Online resources - A-Z list
This is the complete A-Z list of electronic reference resources available to members of Westminster Libraries.
indicates a 24/7 Exclusive Resource, available from inside any Westminster library, and also elsewhere to library cardholders. If you use this resource outside the library, you will need your library card number to log in. Click on the name to go directly to the web page.
indicates an In House Special, available at one or more Westminster library (as noted for each individual resource), but not elsewhere. Library staff may need to log you in - please ask us. Click on the library name to get location and contact details.
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Ancestry - gives access to key records for family history research, including 1841-1911 census; birth, marriage and death records; street directories, telephone directories, school and military lists (available in all libraries). [About Ancestry] |
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Art Abstracts/Art Full Text - bibliographic database including periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Articles and reproductions of works of art that appear in cited periodicals are indexed (available remotely via the e-library: log in then click on 'Online reference' in the menu bar) |
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| Benezit Dictionary of Artists - Available on the Oxford Art Online platform, the Benezit Dictionary features nearly 170,000 artists. Many images of artists' signatures and mongrams are included. There are also detailed museum listings. | |
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Bookseller - online database of the magazine's articles, charts of sales, and other information about the book trade (available at Westminster Reference Library and Marylebone Information Service). |
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| Civil Service Yearbook - A directory with contact details for all government departments, offices, museums, QUANGOs, libraries, etc. (available at Westminster Reference Library). | |
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COBRA - business reference adviser, including business opportunity profiles, markets, financial and legal information [About COBRA] |
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Contemporary Authors - biographical and bibliographical information on 100,000+ modern authors [About Contemporary Authors] |
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Credo Reference - wide range of high quality reference books, searchable through a common interface [About Credo Reference] |
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Design & Applied Arts Index (CD-ROM) - the leading source of abstracts and bibliographic records for articles, news items, and reviews published in design and applied arts periodicals from 1973 onwards (available at Westminster Reference Library). |
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The Economist - fully searchable facsimile edition of the weekly paper covering politics, current affairs, business and trade. It can only be accessed from certain pages e.g. Exclusives. [About the Economist] |
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Euromoney - up-to-date financial, market, business and banking information/articles (available at Westminster Reference Library). |
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Experian - database with in-depth company information (similar to Fame), including accounts, locations, directors, shareholders and products/services (available at Church Street, Paddington, Pimlico and Westminster Reference Library). |
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| Fashion Monitor (available at Westminster Reference Library) | |
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Financial Times Historical Archive - a searchable facsimile of this famous business paper going from 1888 to 2007. [About the FT Archive] |
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Find My Past - an excellent database for searching for your family's history specialising in UK records (available in all libraries). [About Find My Past] |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - Over 120 eBooks on Arts, Humanities and Sciences. [About the Gale Virtual Rererence Library] |
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Grantfinder - lists over 6,000 funding opportunities: grants, tax breaks, loans, and awards, covering almost every sector, from the UK and EU (available at Church Street, Marylebone, Paddington, Pimlico and Westminster Reference Library). [About Grantfinder] |
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The Guardian & Observer - searchable facsimile archive of The Guardian and The Observer from 1791 to 2003. (Note that the default date format is mm/dd/yyyy.) [About this archive] |
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| Illustrated London News Historical Archive - a searchable facsimile of the pioneer illustrated newspaper stretching from 1842 to 2003. [About this archive] | |
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Integrated Tariff (Revenue & Customs) - provides information on taxes payable to UK customs upon import/export of goods (available at Westminster Reference Library). |
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International Index to Music Periodicals - Indexing and abstracts for several music journals and magazines plus some full-text articles from ProQuest. |
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International Index to Performing Arts - A database indexing a great many performing arts magazines/journals. Also includes some full text articles. |
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Issues Online - aimed primarily at students wishing to gain a better understanding of the world around them and the issues which affect their lives, but useful to anyone researching social issues. [More about Issues] |
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| Jewish Chronicle Archive - an archive of the magazine/newspaper dating back as far as 1841 (available at Marylebone and Paddington Libraries). | |
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John Johnson Collection - 65,000 items of printed ephemera. Particularly strong on advertising and 19th Century entertainment materials, but also including popular topographical, satirical and humorous prints |
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| Keynote - in-depth market reports covering a wide variety of subjects (available at Church Street, Paddington, Pimlico, and Westminster Reference Library). | |
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KnowUK - directories and information sources on all aspects of life in this country, including Which? guides [About KnowUK] |
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Kompass [Inside the library][Outside the Library] - this Worldwide directory covers thousands of companies and their products; exporters, importers, suppliers and more [About Kompass] |
