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Bank Holiday Library closures
All our libraries will be closed on Friday 29 March, Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April for Easter. Opening hours for Saturday 30 March remain the same.
Use our free online resources
Library members can use our online resources for free.
You can access these online resources anywhere, for free, by following the links under each resource. To use them you’ll need to log in with your library card number.
LOTE4Kids allows children to enjoy picture books in World Languages. Each book is provided with an English translation to help develop multilingual reading and listening skills.
Wondering what to read next? 'Who Else Writes Like?' is designed to help anyone who enjoys reading fiction to expand the number of writers they read.
Browse over 4,000 authors by genre or go straight to an author of interest, check up on characters and series or the latest prize-winning writers, and follow the links to authors' websites for additional information.
With over 1,000 authors, and four age categories, Who Next? can suggest what to read next and guide your child’s reading progress from the ages of 5 to 14 and up. They suggest authors of children’s fiction who write similarly.
A digital archive of copies of the Times newspaper (London) from 1785 to 2019, on the Gale Databases website. You'll be granted access to the Times Digital Archive automatically when you’re using a library computer.
To access the archive from home, you’ll need to log in with your library card number.
An educational video resource you can use to watch recordings of classical music, operas, ballets, and jazz performances for free.
To start using Medici, visit the website, click 'login' on the top right-hand corner of the page, select 'Brighton & Hove Libraries' and enter your library membership number.
The New Oxford Shakespeare
All of Shakespeare's works, in old English and modern text, including comparisons
The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the authority on the English Language and offers word meanings, history, and pronunciation of over 600,000 words.
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Access to Research has academic articles about various topics including art, history, politics and science.
Historical newspapers and Print Resources
British Newspaper Archive
An archive of local and regional newspapers from Britain and Ireland dating from 1603.
You'll be granted access to The British Newspaper Archive automatically when you’re using a library computer. You can create and log in with your personal ‘British Newspaper Archive’ account if you want to.
John Johnson Collection
An archive of printed material about Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries
You'll be granted access to the John Johnson Collection automatically on a library computer.
A family history website you can use to build and research your family tree. You can use the website to search:
birth, marriage and death records
censuses
military records
Access to the 1921 Census of England and Wales is now available.
You'll be granted access to Findmypast – World automatically because you’re using a library computer. You can create and log in with your personal ‘Findmypast’ account if you want to.
Consumer information
Which?
The UK’s non-profit consumer champion – browse their:
product reviews and reports
buying guides
magazine research
To access Which? ask a member of staff to log you in.
Business and career information
A large range of business and industry databases are available to use at Jubilee Library in the Business and IP Centre. You can access databases to help start and grow your company including:
COBRA
Kompass
Mintel
Films, television programmes and videos
BFI Replay
BFI Replay includes 60 years of screen stories, digitised and preserved for you.
Relive, research and lose yourself in the past with thousands of digitised videos and television programmes from the collections of the British Film Institute (BFI) National Archive and partner UK Regions and Nations Film Archives.
BFI Replay features thousands of videos and programmes from the 1960s to the 2010s.