Registered members of Newport Libraries have access to trusted online resources to help with personal research and homework.
Select one of the services below and when prompted enter your reader number from your library card.
All logins are case sensitive so remember to use a capital letter for the alpha prefix and that all 0 are zeros.
Reference
Britannica Junior - encyclopaedia for students aged 5-10 years
Britannica Student - encyclopaedia for students aged 10-14 years
Encyclopaedia Britannica - advanced comprehensive encyclopaedia
Oxford Dictionaries - language reference from the experts
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - people who shaped the British Isles and beyond
Oxford English Dictionary - definitive record of the English language
Oxford Reference Online - the best of the OUP reference titles
Resources for life
Go Citizen - help with passing the Life in the UK test
Law and Rights - answering legal queries in a simple way
Theory Test Pro - help to pass the driving theory test
Reading resources
Who Else Writes like? - find other authors in the same vein as your favourites
Who Next..? - who to read when you’ve finished your favourite authors
Wood of Words - reading activities and games for younger readers
Genealogy
Available in libraries only
Ancestry Library Edition - search census data, vital records, directories, photos and more
Find My Past - trace birth records, census data and obituaries