FREE ACCESS TO ONLINE INFORMATION: Members can use these valuable sources of information from any internet connected pc without charge. All that is required is your library membership number. Cumbria Libraries subscribe to the following :
This new digital resource provides access to national, regional and local 19th century British newspapers. Available from any public library in Cumbria and to registered library members at home by entering your library card number when prompted.
Comprises the full text of The Dictionary of Art, and The Oxford Companion to Western Art. Ongoing additions of new and updated articles, over 2,500 thumbnail art images and line drawings displayed in the text of articles, extensive image links, and sophisticated search and navigation tools.
Contains over 47,000 articles from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
This Premium Collection enhances the 100+ books in the Core Collection with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. This means an additional 140,000 entries, including 50,000 longer, in-depth, signed entries with bibliographies.
An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past.
An online service developed to provide national and regional news combining the most popular British newspaper titles in one database.
Freely available, the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (formerly PRODIGY) are a reliable source of evidence-based information and practical 'know how' about the common conditions managed in primary care.
CKS provides quick answers to real-life questions that arise in the consultation, linking to detailed answers that clearly outline the evidence on which they are based.