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Dictionaries
Thesaurus
Quotations
Acronyms
Crossword solvers
Lyrics
Biographies
People and business finders
Streetmaps
Slough information
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Gateways

Oxford Reference Online: Database giving access to over 120 authoritative Oxford University Press dictionary, reference and companion titles in a single cross-searchable database. Library members can log in from our 24 hour library via the library catalogue.
BUBL UK: Directory of UK organisations and institutions
Google Web Directory (Reference): Collection of reference material from around the world

Encyclopaedias

Encyclopaedia Britannica: The well-known and authoritative Encyclopaedia Britannica can be accessed from our 24 hour library via the library catalogue. Enter your library card number and PIN to access information on all aspects of human knowledge, events and people of the past and places around the world. There are sections aimed at school children and older students too
World Book: The World Book Online Encyclopaedia is another comprehensive resource for students and anyone needing information and can also be accessed from our 24 hour library via the library catalogue.
Columbia Encyclopedia: Free site offering access to 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary Online: Discover the meaning and usage of 600,000 words past and present by accesing Oxford Dictionary Online from our 24 hour library. Go to slough libraries' catalogue and enter your library card number and PIN
BUBL Dictionaries: Gateway to a wide range of English, foreign language and subject dictionaries
Oxford English Dictionary of Current English: Short dictionary containing over 5,000 words, phrases, and definitions
Merriam - Webster Online: Searchable English dictionary from an American publisher

Thesaurus

Roger's II: The New Thesaurus: Contains 35,000 synonyms and succinct word definitions
Merriam - Webster Online: Searchable English dictionary from an American publisher

Quotations

Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations: Source of over 4,000 quotations on over 250 subjects
Phrase Finder: Searchable database of the meanings and origins of over a thousand phrases, sayings and quotes

Acronyms

Acronym Finder
Silmaril

Crossword solvers

Crossword Solver (Sorta): Finds words based on the position and number of letters in a word
Crossword Clue Solver
Ask Oxford crossword and anagram solver: Use the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary to find anagrams for words and solve crossword clues

Lyrics

Find Lyrics: Search for lyrics based on name of song, album, artist or search within the lyrics
Lyrics Search Engine: Good search engine for finding lyrics by keyword
Metrolyrics: Browse artists alphabetically or search by keyword for lyrics

Biographies

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Find 55,000 illustrated biographies of men and women who have shaped British from our 24 hour library. Go to slough libraries' catalogue and enter your library card number and PIN
Biography.com: Good guide to famous people

People and business finders

Google business finder: Click on "Find businesses" to search for businesses by location. Provides maps, directions and reviews may be available
Yellow Pages: Electronic access to Britain's 'yellow pages' of businesses and services
Up my Street: Local information and classified ads. Searchable by postcode or town, it includes information such as transport, property prices, council services etc
Thompsons: Electronic access to all of Britain's Thompson directories of businesses and services
Kelly Search: Searchable directory of companies by name or by the product/services that they supply
Royal Mail Postcode/Address Finder: Free, but requires you to register first
Infobel Directories: Find residential and business telephone directories for more than 184 countries
International Directories: BT's links to international directories
BT Phonebooks: Free Internet access to BT's British phone directories and 192 service
192.com: Once you register, you can gain access to electoral registers and phone books

Streetmaps

Google maps
Multimap
Streetmap

Slough information

Colnbrook-with-Poyle Parish Council: Website from one of Slough’s parish councils, Including local information and photographs, as well as the business of the parish council
Wexham Residents: Website of the Wexham Residents Association
Langley Village: Website about Langley village past and present

Web search engines

Google: The world’s favourite search engine, with the option to search only UK sites. Also allows you to search just for images, maps, news, blogs, groups, use their directory of websites and more
Google advanced search: Got too many results? Use the Google advanced search to guide you through narrowing down your results. You can limit your search to different languages, file formats, domain or sites.
Killerinfo: Got too many results? Gives you suggestions on how to narrow down your search, gives you the option to search within certain subjects and allows you to have a "quick peak" at the sites without going into them
Webcrawler: Not enough results? Webcrawler searches lots of the bigger and smaller websites at once
Mirago: Search by area of Britain, whether by country, region, county or postal area
Hubs & Portals- Pinakes: Search trusted websites to find academic information. Pinakes lists all of the individual subject portals, from art to social science or biochemistry to sport

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