Find out about the range of online resources you can access from home and your library.
Our libraries hold a vast array of online resources to help with everything from starting a business and researching your family history to choosing a household appliance and taking your driving theory test.
Most of these resources can be accessed from home, however there are some which you need to access from a library - look out for this in the description.
We offer a wide range of free e-audio books and e- books.
Grove Art Online: The unsurpassed authority on all aspects of the visual arts.
Grove Music Online: Comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.
Who else writes like...?: A readers’ guide to fiction authors, designed to answer the perennial question, "I've read all the books by this author, who else writes like that?"
Who next…?: A guide to children’s authors for children who have already enjoyed stories by one writer to find other books by similar authors.
The complete business reference advisor: If you are thinking of starting a business, the complete business reference advisor has all the information you need to turn your idea into a reality. Library members can find more than 4,000 factsheets, market reports, contacts and sources of funding and support, plus hundreds of practical guides to starting up more than 350 types of business.
Ancestry Library: This site helps bring your backstory to life. Explore records and build your family tree. This resource needs to be used in a library.
Find My Past: Trace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, and obituaries. This resource needs to be used in a library.
British Library Newspapers Basic Search: This full-text, fully searchable digital archive currently includes papers originating in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century.
British Newspaper Archive: Access hundreds of historic newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland. You can search hundreds of millions of articles by keyword, name, location, date or title. This resource is only available via computers in our local libraries - except for Embsay-with-Eastby and Mashamshire community libraries.
NewsBank: This comprehensive news collection is ideal for exploring issues and events at the local, regional, national and international level. Its diverse source types include print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos.
GreenFILE: GreenFILE is a free research database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Which?: Access to reports, buying guides and Which? magazine's recent research. This resource can only be used in libraries. Ask a member of staff to log you in.
Who's Who and Who Was Who: Who's Who is the definitive current biographical directory of the most influential figures in British public life, as well as leading international figures. Who Was Who is the full archive of former entries from Who's Who, dating back to 1897.
Encyclopaedia Britannica is a resource for everyone aged from five to adult:
Go Citizen: An online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test.
Life in the UK: A collection of guides to support job skills, applying for jobs, applying for Universal Credit and practical support for newcomers to the UK.
Theory Test Pro: A highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories. It contains all the official test questions licensed from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - the people who set the tests.