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The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
ISBN - 0007487282

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of 13 dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'

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Who Next...?

Who next...When children ask: "Who can I read next?" or "Who writes like my favourite author?", the answers are here in Who Next…? Writers of children's fiction are listed with suggestions of other authors who write in a similar way, together with key book and series titles. Visit the Who Next? website.

Who Else...?

Who else...Who Else? is designed to help anyone who enjoys reading fiction to expand the number of writers they read. It is designed to answer the perennial question "I've read all the books by my favourite authors, who shall I read next?" Visit the Who Else? website.

Online Reference Books and Newspapers

Some of these services can be accessed from your own home computer. Where home access is available please click on the appropriate link and type a capital R before typing in your borrower number unless otherwise instructed.

  • Ancestry
    Ancestry

    Ancestry.com - Library Edition

    Discover your ancestors with the world's largest family history website. Find census, birth, marriage, death records and more.

    We now offer free access from within all our libraries to Ancestry.com, one of the leading resources for family history.

  • Oxford University Press
    Oxford University Press

    Oxford University Press

    Online Reference books from Oxford University Press. Titles include:
    » Oxford English Dictionary
    » Dictionary of National Biography
    » Oxford Art
    » Oxford Music
    » Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
    » Who's Who
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
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    Encyclopaedia Britannica

    Encyclopaedia Britannica is now available in a number of versions for different age groups

    » Britannica Online Academic Edition - Ages 18+
    » Britannica Student Edition - Ages 12 - 18
    » Britannica Junior Edition - Ages 5 - 11
  • InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
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    InfoTrac Custom Newspapers

    Browse through a number of different newspapers including
    » The Daily Telegraph
    » The Times
    » The Financial Times
    » The Guardian
    » and many more including international titles

    You can also access The Times Digital Archive covering the years 1745 - 1985.

  • Project Gutenberg
    Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg

    Download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android or other mobile phone.

    We carry high quality books: Our free books were previously published by bona fide publishers and digitized with the help of thousands of volunteers.

  • British Standards Online
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    British Standards Online

    British Standards access allows you to read documents online Please contact a member of library staff if you wish to print either an extract or a whole document for which charges will apply.

    Access outside the library requires a library catalogue login.
    Not Registered with the Library? Join the Library.

  • Archaeological Bibliography
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    BIAB Archaeological Bibliography

    BIAB: The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography Interactive gateway to archaeological research.

    BIAB exists to help you find out about archaeology via the published sources. The biab online database contains datasets covering publications from AD 1695 to the present day on archaeology and the historic environment, historic buildings, maritime and industrial archaeology, environmental history, and the conservation of material culture - with a geographical focus on Britain and Ireland.

  • EBSCO Resources
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    EBSCO Resources

    A comprehensive range of online resources from EBSCO Host

    » Green FILE (Environment & Conservation)
    » DynaMed (Health information)
    » LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts™)
    » Teacher Reference Center (Education).
  • H&W Chamber of Commerce
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    Chamber of Commerce Herefordshire and Worcestershire

    Herefordshire and Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce offers a comprehensive and unique collection of company, industry, financial, product and country information, research and data extending across every major marketplace and industry.