Suffolk Reference Direct
You can access the following subscription services for free from a computer in any Suffolk library or record office, or from any other computer with your Suffolk Library Card. (Please note that Ancestry cannot be accessed from home.)
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| General Reference, Dictionaries and Encyclopædias | |
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Access all three editions together in a library or use these links to access the adult, student or junior versions |
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Credo Reference: Over 600 well known books and encyclopædias, crossword solver and search facility to other subscription services |
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Wide range of reference books, periodicals and newspapers |
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Authoritative, concise information from major reference books by Oxford University Press |
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Full, constantly updated encyclopaedia of the history of the English language. Use this link to access from home |
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Current specialist English language dictionaries and thesaurus. Includes section on "writing skills". |
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50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles. There is also a Local Lives page created with Suffolk users in mind. |
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Short biographies of noteworthy people of Britain since 1849, plus latest edition |
| Business | |
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International market research reports for consumer goods industries from Euromonitor International, now available from within any Suffolk library and from home. |
| Culture | |
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Combines Grove Dictionary of Art, Benezit Dictionary of Artists and other major art encyclopædias |
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Combines Grove Dictionary of Music and other major music encyclopædias |
| History | |
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Full text local and national articles |
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Library edition allowing free access from computers in Suffolk libraries and record offices only.
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Library edition allowing free access from computers in Suffolk libraries and record offices only. |
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18th and 19th Century ephemera from the Bodleian Library. |
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Allows you to search the Times Digital Archive and 19th Century Newspapers together |
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The entire Times newspaper: newly upgraded edition 1785 - 2006 |
| Newspapers and Periodicals | |
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National and Local Newspapers from Gale Cengage |
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Full text articles from 60 popular and academic publications |
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