Websites for library members
We provide access to library members to a number of subscription websites. Some of these can be accessed from your home, whilst others are only available on computers in our libraries.
Websites accessible from your home
Records provided by Archives and Collections relating to Â鶹ÊÓƵ are available access at home on Ancestry. You do not need library membership to access this service. Ancestry Institution can only be accessed via a library.
A wide range of news articles from local and regional newspapers that reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the nineteenth century. This collection illuminates diverse and distinct regional attitudes and cultures of the period.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
Each week volunteers select and record news from local papers and magazine stories of general interest. Also included is a U3A history talk.
COBRA includes information for businesses on start-up, legal, employment, marketing, exporting, finance, health and safety, plus exhibitions and events and many useful links in the Local Area Profile.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
A wide searchable database of current articles and modern content from local and national newspapers, magazines, journals and reference books. A great resource for home study. Includes full text, image and video content.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
Help with 'Life in the UK' test and British citizenship tests.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
Government Information
A wealth of government information and official publications can be found and freely viewed at:
Over 60,000 biographies and 11,000 portraits all accessible from home.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
Prepare for your Driving Theory Test with this online test site. If you are experiencing difficulty accessing this site through Internet Explorer, try a different web browser, for example Firefox or Google Chrome.
You will need a Â鶹ÊÓƵ library membership number to access this service from home.
Websites accessible only from computers in our libraries
Free, searchable access to a wide range of academic articles and research. Subjects include art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and the sciences.
Only one printed copy of an article allowed for research purposes.
Trace your family history using records from England, Scotland and Wales censuses from 1841 to 1911, birth, marriage and death records and UK parish and probate record.
Available at the Library of Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Sutton Coldfield Library. Ask staff members to log you into the site.
Page last updated: 20 August 2024