About the resources

Resource title Description Subject areas
Berg Fashion Library Berg Fashion Library

Images, ebooks, journals and reference works relating to fashion and world dress, with partners including the V&A Museum, in a fully cross-searchable online resource.

Anthropology, Art history, Fashion & textiles, Folklore, Geography, History, Museum studies, Sociology, Theatre & cultural studies
La Maison Moderne Bridgeman Education

Bridgeman Education is an online resource of images. It is owned by the Bridgeman Art Library, which has been the world’s leading source of fine art, cultural and historical images for 40 years. It offers easy and legal access to over 300, 000 high-quality images, copyright-cleared for personal use.

Africa, Asia, Australasia, Citizenship, Drama, Environment, Europe, Geography, Globalisation and the natural world, Health, History, Literature, Medicine, Music, Mythology, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Scandinavia, Science, Sport, The Americas, World civilisations
Dorling Kindersley eBooks Dorling Kindersley eBooks

Access to the innovative digital library of the renowned reference book publishers, whose books cover a vast range of topics for all age ranges and feature successful partnerships with both expert authors and leading institutions.

European Sources Online European Sources Online

Legislative, policy, statistical and general reference information on recent and ongoing developments in the European Union and the wider European continent, providing access to thousands of related websites and archives.

Economics, Environment, EU, Europe, Legislation, Policy, Politics., Reports, Sociology, Statistics
GoCitizen.co.uk GoCitizen.co.uk

An online resource designed to help those applying for British Citizenship and preparing for the Life in the UK Test, including the latest official study materials alongside hundreds of practice questions in test format.

Citizenship
Irish Newspaper Archives Irish Newspaper Archives

The world’s largest online database of Irish newspapers, including national, regional and out-of-print titles dating from the 1700s to the present day and reflecting local, national and international history from an Irish perspective.

Anglo-Irish relations, Business, Current affairs, Genealogy, Government and politics, History, Literature, media and humanities., Technology, The Arts
Rock's Backpages Rock's Backpages

The ultimate library of rock journalism, containing thousands of articles by some of music journalism’s most famous writers, from the 1960s to the present.

Contemporary history., Journalism, Media, Politics, Popular culture, Popular music, Sociology
Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks and magazines Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks and magazines

A continuously growing reference library that currently offers access to more than 800 high quality, chemical science books spanning over 40 years of publication with content accessible via browse or search.

Chemistry, Science
Theory Test Pro Theory Test Pro

DSA-approved online simulation of the driving theory test for all vehicle categories, featuring test questions, an online highway code, hazard perception video simulations and speech-enabled tests.

Driving, Driving theory test, Highway code.
Usborne eBooks Usborne eBooks

Reference, learning support and fiction books for young people of all ages – babies though to teenagers – with subjects including languages, arts and crafts, science, music, sports, poetry and cookery.