Adult online reference shelf

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We've subscribed to a range of quality information sources so you can have a reference library at home or at the library. We have also created a selection of useful websites.

19th Century Newspapers
Two million pages from national and regional newspapers, covering the 19th century.

Ancestry (available in all Surrey libraries)
Search your family history using Ancestry's selection of UK censuses, parish records and many other national and international databases.

Citizens Advice Notes (only available at Camberley, Epsom, Guildford, Redhill and Woking libraries)
Relevant and updated daily, this is a complete legal resource for anyone with a question about the rights and responsibilities associated with living, working or engaging in life in Britain.

Cobra
The Complete Business Reference Advisor for those looking to start a business, write a business plan, or conduct market research.

Credo
An online library providing access to a selection of reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations.

Custom Journals
Access indexes and many current and historical full text articles from 100 journals including Lancet, Good Housekeeping, Popular Science, Farmers Weekly and many more.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Search over 118,000 articles from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Find My Past (available in all Surrey libraries)
A family history and genealogy website with an ever-growing collection of over 560 million family history records.

GoCitizen
Preparing for your Citizenship test, Surrey Libraries can help with free access to GoCitizen - the citizenship test study programme.

John Johnson Collection (available in all Surrey libraries)
The John Johnson Collection of printed ephemera from the Bodleian Library offers unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain.

Key Note (only available at Guildford and Epsom libraries)
Leading provider of market intelligence in the UK. More information about Key Note.

MarketLine Business Information Centre (available in all Surrey libraries)
Concise economic reports on companies, industry sectors, products and countries. More info about MarketLine.

Mint UK (only available at selected libraries)
Powerful business intelligence, for detailed information about companies, directors, news and industry research. You can also create mailing lists.

Naxos Music Library
Online streaming music resource containing over 35,000 CDs. We have a limited number of concurrent users so if you are unable to login, please try again later.

Newsstand
Search for news events or browse through articles from national and regional newspapers.

Oxford Art Online * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
Access the vast content of Grove Art Online and other Oxford art reference resources in one location.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
50,000 biographies of people who have shaped the history of the British Isles.

Oxford English Dictionary * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
The history of the English language and its usage.

Oxford Language Dictionaries * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
Look up a word or browse our foreign language dictionaries in French, German, Italian, Spanish or Chinese.

Oxford Music Online * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
Access multiple resources including Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music and the Oxford Dictionary of Music, as well as Colin Larkin's Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

Oxford Reference Online * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
An extensive selection of dictionaries, encyclopedias and other reference works covering many subjects.

Public Information Online
The only resource which will allow you to view UK Parliamentary, Scottish Parliamentary, Northern Ireland Assembly and Scottish Government publications in PDF format online.

Theory Test Pro
A highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory test. It contains the entire official test questions licensed from the DSA.

Times Digital Archive
Contains every issue of The Times between 1785 and 2006.
View a short guided tour of Times Digital Archive (this may take a few minutes to load).

Which? magazine (available in all Surrey libraries)
Every Surrey library has a login for Which? that can be used on library computers. Staff will be pleased to log users in, but please book your computer online, in person or by phoning 0300 200 1001.

Who Else Writes Like?
Wondering what to read next? Read everything by your favourite writer? "Who Else Writes Like?" will help you find new authors.

Who Next...?
Read everything by your favourite author? This interactive tool will help parents, teachers and librarians to find alternative authors.

Who's Who and Who Was Who * Prefix your borrower number with SURREY
The classic directory of the noteworthy and influential, both in the UK and worldwide.