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**[http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-rr-historical-scholarship JSTOR Register & Read—Free Reading of Historical Scholarship]. Read up to three items from the archive every two weeks.
→Access some subscription websites with a Library Card
==Access some subscription websites with a Library Card==
*There are a number of websites including ''Eighteenth Century Collections Online'' (ECCO), ''House of Commons Parliamentary Papers'', ''The [London] Times Digital Archive 1785-1985'', ''The Illustrated London News 1842-2003'', ''19th Century UK Periodicals'' and other newspaper sites, ''JSTOR'' (many journals), 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, generally remotely on their own computers. Many of these websites including ECCO may also be [http://www.bl.uk/eresources/dbstptitles/eresourcesa.html accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms]. Also see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]]
*In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access ''The Times'' '''remotely''' but probably not other historical newspaper sites. However, enquire what is available to you both from your local library and the libraries of surrounding boroughs as what is on offer can differ widely and membership requirements are usually easily met. Popular choices available online include ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' and ''Who's Who & Who Was Who''. Other subscription sites may be available from terminals in the library itself e.g. ''Ancestry'' - this may sound restrictive but, if you already subscribe at a base level, may be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.
:As an example, [http://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/libraries-and-mobiles/suffolk-reference-direct Suffolk Reference Direct] shows the databases available to the users of the 44 local libraries of Suffolk County Council. Ancestry and FindMyPast are available but must be accessed in a local library or record office, while other databases are available on home computers.
===Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free===
In addition to access through the British Library, or through some library cards, some items may be accessed for free, on your home computer, up to three items from the archive every two weeks. More details are in the article [http://about.jstor.org/news/jstor-rr-historical-scholarship JSTOR Register & Read—Free Reading of Historical Scholarship].
[http://www.jstor.org/action/showJournals Browse] the titles of the Journals and books available in the JSTOR website. Includes a Search facility. Note however, not all articles are available under the free scheme. An example of an article available is [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2599322 "Real Incomes of the British Middle Class, 1760-1850: The Experience of Clerks at the East India Company"] by H. M. Boot ''The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Nov., 1999), pp. 638-668
==Access an obsolete website in ''archives.org''==
