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Family and Local History
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
Provides access to the 1841 to 1901 UK censuses and contains more than 4 billion names. A simple search using an ancestor's christian and surname can produce some interesting results, which can be viewed, printed or emailed.
British Newspaper Archive
British Newspaper ArchiveWhether you are a researcher, historian or you simply want to know more about Britain's history, take this fantastic opportunity to search the British Newspaper Archive.
FindMyPast
FindMyPastTrace your ancestry and build a family tree by researching extensive birth records, census data, obituaries and more with FindMyPast.
Plimsoll
Plimsoll
Discover the story of merchant shipping and port life in Southampton. This archive contains over 10,000 photographs, maps, sound clips, documents, games and other objects.
Times Digital Archive
Times Digital Archive
The full content of the Times Newspaper from 1785 to 2006 in facsimile. A remarkable source of information for social and political history. There is a limit on the number of users for this site, so you may have to come back later.
Newspapers and Magazines
Times Digital Archive
Times Digital Archive
The full content of the Times Newspaper from 1785 to 2006 in facsimile. A remarkable source of information for social and political history. There is a limit on the number of users for this site, so you may have to come back later.
PressReader
PressReader
PressReader lets you read all your favourite publications in one place with FREE unlimited access to over 7,000 publications from 101 countries and 60 languages.
RBdigital Magazines
RBdigital Magazines
There is a wide range of magazines to choose from on the RBdigital website and app. You can read them on your computer, smartphone or tablet for free.
Dictionaries and Reference
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Biographies of 50,000 people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond from earliest times to today.

Oxford Premium Reference Collection
Oxford Premium Reference Collection
The world's most trusted reference collection. In Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection you will find a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 170 Oxford reference titles, including more than 50,000 additional in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Encyclopaedias
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Four complete encyclopaedias: Encyclopaedia Britannica; Britannica Student Encyclopedia; Britannica Junior Encyclopedia; Britannica Concise Encyclopedia; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus; Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Quotations; Gateway to the Classics; The New York Times, BBC News, and SBS World News headlines from around the world; Web links selected by Britannica editors; World Atlas; Timelines; Spotlights.

Britannica Junior Edition
Britannica Junior Edition
The world's best known encyclopaedia. For ages 5 - 11.
Britannica Student Edition
Britannica Student Edition
The world's best known encyclopaedia. For ages 12 - 18.
Arts and Music
Oxford Premium Reference Collection
Oxford Premium Reference Collection
The world's most trusted reference collection. In Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection you will find a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 170 Oxford reference titles, including more than 50,000 additional in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus all 20,000 quotations from the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Naxos
Naxos
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available to stream online offering over 705,700 tracks of Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music.
Legal
UK Legislation
UK Legislation
Searchable database of legislation and UK public records provided and managed by The National Archives on behalf of HM Government.
e-Books and e-Audiobooks
RBdigital
RBdigital
There is a wide range of eAudiobooks to choose from on the RBdigital website and app. You can listen/read them on your computer, smartphone or tablet for free.
BorrowBox
BorrowBox
Download eBooks and eAudio to your mobile device or tablet using the Borrowbox App
E learning
FutureLearn
FutureLearnFutureLearn offers a great opportunity for library's users to hear from top educators from all over the world. Courses cover a broad and diverse range of subjects including science, language, teaching, history, literature and many more.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages
Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more.
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
Road to IELTS is ideal for IELTS preparation. The interactive activities, advice videos, and practice tests are aimed precisely at the challenges candidates face.

IELTS General Training - The General Training (GT) module is for those who need an English language qualification for their work, because they are moving to an English-speaking country or simply because they want to measure their general English ability.

IELTS Academic Module - The Academic module is often used to check whether a student is ready to study in a university where the teaching is in English.

Theory Test Pro
Theory Test Pro
A highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories. It contains all the official test questions licensed from the DSA, the people who set the tests.
Go Citizen
Go Citizen
Learn, practise and revise for the British Citizenship Test.
Our Choice - Top Sites
Theory Test Pro A highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests for all vehicle categories. It contains all the official test questions licensed from the DSA, the people who set the tests.
HomeBidHomebid is the choice based lettings scheme that we use to advertise available council and housing association properties in Southampton.
IELTS The General Training (GT) module is for those who need an English language qualification for their work.
Learn My Way Learn My Way is designed to help people take their first steps with computers and the internet. Register to access a wide range of online courses.
Direct GovThe official UK government website for citizens. Public information and services all in one place.
Concessionary Bus PassConcessionary Bus Passes. When do I qualify for my English National Concessionary Bus Pass due to age reasons?