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Access the world's most trusted online reference for FREE - all you need is your local library membership card.
Find out what's available at your local library!
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"It's hard to imagine a better excuse for the recent rises in the council tax...a recent remarkable deal between Oxford University Press and the Museums Libraries and Archives Council means that many of the world's most prestigious and authoritative reference works are now available free online [to members of public libraries in England]...
The list of works is astonishing: the entire Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and 170 other dictionaries, companions and atlases on a myriad of subjects including law, medicine, zoology, statistics, space exploration, world literature, saints, history, theatre, opera, politics, biology, the ancient world, mythology, football, and many languages. The magisterial Grove Dictionary of Music and the Grove Dictionary of Art are also available...
Most English libraries have joined, but if yours hasn't, or you live in Scotland, I would start lobbying now." The Independent
Oxford Online resources are widely available across English public libraries following a landmark agreement between Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).
130 library authorities have subscribed to the following resources:
14 library authorities have subscribed to the following resources:
Some libraries have also subscribed to other reference resources from OUP, including:
Access is available until 31 March 2012. Members of subscribing libraries can access the resources from any computer at any time - as well as within the library!
Check with your local library for details.
Find out what's available at your local library!
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