searching the ultimate authority on the English language
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Explore the lives of over 55,000 people who have shaped the British past over the last 2,400 years – from Julius Caesar and Boudicca to Princess Diana and Sid Vicious; and from the founding fathers of America to the nawabs of Bengal. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
The award-winning Oxford Dictionary of National Biography offers:
- the full text of the new 60-volume print edition plus the full text of the original 33-volume DNB.
- over 10,000 portrait illustrations.
- an expanding range of invaluable reference lists, and articles on themes and groups, all with direct links to Oxford DNB biographies
- updates three times each year.
Who's who and Who Was Who - Over 32,000 entries from the latest edition of Who's who and more than 100,000 entries from all 11 volumes of Who was who. Detailed information for each person - full name, titles if any, birth date and (where appropriate) death date, family history, education, honours, career history, publications and other creative works, and contact details. Not just British people - Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Venus Williams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Cruise, Bill Clinton, and Woody Allen are just some of the international figures that are included. Extensive internal cross-references– find family members and lists of similar people (e.g. in the same profession or born in the same period) with ease. Flexible advanced search options -a single search, users can find female writers who were educated at Exeter University, have been awarded an OBE, were born after 1940, and are still alive! Updated during the year- if subjects die their death dates will be added. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
Oxford Reference Online - premium collection
Fast access to top-quality, authoritative information on every subject - from Art to Zoology! Oxford reference online: premium collection combines the rich and scholarly resources offered by acclaimed titles in the Oxford companions series with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers excellent functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps illustrations, and timelines. Please logon using the letter W before your library card number e.g. W24143
A vast online reference library...
- Over 1 million entries across 25 subjects, including an expanding range of Oxford companions, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
- The very best in quick-reference information plus authoritative in-depth articles
- English dictionaries, and bilingual dictionaries of French, German, Spanish, and Italian
- Timelines link over 2,000 key events in 20th-century history in the areas of art and architecture; performing arts; literature; politics and government; society; science, technology and medicine; and war
- 12,000 images - including 6,000 in full colour with fully searchable captions
- 500+ full-colour maps and flags
