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Library Opening Times

The Library is open from
9:00am to 4:30pm - Monday to Thursday.
On Friday the Library closes at 3:30pm.

The Royal Borough Windsor & Maidenhead Library Service have some online resources available. However, you will need a Windsor & Maidenhead library card. To find out more, visit the Online Library web page

www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/onlinelibrary.htm

Remember: To access these sites just type in your library barcode number into the Public library users login.

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Web Link	Hits
Times Digital Archive Search 200 years of the Times Newspaper. Full of fascinating historical detail, and great for homework.	981
Issues Online: Access information and research about social issues Issues Online is an invaluable series of photocopiable resource books for those who need up-to-date information on social issues. Sources include factsheets, newspaper reports and features, general interest magazine articles, journal and book extract	770
KnowUK: Link now for quick look-up information KnowUK cross searches online version of popular library reference books such as Who's Who, dictionaries, Willings Press Guide	647
Oxford Online: Link now for general reference Oxford Online searches over 100 reference books from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries and thesauri	626
News UK: Search UK newspaper articles for current affairs News UK allows you to search several years of the major daily nationals including Mail, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent. Now with regional newspapers	677
World Book Online: Access online children's encyclopedia for homework World Book Online is an interactive searchable general encyclopedia with over 500 maps, and Atlas interactively linked to article content, 10,000 pictures, dictionary and more!	2510
The Oxford English Dictionary: Look up any word in the English language The Oxford English Dictionary is the unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words.	2641
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Search for information about famous people The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the definitive searchable resource of people who shaped the history of the British Isles, with over 50,000 biographies.	629
Groves Music Online: Find out about music and musicians Groves Music Online is an integrated full text music resource on the web, music musicians, opera, jazz and much more. Regularly updated to ensure it remains the most up-to-date music reference work on the internet.	653
Groves Art Online: Find out about art and artists Groves Art Online allows you to search over 45,000 visual art articles with over 40,000 links to important art images in galleries and museums around the world.	680
ThamesPilot More than 5,000 images of historic documents relatiung to the Thames, including local documents.	2053