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*Access some restricted websites with a Library Card.<br>There are a number of websites including Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO). House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, The [London] Times and other newspaper sites which may help you in your research, where access is restricted . Card holders of participating Libraries including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement) [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many University Libraries can access some, or all of these websites. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms., <br>In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access The Times but probably not the other sites. However, enquire what is available to you.
*Access an obsolete website in archives.org.<br>Go to http://www.archive.org/web/web.php ([http://www.archive.org/web/web.php click here] and type in the website you require in the Wayback Machine and click Take Me Back.<br> A helpful website which has closed is regiments.org, here is the[http://web.archive.org/web/20080116090419/http://www.regiments.org archived site at January 2008]
*You may find this [http://magnifier.sourceforge.net Virtual Magnifying Glass] is useful.
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