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COBRA: Complete Business Reference Advisor
COBRA contains all the information you need to turn your idea into a business. If you are thinking of working for yourself, COBRA has the information you need. With over 4,000 factsheets, sector guides, and more. Plus hundreds of practical guides for starting up more than 350 types of business.
NewsBank
NewsBank gives access to UK and Ireland newspapers from 1982. Full-text content of local and regional newspapers are provided on an easy-to-search database.
Please note: When logging into NewsBank from the first login screen please select ‘No Username and Password. Click here for additional login options’ and enter name of Library authority (Staffordshire) and your Library Card number.
Oxford Resources
What everyone needs to know
Our latest new resource from Oxford University Press. Want to stay up to date on important topics? We've got you covered with What Everyone Needs to Know®. Written by leading experts in their fields, this series offers balanced and authoritative primers on complex current event issues and countries.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford DNB is a collection of more than 57,000 biographies, describing the lives of people who shaped the history of Britian and beyond from the 4th century BC to the 21st century.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
The OED Online has recently been updated with a new look and several new features. The core of the site is still the 600,000 definitions and uses of words, but the website now features word timelines, an historical thesaurus and pages on the OED's most-cited authors and texts - offering an insight into those who have shaped the English language.
Oxford Reference Online
With Oxford Reference Online you can find a wealth of facts, figures, definitions and translations from more than 175 Oxford reference titles, including the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, and all 20,000 entries from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
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These subscriptions are free to use, but can only be accessed at Your Library.
BFI Replay - Film and TV archive footage
Discover Film and TV history with BFI Replay.
Take a trip down memory lane with historic videos from the BBC and ITV .
Collections include historical events and classic TV shows such as Coronation Street. They also contain public information films, adverts, interviews with filmmakers, and much more.
BFI Replay is accessible via a link on library public access PCs
Access to Research Periodicals
Access to Research gives free, walk-in access to over 30 million academic articles. Subjects covered include the sciences, art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and much, much more.
GoCitizen
GoCitizen is a study resource for people preparing for the Life in the UK test or British Citizenship test. Licensed from the Home Office, with:
- Online version of the latest official study materials licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook
- Hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test
- Additional interactive learning resources and teaching aids
Theory Test Pro
Theory Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories.
It contains all the official test questions licensed from the DVSA, the people who set the tests.
Ancestry - Library Edition
The leading genealogy resource on the internet packed full of records, to trace your family history, whether you are from Staffordshire or beyond.
Findmypast - Staffordshire Collection
Findmypast is one of the leading family history resources on the internet. The Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Archive Service has partnered with Findmypast to make some of the most popular Staffordshire sources available online.
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive allows users to search the largest collection of British and Irish historical newspapers online, covering nearly 300 years of history. This collection includes Staffordshire newspapers such as the Staffordshire Advertiser, Staffordshire Chronicle, Staffordshire Newsletter and Staffordshire Sentinel.