Digital Library

Bibliographies

Oxford Bibliography of British and Irish Literature - As a key part of Western literary and cultural history, British and Irish literature encompasses a massive range of periods, authors, and works that make it one of the most active fields in academia today.

Oxford Bibliography of Victorian Literature - The Victorian period is often regarded as a high point in literary history, generating a wealth of material that is still regarded as canonical as well as a diverse range of literary genres. This period, which encompasses the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, produced a large number of prominent authors such as Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters, and Oscar Wilde, and witnessed a huge expansion in the literary market (partly because of the rise in literacy).

Dictionaries

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Oxford Dictionaries Premium is the home of  premium language resources for English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. 

Family and local history resources

Ancestry Library Edition - Ancestry is one of the most well known subscription genealogy sites in the world. It has over 4 billion names in over 4,000 collections. Ancestry provides the most genealogical information in one place including many historical records that have previously not been available online. It is continually expanding. Ancestry Library Edition is distributed exclusively to libraries and is ideal for the family historian or local historian. Access in the library only.

Find My Past - is an online family history resource. It is available in addition to Ancestry.com, and contains several resources which are unavailable on Ancestry and is more orientated towards the UK. Access in the library only.

Driving Theory Test

Theory Test Pro - Practice the Driving Theory Test and Hazard Perception Test online in the library or from home with your library card. Email address needed to register. Please note, when typing in your library card number, put the letter R before your number. 

Life in the UK Test

GoCitizen.co.uk is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test or British citizenship test. The service includes an online version of the latest official study materials licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook, plus hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test.

When you first use GoCitizen.co.uk, you will need to register with your name, email address and password. There is no charge for this. This information allows GoCitizen.co.uk to save your test scores so you can follow your progress as you practise for the test.

You will need a valid email address to sign up for GoCitizen.co.uk.

If you sign up from home or anywhere else outside of the library, you will also need a valid library barcode number, available on your library card.  Please note, when typing in your library card number, put the letter R before your number. 

Newspapers, journals and magazines

The Access to Research service is a new initiative to give free access to a wide range of academic articles and research in public libraries across the UK. Subjects include art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and the sciences. Access is only available in the library.

NewsBank - Local Newspapers
Papers include: Bradford Telegraph and Argus from 2007 to date, Craven Herald and Pioneer, Keighley News, Keighley Target, Bradford Target, Aire Valley Target, Wharfedale Newspapers from 1998 to 2008, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Evening Press, Selby Star, York Star, York Gazette and York Herald and York Advertiser from 1998 to 2008.

Nineteenth Century Newspapers: Explore over 2 million pages of nineteenth century British Library newspapers. All text fully searchable with keywords.

PressReader - provides access to over 7000 daily newspaper and magazine titles from more than 100 countries, in over 60 languages while connected to the Internet. 

Read a newspaper or magazine in its original or screen-friendly format, print articles, listen to audio narration, and translate content from around the world in up to 17 languages.

E-Books, E-Magazines and E-Audio

Borrow Box - Download eAudiobooks and eBooks on your tablet, smartphone, PC or Mac. You'll need to download the BorrowBox app to read them on your smartphone or tablet.

PressReader - provides access to over 7000 daily newspaper and magazine titles from more than 100 countries, in over 60 languages while connected to the Internet. 

Read a newspaper or magazine in its original or screen-friendly format, print articles, listen to audio narration, and translate content from around the world in up to 17 languages.