Libraries - Homework Club
Stuck on Homework?
Staff are happy to help children looking for information to assist with their homework in all libraries.
Children can drop in to the library and use all the facilities, including:
Online Reference Room
This includes the most complete and up to date dictionaries and encyclopaedias you'll find anywhere, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and the Encyclopaedia Britannica (see below for how to access from home).
Also available are Oxford Art and Oxford Music (formerly Grove Art and Grove Music). Oxford Reference Online includes over 100 dictionaries and reference books, including bilingual dictionaries and topics ranging from Art to Science.
You'll also find Credo Reference (formerly XreferPlus) which has yet more reference books covering topics ranging from Architecture to Technology, and various tools to help you search them
Also available are the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; and KnowUK which has over 100 major directories.
If you're a member, all of the reference resources above are also available from home via My Account on the Library Catalogue as well.
To access any Britannica edition from home you need to log in to your account on the Library Catalogue then select Online Reference Resources from one of the links above or below your account summary.
Available only from library public computers and catalogue computers are: Uk Newsstand which offers the ability to search most UK national and a wide range of local newspapers most of which have a long archive too; The Guardian and The Observer Archive 1791-2003; the Kompass business directory; the BFI Screen Online Archive and Ancestry UK Public Library Edition.
Books
Most branches have over 5000 books for children.
CD-ROMs
We have some of the most popular and best CD-ROMs for children available today.
Word processing
We have state-of-the-art word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software on our computers, and other software tools too.
The Internet
Fast access to the Internet's vast stores of information - with knowledgeable staff on hand to point the way
Staff help
A professional children's librarian supervises the homework club, and can offer help and advice on finding information
How do I join?
A joining form is available at each branch library, and must be filled in by the child's parent or guardian.
This form gives permission from the parent for the child to have supervised access to the Internet.