Online Resources

Access to Research provides free access to over 30 million academic papers and journal articles.

Thousands of free courses covering subjects such as IT, health, business, personal development and much more

Tracing your family history just got a lot easier. You can access Ancestry in our libraries using our online access. Ancestry is also home to our digitized collection. 

Beauhurst provides research and insight on the UK’s high-growth companies. Their data platform allows professionals to discover and track Britain's most ambitious businesses in unrivalled detail.

The Berg Fashion Library is the only resource to provide integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history.

From acid house to zydeco, and from Acapulco to Zanzibar, it provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, covering the mid-20th century to the present day.

Bloomsbury Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development.

BorrowBox lets you access amazing audiobooks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for free via the BorrowBox app. All your favourite content, at the click of a button.

Find influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.

contact details for all government departments, offices, museums, QUANGOs, libraries, and so on

COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) is an encyclopaedia of practical information for starting, running and managing a small business.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

in-depth company information including accounts, locations, directors, shareholders and products or services provided.

Everything you need to study for a career in fashion

Fashion Photography Archive showcases forty years of contemporary fashion history from runway and backstage to street-syle fashion, and key designers' shows.

Search for your family's history through UK records

An online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test.

The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day.

Combines Grove Music with the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary and Companion

IXL is an online learning experience that provides comprehensive, curriculum-based Maths and English for children in Reception up to Year 13.

65,000 items of printed ephemera particularly focusing on advertising and 19th century entertainment materials

KidSpeak is a fun, age-appropriate online language course designed for children ages six and up.

Worldwide products and services directory with detailed company information. Access is on site only in Westminster Libraries.

Learn My Way has free courses for you to learn digital skills to stay safe and connected

Libby is an online external repository for ebooks, eaudiobooks, emagazines and escores. You need a library card in order to access Libby content. 

LiDA-Europe app is the library app used by RBKC and Westminster Libraries & Archives.

LiDA-Europe app is the library app used by RBKC and Westminster Libraries & Archives.

A wide range of market research reports from a very highly regarded source. Access available at Westminster Business Library (1st floor of Victoria Library).

My Skills Zone is a free online training platform with various learning courses, from leadership skills to coaching to AI interviewing, so you can choose the training you want when it suits you.

Over 128,000 CDs from Naxos and other labels including classical, jazz, nostalgia, world and pop music.

Single search across several news databases (Economist, Illustrated London News, Picture Post, Times).

NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

The free Odilo app has 1,700 eBooks and eAudiobooks in Ukrainian, in a variety of genres. There are titles for both adults and children.

Free learning from The Open University

Authoritative research guides on British and Irish Literature and Victorian Literature

The most authoritative collection of British biographies

The most extensive dictionary of the English language and its origins

Over 200 reference books from the Oxford University Press

A comprehensive collection of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics.

Find every issue of this pioneering photojournalism newspaper. It's an essential resource for international social and political issues.

With over 6,000 publications from over 100 countries in over 60 languages, PressReader is the leading digital newspaper and magazine provider for premium content.

Covers wide-ranging disciplines such as dance, ballet, circus performance, popular music, puppetry, radio, stagecraft, theatre, classical music and opera.

Online access to all of the UK's Parliamentary publications, such as full text Parliamentary Papers and Official publications including House of Commons' and House of Lord's papers and bills, Command Papers.

A dynamic digital platform designed to support moving-image studies. It offers a broad range of content including books, screenplays, overview articles and learning resources from Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, and BFI.

An easy to use online study resource to help new arrivals understand the British way of life.

Search the complete digital edition, over 260,000 full-colour pages, of the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.

Theory Test Pro has everything you need to get ready for your driving theory and hazard perception tests.

The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th and 20th Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785.

Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

Test results, recommendations and advice guides - only available at specific libraries.

Directory of the noteworthy and influential, plus 100,000+ entries from the archives dating back to 1898

Test results, recommendations and advice guides - only available at specific libraries.

The Berg Fashion Library is the only resource to provide integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history.

Bloomsbury Visual Arts combines visual inspiration with practical advice on everything from idea generation and research techniques to portfolio development.

Everything you need to study for a career in fashion

Fashion Photography Archive showcases forty years of contemporary fashion history from runway and backstage to street-syle fashion, and key designers' shows.

The foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day.

65,000 items of printed ephemera particularly focusing on advertising and 19th century entertainment materials

The most authoritative collection of British biographies

Directory of the noteworthy and influential, plus 100,000+ entries from the archives dating back to 1898

Beauhurst provides research and insight on the UK’s high-growth companies. Their data platform allows professionals to discover and track Britain's most ambitious businesses in unrivalled detail.

COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) is an encyclopaedia of practical information for starting, running and managing a small business.

in-depth company information including accounts, locations, directors, shareholders and products or services provided.

Worldwide products and services directory with detailed company information. Access is on site only in Westminster Libraries.

A wide range of market research reports from a very highly regarded source. Access available at Westminster Business Library (1st floor of Victoria Library).

BorrowBox lets you access amazing audiobooks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for free via the BorrowBox app. All your favourite content, at the click of a button.

Libby is an online external repository for ebooks, eaudiobooks, emagazines and escores. You need a library card in order to access Libby content. 

Tracing your family history just got a lot easier. You can access Ancestry in our libraries using our online access. Ancestry is also home to our digitized collection. 

Search for your family's history through UK records

The free Odilo app has 1,700 eBooks and eAudiobooks in Ukrainian, in a variety of genres. There are titles for both adults and children.

Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

Online access to all of the UK's Parliamentary publications, such as full text Parliamentary Papers and Official publications including House of Commons' and House of Lord's papers and bills, Command Papers.

Thousands of free courses covering subjects such as IT, health, business, personal development and much more

An online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK test or British citizenship test.

Learn My Way has free courses for you to learn digital skills to stay safe and connected

My Skills Zone is a free online training platform with various learning courses, from leadership skills to coaching to AI interviewing, so you can choose the training you want when it suits you.

Free learning from The Open University

An easy to use online study resource to help new arrivals understand the British way of life.

Theory Test Pro has everything you need to get ready for your driving theory and hazard perception tests.

LiDA-Europe app is the library app used by RBKC and Westminster Libraries & Archives.

LiDA-Europe app is the library app used by RBKC and Westminster Libraries & Archives.

From acid house to zydeco, and from Acapulco to Zanzibar, it provides unrivalled scholarly coverage of modern popular music worldwide, covering the mid-20th century to the present day.

Award-winning digital library that has been created as a response to the need for a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers.

Combines Grove Music with the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary and Companion

Over 128,000 CDs from Naxos and other labels including classical, jazz, nostalgia, world and pop music.

Covers wide-ranging disciplines such as dance, ballet, circus performance, popular music, puppetry, radio, stagecraft, theatre, classical music and opera.

A dynamic digital platform designed to support moving-image studies. It offers a broad range of content including books, screenplays, overview articles and learning resources from Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, and BFI.

Find influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.

Single search across several news databases (Economist, Illustrated London News, Picture Post, Times).

NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues.

Find every issue of this pioneering photojournalism newspaper. It's an essential resource for international social and political issues.

With over 6,000 publications from over 100 countries in over 60 languages, PressReader is the leading digital newspaper and magazine provider for premium content.

Search the complete digital edition, over 260,000 full-colour pages, of the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper.

The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for the 19th and 20th Century history detailing every complete page of every issue from 1785.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

IXL is an online learning experience that provides comprehensive, curriculum-based Maths and English for children in Reception up to Year 13.

KidSpeak is a fun, age-appropriate online language course designed for children ages six and up.

contact details for all government departments, offices, museums, QUANGOs, libraries, and so on

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The most extensive dictionary of the English language and its origins

Over 200 reference books from the Oxford University Press

A comprehensive collection of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics.

Access to Research provides free access to over 30 million academic papers and journal articles.

contact details for all government departments, offices, museums, QUANGOs, libraries, and so on

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

The world famous, award winning Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available online in our libraries.

Authoritative research guides on British and Irish Literature and Victorian Literature

A comprehensive collection of in-depth, peer-reviewed summaries on an ever-growing range of topics.

Online access to all of the UK's Parliamentary publications, such as full text Parliamentary Papers and Official publications including House of Commons' and House of Lord's papers and bills, Command Papers.