Slough Libraries subscribe to a number of online resources for reliable and trusted information. If you are a library member you can access many of these from home 24/7 by entering your library card number, but some online resources are only available using a library computer.
Family history, people and history
Help with homework
Tests - practice and study online
Encyclopaedias and reference collections
Dictionaries - find words in English and other languages
Newspapers and magazines
Art and music
Information for businesses
Trace your family history using UK censuses 1851-1901, parish and probate records and much more.
Access Ancestry.com in the library only
A huge range of family history resources, including the 1911 census for England and Wales.
Access Find my Past in the library only
Biographies of 50,000 people from British history.
Searchable archive of every page of The Times Newspaper 1785-1985, including photos, cartoons, sports results, personal notices and adverts.
Access Times Digital Archive in the library or at home with your library card number
The world's best known encyclopaedia with versions just for children (ages 6-10) and students (ages 10-14).
Access Junior Britannica Online in the library
Access Junior Britannica Online at home with your library card number
Access Student Britannica Online in the library
Access Student Britannica Online at home with their library card number
Articles, key facts and statistics on topical issues.
Access Issues Online in the library or at home with your library card number
UK & Ireland newspapers in a single searchable database, plus 'Hot Topics' and 'Special Reports' for background and images on topical subjects. Also includes the Polish News Bulletin newswire and The Economist magazine.
Access NewsBank in the library
Access Newsbank at home with your library card number
Access Slough Custom Journals in the library
Access Slough Custom Journals at home with your library card number
Study guide and practice tests to get you ready to sit the Life in the UK citizenship test.
Access Go Citizen in the library or at home with your library card number
(New users must first sign up by entering an email address and choosing a password, which you can then use every time you log in.)
Study guide and practice questions for the driving theory test.
Access Theory Test Pro in the library or at home with your library card number
(New users must first sign up by entering an email address and choosing a password, which you can then use every time the log in.)
The well known encyclopaedia plus recommended websites, journal articles, maps, statistics, timelines, dictionaries and more.
Includes editions just for children (ages 6-10) and students (ages 10-14).
Access Britannica Online in the library
Access Britannica Online at home with your library card number
Over 120 Oxford language and subject dictionaries and other reference books. Search individual titles or across the whole collection.
Access Oxford Reference Online in the library or at home with your library card number
History and meanings of over 290,000 English words.
Access Oxford English Dictionary in the library or at home with your library card number
English language dictionaries and thesauruses and French, German, Irish, Italian, Latin, Spanish and Welsh bilingual dictionaries.
Access Oxford Reference Online in the library or at home with your library card number
UK & Ireland newspapers in a single searchable database, plus 'Hot Topics' and 'Special Reports' for background and images on topical subjects. Also includes the Polish News Bulletin newswire and The Economist magazine.
Access NewsBank in the library
Access NewsBank at home with your library card number
100 searchable journals covering many subjects eg, antiques, architecture, art, astronomy, business, computing, history law, literature, management, medicine, politics and science. Most are full text, only 13 titles just have an index.
Access Slough Custom Journals in the library
Access Slough Custom Journals at home with your library card number
Searchable archive of every page of The Times Newspaper 1785-1985, including photos, cartoons, sports results, personal notices and adverts.
Access Times Digital Archive in the library or at home with your library card number
Product reviews, tests, best buys and other reports from the consumer association. It is easy to search so check before you buy!
Please ask a member of staff to login to Which? in any of our libraries.
Over 45,000 articles on world art and architecture, plus over 5,000 art images and 40,000 links to images on other websites.
Access Oxford Art Online in the library or at home with your library card number
Over 45,000 articles, plus over 5,000 links to images, sound and other music web sites.
Access Oxford Music Online in the library or at home with your library card number
Information on over 5 million UK limited and non-limited companies, including financial data, key contacts, activities, competitor comparisons, ownership and management. You can get company profiles and produce marketing lists of target companies.
Also provides access to news articles and industry and market research reports for the UK and worldwide.
Access at Slough Library only - please ask a member of staff
Industry, country and company information for researching markets around the world.
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