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Online Reference Books and Newspapers

Some of these services can be accessed from your own home computer.
Where home access is available please click on the appropriate link and type a capital R before typing in your borrower number unless otherwise instructed.

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Ancestry.com - Library Edition

Visit: Ancestry - Library Edition

ancestry library editionDiscover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more.

We now offer free access from within all our libraries to Ancestry.com, one of the leading resources for family history.

Oxford University Press

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Online Reference books from Oxford University Press. Titles include:

(For the two sites below remember to type WOR and have your library card number).

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britanica

Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available in a number of versions for different age groups.

There is also a newsletter that can be downloaded with lots more information and direct links to popular topics, follow this link for the newsletter.

InfoTrac Custom Newspapers

Visit: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wornews

InfroTrac Custom NewspapersBrowse through a number of different newspapers including:

  • The Daily Telegraph
  • The Times
  • The Financial Times
  • The Guardian
  • and many more including international titles

You can also access The Times Digital Archive covering the years 1745 - 1985.

British Standards Online

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British Standards access allows you to read documents online Please contact a member of library staff if you wish to print either an extract or a whole document for which charges will apply.

EBSCOLogoEBSCO Resources 

A comprehensive range of online resources from EBSCO Host.

  • Green FILE (Environment & Conservation)
  • LISTA (Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts™)
  • Teacher Reference Center (Education).

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Project Gutenberg

Visit: www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Project GutenbergDownload over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android or other mobile phone.

We carry high quality books: Our free books were previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized with the help of thousands of volunteers.

Chamber of CommerceChamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Business support and business information

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  • The Hive
    The first fully integrated Public and University Library and so much more – all under one amazing roof.  
  • Worcester Community Showcase 
    A central resource for information about clubs, societies, interest groups, organisations and events in Worcestershire.

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