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Local information about Bedfordshire | Education Post 16

Dictionaries and Reference books

• Dictionaries and other Reference Books online - an amazing number of titles to look at! (Direct link)
• Dictionary of National Biography: 50,000 biographies and 10,000 illustrations (Direct link)
• Encyclopaedia Britannica online- you can browse the complete text at home (Direct link)
• Oxford English Dictionary: definitions and histories of over 500,000 words (Direct link)

Journals

• Journals Online: a searchable collection of over 40 well-known magazines and journals. Your search results will give full-text articles or abstracts or references. Journal titles include Astronomy, British Journal of Psychology, History Today, Interior Design and New Scientist

Newspapers

• Infotrac custom newspaper database allows you to search for articles from eight national daily and Sunday newspapers.
• Times digital archive 1785-1985 gives you a fascinating picture of two hundred years of news. You can search and view the complete Times newspaper including articles, illustrations, photographs and advertisements.

You may also find the Newspapers and Magazines in Bedfordshire Libraries
page of our website useful.

Are you looking for business information?

• Marketline Business Information Centre has up-to-date information on 10,000 companies, 2000 industries and 50 countries.

Would you like to find expert information on a particular topic?

• A-Z How to Find Information offers a useful guide to books and websites and where to look for information on a range of topics.

Are you researching your village or town or would you like to know more about Bedfordshire's past?

If so, you can find timelines, digitised maps, photographs, newspaper articles on the Local and Family History pages of Bedfordshire Libraries website.

If you're looking for information by place try our 'Sense of Place' pages

If you still can't find the information you want you can contact the Virtual Library through the online enquiry service