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 and covers words from across the English-speaking world. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

An excellent quick reference resource which includes bilingual dictionaries, quotations, subject reference dictionaries, quick encyclopedias, maps, etc. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

The full text, constantly updated and with links to thousands of other websites. There are three distinct areas: JUNIOR, STUDENT (Lower & Middle Schools) and BRITANNICA (Upper School). They include extra curricular materials such as study guides. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

ActiveHistory provides vast amounts of worksheets, lesson plans, interactive simulations and interactive quizzes for the history classroom with whole-school, 24-hour access for students and teachers.

Trace your family history - You can search censuses for England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands from 1851 to 1901, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes for births, deaths and marriages , plus UK and Ireland parish and probate records from the 1500s to the 1800s and even earlier. There are also a few military, immigration/emigration, court and probate records.

An online resource providing a vast collection of digitised primary and secondary sources for the study of history...[and] provides over 40,000 documents and articles, with over 50 reference works, 3,000 images and links to 2,000 Web sites. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

History Reference Center® offers cross-searchable access to the full text of thousands of reference books, encyclopedias and periodicals, plus a wide range of multimedia material. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

The catalogues of DUCKS, the Junior School Library, the Raymond Chandler Library, the Wodehouse Library, the Masters' Library, the Archives, the Careers Library, the Art Library and other collections in various departments.

A useful place to check the details of books which are in print, particularly if you are asking the library to buy a copy. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

We can borrow items from the British Library if they are not available in our own libraries - particularly if they are expensive or out of print.

Connell Guides are concise critical guides to some of the major works of English Literature. Hard copies are available in the Library whilst additional content can be found online.

Literary Reference Center contains full text for more than 35,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, as well as articles/essays of literary criticisms, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems and short stories, author interviews, classic texts and much more. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

The Literary Encyclopedia is an authoritative collection of specially commissioned articles written by scholars expert in their fields. It addresses literary works, writers, cultural movements and historical events around the world. Its interactive features enable the user to place literature within its historical context in innovative ways. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

An interconnected, fully searchable, perpetually growing, virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE COLLEGE.

This is a really great site for discovering new authors. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

A great site aimed at younger readers for discovering new authors. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

Greece & Rome is a journal which delivers scholarly research to a wider audience. It showcases original and informative articles on ancient history, literature, art, archaeology, religion, philosophy, and reception of the ancient world.

Complete catalogues or selected recordings of over 400 independent labels. Also includes artist and composer biographies!

"A dynamic research tool combining the full text of the 29-volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search capabilities, one-click cross-referencing, and an ever increasing network of web-links to musical sites around the world." NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

Classical Music is the authoritative voice of the classical music profession, offering a behind-the-scenes approach to a fast changing industry. Encounter the biggest movers and shakers in the business and read their expert views on the latest news and developments, as they happen.

Complete Issues has a simple goal. To provide you with relevant articles, statistics and organisations for your research in a quick and easy way. The site contains the full text of articles from the publications Fact File, Key Organisations and Essential Articles.

The online version of the excellent printed series, particularly useful for debating topics and Well-being research.

The Day is an educational news service that links daily current affairs with the school curriculum. Every weekday our in-house team of professional journalists selects three of the most important stories. They explain the news, provide context and link the issues to the school curriculum. Each story comes with discussion points, Q & A, class activities, glossaries and links for further reading.

JSTOR is a vast database of millions of academic articles from more than 2000 journals across a broad spectrum of subjects. It is an invaluable resource for the arts, social sciences and humanities.

Additional useful online resources to supplement the quarterly magazine for students of A2 and AS English, with video clips of authors and access to over 650 articles on writers, set texts, poetry and criticism.

Access to the online archive of Prospect magazine, fully searchable and containing a fantastic selection of stimulating and insightful current affairs articles.

Student edited journal with free access to online version and archive and full of useful information for aspiring medics.

The Economist online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology. It includes all articles from The Economist print edition and a searchable online archive that dates back to June 1997. There is also a variety of web-only content, including blogs, debates and audio/video programmes.

Published weekly, the TLS reviews more than 2,000 books each year. The TLS Archive is a comprehensive text archive of TLS material – book reviews, arts reviews, poems, letters and commentary pieces – dating from 1994 to the present day. It is updated every week on the day of publication.

An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE

Who’s Who: the essential directory of the noteworthy and influential in every area of public life, published worldwide, and written by the entrants themselves.NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

The magazine of Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society. Contains the full-text of the current issue of the magazine and an archive dating back to 1970. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher which has pioneered the open access publishing model. The database contains a vast number of freely accessible journal articles.

Chemistry Central publishes a range of online open access journals, and provides links to other online open access journals of interest published by BioMed Central.

A full database of articles back to 1988.

A comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, physics, scientists, technology and wildlife. NOT ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE.

A gateway to a number of subject based web portals giving access to web pages selected by academics - a really useful source of high quality online information.