Online newspapers with PressReader
PressReader is an app that lets you access over 6,000 newspapers and journals from over 100 countries in over 60 languages.
Enjoy full access to thousands of publications on your personal device, phone, tablet or PC.
For more information about PressReader app, where to find it, how to download it and how to create an account, click here.
The Times Digital Archive (1785-2012)
TDA lets you see every article published by The Times and The Sunday Times (London) since 1785!
Brilliant for reminiscence sessions with elderly relatives or to find out about events that always intrigued you, like Lord Lucan affair or the sinking of the Titanic - you can even find the Crossword puzzles through the decades!
You can search for anything or anyone, determine the dates and see what you get! Results are displayed in the form of an image of the page in the original newspaper, which makes the experience truly authentic.
And remember, people at the time read it first in The Times!
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Punch Historical Archive 1841-1992
Punch was in its time the world’s most celebrated satirical. A uniquely British publication, it was renowned for its wit and irreverence and was highly influential in its views.
Humorous cartoons and articles by the very best comic writers contributed to its fame, and they are all included in this digital version of the publication.
Click here to access Punch.
eBooks and eComics with cloudLibrary
cloudLibrary app offers a large selection of fiction and non-fiction eBooks, as well as over 200 bestselling eComics, such as Captain America, Wolverine, Spider-Man and many more.
You can browse, borrow and return eBooks via the cloudLibrary website in a browser but will need to use the cloudLibrary app to download and read them.
Visit the Library website for step-by-step instructions on how to download the cloudLibrary app and create an account.
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Transparent Language
This app offers unlimited access to more than 120 languages, with lessons and course materials designed to build listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Transparent Language is packed with pronunciation practice, speech analysis, grammar, writing activities, and vocabulary-building activities.
You can learn in your own time, at your own pace in the comfort of your own home or on-the-go.
Optimised for touchscreen use, Transparent Language works on virtually any Internet-connected device or computer through a web browser.
Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive authority on the English language, with an unequalled guide to meaning, history and pronunciation of 600,000 words – past and present for a thousand years.
Visit Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Dictionaries Premium to access dictionaries, grammar and resources for English and Spanish.
Music, art and fashion
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library (NML) is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online, offering over two million tracks of Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music, with over 1,000 albums added monthly. Users select music by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre. Playlists are easily created for educational use or for hours of continuous enjoyment.
Composer biographies, CD liner notes and work analyses are just a few of the text resources available to users while streaming music from the NML.
Grove Music Online
Grove Music Online is a music research resource.
It holds over 57,000 articles written by over 6,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe.
Grove Art Online
Grove Art Online is an unsurpassed authority on all aspects of the visual arts with 30,000 signed and peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 international scholars.
It features entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations and periods, as well as thousands of searchable images.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central
 Bloomsbury Fashion Central provides all you need for researching or studying fashion. It contains three separate resources which can be searched together or separately.
Berg Fashion Collection - The authority on world dress, featuring a wide range of text and images about fashion from across cultures and throughout history.
Fairchild Books Library - A collection of textbooks covering every subject from design, pattern cutting, retail, drawing and illustration and setting up a business. STUDIO section contains practice assessments.
Fashion Photography Archive - Forty years of contemporary fashion history. 750,000 images and articles and biographies of key designers and brands.
We have several resources to help you research your family history or find reliable information about notable people.
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