Electronic Resources

  Tell me more language learning

NEW! Learn a language online with Tell me more. Use the number on your library card (beginning with a capital 'B') to register and download the software. This may take a few minutes but once that's done you're ready to go! More information...

Britannica Online

Britannica Junior

Britannica Student

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Art Online

Oxford Music Online          including Grove Music Online

Oxford Reference Online

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Who's Who

Kompass          what is Kompass?

Literature Resource Center          what is L.R.C.?

Know UK          what is Know UK?

News UK          what is News UK?

 

More online databases and CD-ROMs

You can access the subscriber-only contents of other web sites, such as Which?, 192.com and Funderfinder from the computers in the Reference Library. The Scotsman Digital Archive is available in the Edinburgh Room.

Screenonline from the British Film Institute
Screenonline is an online encyclopaedia of British film and television, featuring hundreds of hours of film and television clips from the vast collections of the BFI’s National Archive. Anyone can log on to Screenonline, but access to the clips is not possible through your home PC. So visit your local library and make the most of this amazing resource!

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Contacts
Name: Reference Library
Address: Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 242 8060
Fax: 0131 242 8009

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