Online reference and research resources
There are many resources you can use for online reference and research within our libraries or online using your library card.
On this page:
Access to Research
Free access to over 30 million academic articles for small businesses, researchers and students including in-depth information on topics including art and architecture, business, history and the sciences.
Access is available in all Stockton Borough Libraries with your library card.
Visit the Access to Research website
British Newspaper Archive
Access over 200 years of history with archive newspapers from all over Britain and Ireland. The British Newspaper Archive is available to access within our libraries. Register for free on the website to save your searches and articles.
Visit the British Newspaper Archive website from a library computer
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is a guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words past and present from across the English-speaking world.
Access is available with your library card.
Visit the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Dictionaries Premium
Oxford Dictionaries Premium is the home of Oxford's premium language resources for English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Log in with your library card for free on the Oxford Dictionaries Premium website