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The Lancet - full text of the medical research journal from July 1996, and searchable index back to 1823 (available at Marylebone Information Service). |
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Learning Nexus: Online Independent Learning - computer and business skills for personal and small business use. You will need to register at any Westminster library before you first use Learning Nexus [About Learning Nexus] |
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Library Press Display - newspapers from around the world in 47 languages, online (in facsimile) before the print edition. [About Library Press Display] |
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Life in the UK practice tests - for people who have applied or are planning to apply for British citizenship through naturalization, or for an Indefinite Leave to Remain. [About Life in the UK Practice Tests] |
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| London Review of Books - Full-text archive of articles from the British literary review from 1979 to date. Available at Marylebone Information Service. | |
| Marketline Advantage - in-depth information on companies and markets from around the world [about Marketline] | |
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Mintel - wide range of market research reports from a very highly regarded source (available at Westminster Reference Library) [About Mintel] |
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Music Online Reference - music reference resources from Alexander Street Press, including Classical, African American and World music, plus a scores library |
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Naxos Music Library - listen to over 60,000 CDs from Naxos and other labels. Classical, jazz, nostalgia, world and pop. With sleeve notes and glossaries. [About Naxos] |
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| New African - Searchable and browsable facsimile edition of the monthly African news and current affairs magazine, with an archive dating back to 2007 (available at Marylebone Information Service). | |
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Newsbank - a huge searchable archive of national & regional newspapers and magazines going from the current issue back several years. |
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| Newsweek - Digital-only edition of the long-established American news magazine. (available at Marylebone Information Service). | |
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OECD Economic Outlook, Surveys & Indicators - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development analysis of the world's economies (this resource is in conjunction with the OECD collection at Westminster Reference Library). |
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Oxford Art Online - combines Grove Art with its 45,000 articles with the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopaedia of Aesthetics and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. [About Oxford Art Online] |
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| Oxford Biblical Studies Online - combines a series of six authoritative bible texts with related biblical texts, and a framework of study guides and commentaries. | |
| Oxford Dictionaries Online Pro - Regularly updated set of English language reference tools including dictionaries, thesauruses and guides to English and American usage, with audible pronunciations. | |
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - the most authoritative collection of British biographies (over 50,000 entries), continually updated. [About ODNB] |
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Oxford Digital Reference Shelf - a collection of ebooks on the arts, literature & language, science & social science, and history & culture. [About Oxford Digital Reference Shelf] |
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Oxford English Dictionary - the most extensive dictionary of the English language and its origins. [About OED] |
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Oxford Islamic Studies - find out more about Islam and the Qur'an from over 3000 articles from dedicated scholars. |
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Oxford Language Dictionaries - Translate words between the English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian and German languages, and hear how they are pronounced. A useful study aid for language students. [About Oxford Language Dictionaries] |
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Oxford Music Online - combines Grove Music (Music & Musicians, Jazz, and Opera) with the Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary and Companion to Music. [About Oxford Music Online] |
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Oxford Reference Online Premium - over 200 reference books from the Oxford University Press [About Oxford Reference Online] |
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Picture Post Historical Archive - Facsimile archive of the iconic photo-journalism magazine chronicling life in Britain throughout the Second World War and the years of austerity following it, 1938-1957. [About Picture Post] |
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| Public Library Online - Two shelves of ebooks for online reading: a selection from the Arden Shakespeare series, and a selection of environmental texts. | |
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Times Digital Archive - fully searchable facsimile edition of the Times covering 1785-2006. [About the Times Digital Archive] |
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UK Press Online - fully searchable facsimiles of the Daily Mirror from 1903 to the current issue. Also Daily & Sunday Express and Daily Star. [About UK Press Online] |
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Westlaw - legal database of cases and legislation with access to useful legal journals, books and news. (available at Westminster Reference Library & Marylebone Information Service). [About Westlaw]
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Which? - test results and recommendations for 1000s of products and services, and 450 advice guides (available at Marylebone Information Service, Mayfair, Pimlico, St John's Wood, Victoria, & Westminster Reference Library).
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| Which? Local - forum for Which? readers to recommend service providers that they have experience of using in their local area (available at Marylebone Information Service). | |
| Who's Who and Who was Who - directory of the noteworthy and influential, plus Who Was Who: 100,000+ entries from the archives of Who's Who dating back to 1898. [About Who's Who] | |
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