Free Reference Resources
To access the following reference resources you must be a member of Borders Council Libraries as you will need to enter your library card number. They can be accessed from any PC with an internet connection.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
50,000 people, 2400 years of history, 10,000 illustrations. This database tells the stories of the people who shaped the history
of the British Isles and beyond, from earliest times to those who died in 2000. It includes 10,000, fully searchable, portrait
illustrations. Everything from coins and death masks to photographs by Cecil Beaton and Man Ray. Searching is easy and fun.
Search for people or by themes.
Oxford Reference Online : Premium Collection
Powering knowledge - Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, English Language Reference
Open a book, browse its content. Search the content of all the books, search for subject lists.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
20 volumes online. Find out when a word was first used and how to pronounce it.
Search for elusive words with the letters you know.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides access to general reference material with over 3 million entries including full text, animations, video clips and images from over 300 titles and 62 publishers.
Crossword Solver and gadgets
Struggling with a clue, quotations and conversions?
Try the crossword solver and other gadgets
CANS Advice Notes is a detailed and practical summary of the laws of Scotland, England and Wales. It sets out the law in a user-friendly way to make it easier for you to find the information you need. Updated weekly
An archive of printed ephemera at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford s enabling access to thousands of items from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering an insight into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, including 19th century Entertainment, the Booktrade, Popular Prints, Crimes, Murders and Executions, and Advertising.
SCRAN Online and Gridclub can only be used from a People's Network PC in a library
SCRAN Online
SCRAN is the award winning history and culture website providing instant access to images, sounds, movies and learning resources.
It contains over one million records from museums, galleries and archives.Gridclub
A high profile online teaching and learning website for 5 - 12 year olds. 
Over 500 high energy interactive learning resources and games
a reference section, a parent’s area and a large teacher’s area with curriculum links, lesson plans and worksheets.
Available on all Junior PCs.
Please ask Library staff if you'd like to use it on other library PCs.
The following sites provide free access to current newspapers and radio services online. They can be accessed from any internet PC.
Media UK Internet Directory
International Newspapers Online
BBC World News in 43 languages
Unified Solutions.