Databases available to library members
The following resources can be accessed at home or on a public computer in Camden libraries.
- American National Biography provides over 19,000 biographies of significant, influential or notorious figures from American history written by prominent scholars.
- Benezit Dictionary of Artists is a comprehensive and definitive resource for artists’ biographies, published since 1911.
- Britannica Library, developed specifically for public libraries, provides library members with access to age-appropriate resources available anywhere, at any time and on any device. Excellent for homework, coursework, projects, reference or just for fun. To access the Student and Junior versions, visit Learning resources for children and young people.
- COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) is an reference resource that provides quick and easy access to information about starting or running a small business, considering self-employment or thinking about career options.
- The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the definitive guide to the meaning, history, spelling and pronunciation of over half a million words.
- Oxford Dictionaries includes dictionaries for translating French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic and US English words and phrases. Intended as a supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary
- Who's Who is the definitive current biographical directory of the most influential figures in British public life, as well as leading international figures. Who Was Who is the full archive of former entries from Who's Who, dating back to 1897.
- Grove Art Online is a dictionary and encyclopaedia of the arts and artists. Covering painting, sculpture, architecture and all areas of design. Includes the full text of The Oxford Companion to Western Art and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.
- Oxford Music Online is a dictionary and encyclopaedia of music, composers and performers, with playable musical examples. Includes the full text of The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music and The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, plus specialist coverage of opera and jazz.
- Oxford World’s Classics provides access to over 450 novels and other writings from the Medieval period to the 20th century.
- Newsbank provides full text of articles from most of the national UK daily and Sunday newspapers. Check out the new, expanded edition (2021) with full-page reproductions from recent years. Also includes The London Times Collection, with full-text coverage of the Times and Sunday Times since 1985.
- The Times Digital Archive is a searchable archive reproduced from 1785-2014. Later years are available on Newsbank, above.
Databases available on public computers in Camden libraries
The following resources are not available remotely. You can access them from a public computer in Camden libraries.
- Ancestry is a tool to research your family history. It is the largest genealogy database available online, containing more than 5 billion names.
- Access to Research provides free access to over 10 million academic articles.
- From the British Film Institute, BFI Replay is a 'living digital archive', designed to give you access to thousands of newly-digitised television programmes and films. Footage spans 50 years of life captured from videotapes across the 20th century, from the 1960s to the 2010s, and almost lost forever. The archive offers a glimpse into Britain’s past, its people and places, recording and revealing an era of rapid social, industrial, political and technological change.