Category Archives: Weblinks

Aberdeen City Libraries Digital Resources

Using your library card(often on your accord card)  it is possible to access a range of useful online resources.

For more information go to

http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Library/digital_library/lib_digitallibrary_AtoZ.asp

The digital resource list is fairly comprehensive and a useful support for a range of school subjects. You can even practice for the UK Driving theory test ;

Issues Online examines a huge range of topical issues

19th. Century British Library Newspapers including Aberdeen Journal

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 57,000 biographies

Oxford Art Online Art resource –    including history, styles and biographies.

Incorporating Grove Art,  Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Oxford Music Online includes Grove Music. Music Industry (record labels, performers), genres (early roots to the modern era)

Oxford Reference Online encyclopedias, subject dictionaries and language dictionaries

Scotsman Archive & UK Scotsman newspaper 1817 – 1950.

SCRAN 360,000 images, videos and sounds from museums and  archives.

Silver City Vault Images and Records of Aberdeen.

Wood of Words Online database of activities on reading, writing and  books.

Tell Me More Online language learning

Theory Test Pro Online simulation of the UK Driving Theory Test.

UK Press Online Historic newspapers 1900 – present.

Who Else Writes Like Find out who else writes like a favourite author.

Who Next guide for children to finding similar authors to ones they know

Who’s Who & Who Was Who 1898 – present

Emagazines free digital editions of popular magazines

Overdrive free Ebooks and Audiobooks