Research and explore COBRA's thousands of business guides, factsheets and reports

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

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Practise your driving theory test, including hazard perception test and the highway code.

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A collection of biographies of the people who have shaped Britain's past and present.

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The definitive record of the English language.

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A collection of language and subject reference works: quick search through all at once, or choose from the huge range of works available.

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Free online English dictionary from Oxford Dictionaries. Translate from English to Spanish, French, Italian, and German with bilingual dictionaries.

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Ancestry Library Edition allows you to search for family history records online, providing access from the 1841 to 1901 UK censuses. Please note that this resource is only accessible from computers in libraries.

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Gives you information on all the companies that are suitable for specific causes and fundraising.

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Helps identify grants for individual experiencing hardship or for educational purposes. It allows you to enter a specific criteria and find the trusts likely to help with funding.

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Gives you all the information you need to make applications to the trusts most likely to fund several causes and increase fundraising.

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An easy to use step by step guide that covers 3 core subjects:
"Universal Jobmatch", "Employability and Job Skills" and "Universal Credit"

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Ideal for small businesses, researchers and students, amongst others, Access to Research offers free digital access to over 1.5million academic articles from over 8,400 journals.
Get in-depth information on topics such as art, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, mathematics and the sciences with articles from academic journals and conference proceedings. This service is a two year pilot of a unique collaboration between librarians and publishers. Please note that publishers have not made all articles available free of charge.

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Newspaper archive of local and regional newspapers (UK only).

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A fully searchable database of the Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985.

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An e-resource that provides instant online access to today's newspapers and magazines from various countries in full-color, full-page format and in over 50 languages.
Visit your local library and log into their Wi-Fi on the same mobile device.
Open the PressReader app and a pop up will appear confirming you have 3 days' complimentary access to download newspapers in the library and remotely on that device.

At the end of the 3 days, simply revisit your local library and login to their Wi-Fi to re-activate your complementary access for another 3 days.

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A collection of fantastic books for you to download onto your computer or MP3 player. Available from the comfort of your own home, this service is not available through the Libraries People's Network system.

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A fantastic new website for kids that provides a unique interactive reading experience with over 500 exciting stories with voice-overs, animations, comprehension quizzes and much more.

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Zinio lets you download some of the latest magazines to your PC, smartphone or tablet so you can read them anywhere you want.

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