A Library in your Living Room

Ever wanted to take a whole reference shelf home, to explore a subject more fully? Want an answer from a publisher you can trust, to a question on art, music, people, words, everything, and anything? Would you like access to hundreds of reference books in the library or from home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?

Oxford University Press online resources are widely available across UK public libraries. The majority of UK public library authorities have subscribed to the following resources:

Art
A must-have resource covering
all aspects of art.
Music
The definitive work for both students and musicians.
People
58,000 people, 2,400 years.

Words
The most comprehensive dictionary of English ever produced.
Everything!
The biggest, most authoritative reference work in the world.


Find what's available at your library!
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Libraries by region:

  • East Midlands
  • East of England
  • London
  • North East
  • North West
  • South East
  • South West
  • West Midlands
  • Yorkshire
  • Isle of Man
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Wales


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    Resources

    Homework clubs

    We’ve produced a poster explaining how the online resources from OUP can help KS3, KS4, and A level students with writing essays, coursework, and revision. You can download the poster from here and customize it with your library’s url and homework club details.

    Reading groups

    We know many libraries run reading groups so we’ve created a poster to help members use the Oxford DNB. You can download the poster from here, customize it with your library’s url and reading group information then insert it into your reading group packs.

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