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→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) [https://auth.nls.uk/ldc/ Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [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 [httphttps://wwwelectronicresources.bl.uk/eresourcessfxlcl41/dbstptitlesaz/eresourcesa.html londb accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms] and the [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx National Library of Ireland] Reading Room. 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'''<ref>Acknown et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/257396-the-times-on-line/ The Times On-Line] ''Great War Forum'' 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.</ref> 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.
