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Online Information Resources

Check out these resources at any Trafford Library or at home using your library card. When accessing these resources from home you will be asked for your borrower card number which you need to enter in full including the TRP before the numbers.

New for summer 2010!

Are you learning to drive and need help studying for the theory test? Forget about buying books and DVDs, Theory Test Pro is the only resource you'll need.

You can access Theory Test Pro for free from any library in Trafford or, if you're a member of the library, from home using your borrower number. Sign up today and you'll get:

  • Access to the complete bank of questions from the DSA including timed practice tests
  • Realistic hazard perception videos
  • A personal account so you can monitor your progress
  • The latest version of the highway code
  • Machine translations in over 40 languages
  • Options for the car, motorcycle, heavy goods and passenger carrying tests

You will need an email address to sign up for the service. Haven't got one? Read this BBC guide which includes suggestions for free email providers.

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Information

A biography of a famous person in history?

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - an illustrated database of 50,000 biographies of people who have shaped the history of the British Isles.
  • Who's Who contains over 33,000 short biographies of noteworthy and influential people who are still alive. Who Was Who provides over 100.000 entries from the archives of Who's Who dating back to 1898. It provides a valuable insight into those people who have helped shape events and history across the world.

An artist or painting?

  • Oxford Art Online - access to the Grove Dictionary of Art and the Oxford Companion to Western Art including 21,000 biographies of artists and over 5,000 images.

A composer or a piece of music?

  • Oxford Music Online - access to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the New Grove Dictionaries of Opera and Jazz.

The meaning of a word, phrase or crossword clue?

  • Oxford English Dictionary - the online version of the "accepted authority on the meaning, history and pronunciation of the English language". If accessing at home please use this link. You will need to enter your borrower barcode including the TRP before the number.

A company or business information? 

  • Ask About Business brings together a wide range of business information. Use if you are a pre-start or new business, jobseeker, consumer, inventor or business student.
  • Cobra is a comprehensive and practical resource for anyone looking to start a new business, write a business plan or conduct market research. Users will need to enter their borrower number, including the TRP, when logging into the service.

A newspaper article?

  • NewsUK - NewsUK is an online service developed to provide national and regional news, combining the most popular British newspaper titles in one database. If accessing outside Trafford Libraries, you will need to enter your borrower barcode including TRP in capitals.

An old newspaper article?

  • Times Digital - with The Times Digital Archive, researchers now have an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context. Every complete page of every issue of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985, every headline, article and image. Each front page, editorial, birth and death notice, advertisement and classified ad that appeared within the pages of The Times (London) is easily accessible from what is a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period. This service is available at Local Studies and Altrincham Library only.
  • The Guardian from 1821-2003 and The Observer from 1791-2003. Search by keyword for ancestors, companies and events or browse complete digitised editions including images, adverts, obituaries and announcements. If accessing at home, you will need to enter your borrower barcode including the TRP in capitals.

Help passing the driving theory test

  • Theory Test Pro contains the entire official test question bank and an online version of the Highway Code.  With regular updates from the Driving Standard Agency and realistic hazard perception videos, this resource will get you on the road to passing your test. You will need an email address to sign up for an individual account.

Help passing the UK Citizenship Test

  • Go Citizen! Study for the Life in the UK Citizenship Test using official materials licensed from the Home Office. There are learning games, study materials for different chapters, and practice tests to help you prepare for the official test.  You will need an email address to sign up for an individual account.

Who to contact

Email: libraries@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 5924

This page was last reviewed on 27 July 2010