Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available in a number of versions:Academic, Student For ages 12 - 18 and Junior For ages 5 - 11

Titles include; The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian and many other international titles. You can also access The Times Digital Archive covering the years 1745 - 1985.

CANS  (Citizens Advice Bureaux Advice notes) is a detailed and practical summary of the laws of England, Wales, and Scotland. Updated each week by lawyers, compiled using a multitude of legal sources, including Statutes, Statutory Instruments, Codes of Practice and European Directives.

If you are in a library you can access the Online version of CANS from here.

Follow this link to access this site from outside the library. Choose Worcestershire Library and Information Service from the drop down window and then type in WOR and your library card number on the login screen.

British Standards access allows you to read documents online, but not print them out. Please contact a member of library staff if you wish to print either an extract or a whole document for which charges will apply.

Access British Standards online if you are inside a library from here and click on the BSOL subscribers button on the right hand side of the page

Access British Standards from home via your library card from here.Log into your user account on our library catalogue and click the link to the BSI login page.

EBSCO resources

DynaMed (Health information) Green FILE (Environment & conservation) LISTA (Library & Information management) Teacher Reference Center (Education)

Chamber of Commerce
Herefordshire and Worcestershire

BT Phonenet UK
www.bt.com/index.jsp

Note that Directory Enquiries covers Isle of Man, Hull and the Channel Islands, as well as the rest of the UK.

The site is clear and simple to use.
Clicking on the link brings up the homepage.

1.Click on the bottom left hand corner (Directory Enquiries) for either Find a Person or Find a Business.

2.Type in a surname and initial, postcode, town or street name as a search. This brings up a list of possible people.  Clicking on the ‘go’ by the side of the name and address will bring up the telephone number.

3.The same applies to businesses or you can search by type of business eg florist and place eg Evesham.  This brings up a list of florists not only in Evesham but in the area.