Online reference and information services

Use the following links and then login with your Richmond Libraries' card number to access these services from home. (Type the whole number, including DXXXX, and leave no spaces). You no longer need a PIN.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online

Includes a student version and a junior version.

Oxford Reference

Over 100 dictionary and reference titles. (At home, enter your library card number under Subscriber log in).

KnowUK

Information about UK people, places, events and institutions.

NewsUK

Archive of articles from UK newspapers.

The Times Digital Archive

The Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985.

Oxford English Dictionary

The OED.
(On library premises use Return to home page to bypass library card sign in).

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online

Covers French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Who's Who and Who was Who

Covers the living as well as those who have died - since 1897.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

55,000 biographies.

Ancestry Library Edition

For the family historian. Access from library premises only.

Oxford Music Online

Includes The Oxford Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Grove Music Online.

Naxos Music Library

Listen online to Classical music, plus Jazz, Blues, World...

Oxford Art Online

Includes Grove Art Online as well as other sources.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online

An authoritative resource on  all aspect of Islam.

COBRA

For those setting up or running a business.

More information on our current online reference services.

e-books in Richmond Libraries

Online books on IT, health, psychology, business, plus the classics.

If you experience problems accessing any of our online reference or e-book services, for example being asked for a further user name and password, please see Problems accessing our online services?