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Oxford Reference OnlineOnline access to Grove Art Online; Grove Music Online; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Oxford English Dictionary
and Oxford Reference Online using your library card.
To use any of the following follow the
links below and put in your library card number prefixed with COV in the box for library card number. (COV needs to be in
capital letters) COV28002xxxxxxxxx where x is any digit. Please do not put in the spaces from your
barcode number. Online  | Grove Art Online (external website)
What Grove Art
Online offers - An award-winning resource on every aspect of the visual arts from prehistory to the present day
- Over
45,000 articles on fine arts, decorative arts, and architecture
- Scholarship written by over 6,000 international contributors
- Over 130,000 art images, with links to hundreds of museums and galleries around the world
- A wide range of
search and browse options to explore the full text, bibliographies, biographies, and image links
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 | Grove
Music Online (external website)
What Grove Music Online offers - Over 45,000 articles on people and places,
instruments and techniques, genres and styles
- Scholarship written by over 6,000 international contributors
- Over
5,000 links to images, sound, and other related web sites
- Over 500 audio musical examples
- A wide range of
search and browse options to explore the full text, bibliographies, works-lists, biographies, and links
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 | Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography (external website)
An illustrated collection of more than 50,000 authoritative, signed, biographies of
notable men and women connected with the British Isles, from all walks of life, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.
No living people are included. Biographies vary in length from a few dozen to over 30,000 words. Each includes a list of sources.
10,000 are illustrated. The database also includes the full text of the original Dictionary of National Biography. |
 | Oxford
English Dictionary Online (external website)
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution
of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of
over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide
range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery
books. |
 | Oxford Reference Online (external website)
Premium Collection combines rich
and scholarly resources with authoritative, quick-reference coverage of the full subject spectrum. It also offers excellent
functionality, and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations, and timelines.
Library card number
to be entered in the box on righthand side of page with COV before your card number . |
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