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Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 3.00pm on Friday 31 March until 8.00am Monday 3 April 2023: our online council tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. You will also not be able to register to pay council tax online, make a change of address for council tax or cancel single person discount. You are still able to make a payment during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Online resources available to library members


Our library service subscribes to a range of online resources.

As a library member you have full, free access via Library Online to the following: 

  • Ebooks
  • Audiobooks
  • Emagazines 
  • Who's Who and Who Was Who
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • Oxford English Dictionary Online
  • Oxford Reference Online
  • Oxford Music Online (incorporating Grove Music Online)
  • Oxford Art Online (incorporating Grove Art Online)
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
  • Britannica Junior (age group five to 11)
  • Britannica Student (age group 12 to 18)
  • British Standards Online (BSOL)
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