Oxford University Press scholarly and reference works. Please see the list of resources available below. Access these resources anywhere with your library card number and pin.

• Oxford English Dictionary 
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 
• Oxford Reference 
• Very Short Introductions 
• Who's Who 
• Who Was Who 
• Oxford Research Encyclopedias 
• Oxford World’s Classics 
• The New Oxford Shakespeare

Britannica Library

Britannica Library is the online version of the famous encyclopaedia, bringing you hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, and more. 

Britannica Library Student, for ages 10-14 contains up to the minute news, articles, videos, facts and assignment resources. 

Britannica Library Junior, for ages 5-10 contains safe, fact-checked, age-appropriate content for homework help and learning, covering the subjects of art, history, geography, science and much more. 

Access anywhere with your library card number.

Newspaper Archive

British Library Newspapers are sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library and deliver a wide range of irreplaceable local and regional voices to reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Access anywhere with your library card number and pin.

The Times Digital Archive 1785 to 2007 allows users to search over 200 years of The Times of London, which is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. Access anywhere with your library card number and pin.

The Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842 to 2003 presents a vivid picture of British and world events including wars, disasters, royal affairs, social affairs, the arts and sciences from the world's first fully illustrated weekly newspaper. Access at Catford, Deptford or Downham Libraries on any device (you will need to create a free account).

The British Newspaper Archive community edition 1708 to 2009 covers every aspect of local, regional and national news including family notices, articles, advertisements and more. You can search hundreds of millions of stories by keyword, name, location, date or title and watch your results appear in an instant. Access at Catford, Deptford or Downham Libraries on any device (you will need to create a free account).

Access to Research

Access to Research offers free access to a wide range of published academic research covering a variety of subject areas including the sciences, art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and much, much more. Access at Catford, Deptford or Downham Libraries on any device.

Art UK

Art UK is the online home for every public art collection in the UK. View the Lewisham Council Art Collection, which includes historical works by significant local artists, and many fascinating depictions of local scenes and landmarks throughout the decades. Access on any device.

Borough Photos

Borough Photos brings together archive images from accross London, allowing access to London-wide collections through a single search. There are 2,000 scanned images of the borough which include photographs, pictures, posters, prints and maps from our collections. You can view these images free of charge (with a watermark), or order them as prints for a fee.

BFI Replay

BFI Replay is a unique free-to-access, digital archive resource from the British Film Institute created to preserve the UK's moving image video tape collections most at risk from technical obsolescence. 100,000 items spanning a 60 year history are available,  from TV soaps Albion Market and Family Pride to children’s TV programmes Metal Mickey and Animal Kwackers, vintage interviews with Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Robin Williams and Benjamin Zephaniah to ground-breaking multicultural factual television shows Eastern Eye and Here and Now. Thanks to National Lottery funding and the support of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Access from library computers at Catford, Deptford and Downham Libraries.