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Gold standard reference services

A range of services giving access to encyclopaedias, dictionaries, newspapers, periodicals and many other information sources either direct from a Suffolk library or with a Suffolk library card from home.
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ThomasGale InfoTrac 
Full text national newspapers
Periodical Database 
A selection of online periodicals in full text
Gale Virtual Reference Library 
A wide-ranging collection of 100 reference books including biography, literature and religion.
Times Digital Archive Times Digital Archive
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985, allows you to search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising
Oxford Reference online Oxford Reference Online Premium collection
Includes over 1 million entries across 25 subject areas – everything from architecture to zoology; and includes the ‘Oxford Dictionary of Quotations’.
CREDO logo CREDO reference
Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, books of quotations and a crossword solver.
Ancestry Ancestry Library Edition provides genealogical information with more than five billion names in over 4000 collections.
Please note: this service is available in Suffolk libraries and Suffolk Record Office only.

 
The library version of Britannica Online consists of:
Britannica online Encylopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica from a library  Encyclopaedia Britannica from home
Britannica online Student edition
Britannica Student from a library
for 12-18 year olds
 Britannica Student from home
for 12-18 year olds
Britannica online Junior edition
Britannica Junior from a library
for the 5-11 age group
 Britannica Junior from home
for the 5-11 age group
Britannica Online library edition You can search across all the databases or just choose one
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Over 50,000 biographies of people who shaped  the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2004.
Who's Who and Who Was Who Who’s Who and Who Was Who 
The essential biographical directory  dating back to 1898
Oxford English dictionary

Search the full 23 volumes online

Oxford English Dictionary from a library Oxford English Dictionary from home
Oxford music online Oxford Music online 
(Formally Grove music online)
Dictionary of music and musicians
Oxford Art online Oxford Art online
(Formally Grove Art online)
Dictionary of visual arts worldwide
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