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Libraries - Online Reference Room

The Information Service subscribes to many online information resources which are available in all our branches free of charge. Library members can also use most of them from any computer anywhere which has internet access. Members will need their borrower number and PIN. Non-members can only access these resources within a library. To obtain your PIN please ask a member of staff in any library or email LIBICT@rbk.kingston.gov.uk and confirm your borrower number, name and address. We also provide our own Community Information and Web Directory.

Latest News

We are pleased to announce that we have now added the The Guardian and The Observer Archive 1791-2003 to our online library collection. This archive is currently only available in library branches, but we hope to make it available at home as well.

Ancestry UK is now available in all branches of Kingston Libraries and the Local History Room. Just use any public access computer at these locations to visit Ancestry from this page or the dedicated links on the public access computers. Ancestry is not accessible from home, it is only accessible from within Library and Heritage Service public access computers.

The BFI Screen Online Archive is now accessible from within all library branches. This archive is not accessible from home.

NewsUK now includes online access to a wide range of magazines. All newspapers and magazines are regularly updated. See the content list in NewsUK for details of titles.

How to access the Resources

From a library computer simply follow the links below.

From a computer outside the library log-in to your account following these instructions.

*NEW* To access all 3 Britannica editions from home you should click on the links below and then enter your full 11 character membership number including the "KTP" prefix (for example as KTPnnnnnnnx). You do not need to log in to the Library Catalogue first, and you do not need your PIN.

For all other resources except NewsUK follow the instructions below.

  1. When you have got your PIN please log-in using the My Account link below. Your borrower number is the last 8 characters (either 8 numbers or 7 numbers and 1 letter) of the borrower number on your membership card. Do not enter the KTP prefix.
  2. Click on 'My account' from the tabs at the top of the page, if not already selected.
  3. Enter your borrower number (remember without the KTP prefix) and your PIN
  4. Click on 'online reference resources'.
  5. Click on the resource you want to use.

Please be aware that currently NewsUK and all Britannica editions are only available within Kingston Library branches. Also please be aware that some home personal firewall software may block access to these links from home computers by default. Firewall software configuration is different for each supplier and for different versions of each suppliers firewall. We cannot offer direct advice on configuring your firewall software but if you email us using the email address above we will try and give general advice.

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