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Libraries for life

up arrow : go up one level Libraries for lifedown arrow : go down one level Medway public speakers list 
Library services online

Medway library service has a number of resources.

Catalogue
This online catalogue lets you search for books and DVDs and put in requests.
Catalogue
CityArk
This is Medway Council’s online archives service.
CityArk
Halls for Hire
Local halls hire is available within Medway.
Halls for hire
Library Links
This is Medway Library Service’s list of useful websites.
Library Links
MOLE
This is Medway Library Service's list of organisations and places of worship.
MOLE logo and link to website
Public Speakers List
This is Medway Library Service's list of people who give talks.
Public speakers list

Customers' own
This website, maintained by the library service, is where local writers can have their writing published online.

The website also lists a number of useful resources for writers

Customers' own

Medway library service also subscribes to the following helpful on-line resources.

Ancestry Library Edition
This rich and diverse set of historical records can help you to compile your family tree.

Logo - Ancestry Library Edition

(http://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com)

Britannica Online
This online version of the famous encyclopaedia can be used from your home PC using a library card.
Encyclopaedia Britannica logo and link to website
Britannica Online Junior
This encyclopaedia for five to 11-year-olds can be used from your home PC using a library card.
Encyclopaedia Britannica logo and link to website
Britannica Online Student
This encyclopaedia for 12 to 18-year-olds can be used from your home PC using a library card.
Encyclopaedia Britannica logo and link to website
cans
This site contains up-to-date information on the laws of England, Wales and Scotland. Free access to this site is available at Chatham library only.
Logo: cans.org.uk
This site can only be accessed in Chatham Library.
Cobra
This specialised website gives advice for startups in a wide range of trades, businesses and professions plus information fact sheets on hundreds of business subjects. Free access to all of this site is available at Chatham library only
Logo: Cobra website
This site can only be accessed in Chatham Library.
Enquire
Chat to a librarian online, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Enquire

Know UK
This astonishing reference library can be used from your home PC using a library card. The searchable database includes information from a variety of publications such as the Educational Grants Directory, the Good Food Guide, the Which guidebooks and the Writers and Artists Directory.

Know UK logo

News UK
This full-text content from 68 newspapers and magazines goes back at least 10 years. You can access it from your home PC using your library card.
Logo: News UK
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
To sign in to this biographical database from your home PC, prefix your library card number with the letters ME (e.g. MED*********).

Logo - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Oxford English Dictionary
To sign in to this online dictionary from your home PC, prefix your library card number with the letters ME (e.g. MED*********).

Logo - Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Reference Online
To sign in to this online resource of bilingual dictionaries and reference books from your home PC, prefix your library card number with the letters ME (e.g. MED*********).

Logo - Oxford Reference Online

Times Digital Archive
The Times newspaper online, from 1795 to 1985, can be used from your home PC using your  library card.
Times Digital logo
Universities at Medway
If you are a Medway resident, you can use the Drill Hall library on the Universities at Medway campus.
Universities at Medway logo
Which?
More than 450 comprehensive guides offer straightforward, expert advice you can trust, with thousands of products independently tested and rated by experts.
This site can only be accessed at Gillingham Library.

For further information contact:
email icon Email : chatham.library@medway.gov.uk
Telephone icon Telephone : 01634 337799
Fax 01634 337800
Mail icon Write to : Chatham Library
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4TX
Minicom icon Minicom :

01634 333111


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