Online Resources
Donegal County Library
provides access to a number of on-line databases free of charge to library
members. These electronic resources are being provided to support the
research interests of our users. These resources can be accessed from
Donegal libraries, Taobh Tíre centres and from home using your
library membership card.
Login to the following
databases using your library membership card number:
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Newsbank
provides access to back issues of the Irish Times and the Irish
Independent using an easy to use but powerful interface. The full text
of all news stories is included.
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Library.PressDisplay.com
is an online newspaper portal which offers over 400 newspapers from 65 countries in 45 languages.
All newspapers are published in their original format and layout, including full text and images.
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Grove Dictionary of Art
provides web access to the entire text of the Dictionary of Art (1996,
34 vols) with constant editions of new material and updates to the text,
plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages
possible with an online reference source.
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Grove Dictionary of Music
offers a dynamic research tool combining the full text of the 29
volume print edition with the added benefit of sophisticated search
capabilities, one click referencing and an ever increasing network of
web links to musical sites around the world.
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Oxford Reference
Premium is a highly acclaimed and expanding collection of key
Oxford dictionaries and reference works
across the full subject spectrum. It also offers excellent functionality
and a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations and
timelines.
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Credo
Reference offers a wide selection of the most authoritative
reference works in an online searchable format. Titles cover all major
academic subject areas.
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Britannica
Online is the online version of the renowned Encyclopaedia
Britannica, which not only allows access to all the resources of the
print volumes but is also available with three age specific sections.
Britannica Junior (Age 5-11) Britannica Student (Age 12-18)
Encyclopaedia Britannica (Age 18 and up). It offers searchable and
browsable collections of reference articles with thousands of links and
related websites.
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FACTfinder an Irish
business and research database that includes both full text and
abstracts of articles from Business and Finance and some of the main
Irish newspapers. Other
services available are top 5000 Irish Companies, information on quoted
companies, share markets latest.
This databases requires
a user name and password to login.
Username: donegal
Password: library
(Please ensure the user name and password
above are entered in lower case.)
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