Your public library and Oxford DNB

Most public libraries in the UK and Ireland subscribe to the Oxford DNB (thanks in part to a landmark agreement between OUP and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council). Many of them offer ‘remote access’, which means that, if you are a registered reader,

• you can access the whole Oxford DNB online at home, free, using your library's subscription.

All subscribing public library authorities in the UK and Ireland are listed below, with links through to their websites. If you can't find your library on our list, this useful list of UK public library websites may help (this is an external link to a privately maintained website). Note that not all the libraries on this list offer remote access: check with your library.

The rest of the world

• Of course, many libraries elsewhere in the world subscribe, and should offer remote access. Ask your librarian whether your library subscribes.

• If your library doesn't subscribe, does your librarian know about our free trials?

• England
• Channel Islands      London      Midlands      North east
• North west      South east      South west      Yorkshire
• Ireland
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland
• Wales

Librarians

• If you have a correction or addition to this list, or if you would like to add a 'see details' link to the entry for your library, please email me, the electronic publication manager, and I shall correct the list.

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