Online Research
- Reference Resources
- Business Resources
- Newspapers Online
- Community Resources
- Book Resources
- Local Studies Resources
Reference Resources
Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Online Library Edition includes the complete encyclopaedia with more than 72,000 searchable articles and related websites selected by Encyclopaedia Britannica Editors. The database is updated constantly by Encyclopaedia Britannica staff. This resource requires your library card number to gain access.
- The Full Encyclopaedia for over 18s
- The Student Enyclopaedia for 12 - 18 year olds
- The Elementary Encyclopaedia for 6 - 12 year olds
Credo Reference
Credo Reference is an online reference library of 100 encyclopaedias, dictionaries and other reference books. This resource requires your library card number to gain access.
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Which
Which is an information website that focuses on consumer issues. They are well-known for undertaking product tests and reviews and delivering independent and unbiased consumer advice. Their online resource can only be accessed on our in-branch library pc’s. Our branch libraries also carry copies of Which Magazine.
Business Resources
Lexis Nexis
Lexis Nexis is the world’s largest collection of news and business information. This resource is available on our library PC’s across the branch network.
Vision-Net
Vision Net is a website that provides company information for Ireland and the United Kingdom. This resource is available on our library PC’s across the branch network.
Newspapers Online
Websites that offer access to hundreds of Irish, local and International newspapers in many languages.
Irish Sites
International and Foreign Language Sites
- Listing of National and Local Irish/Scottish and Manx Newspapers
- Online Newspapers.com - excellent - searchable by country/subject - useful notes.
- News and Newspapers online - very wide language searching facility.
- World Newspapers.com - English language only, but attractive and very easy to use Kidon Media Link - excellent language search. Comprehensive user guides.
Community Resources
Citizen’s Information
Citizens Information is an Irish e-Government website provided by the Citizens Information Board. The site provides public service information for Ireland.
Money Advice and Budgeting Service
MABS is a national, free, confidential and independent service for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt.
Go to Money Advice and Budgeting Service
South Dublin
South Dublin is a portal website containing links to various other South Dublin Websites such as South Dublin County Council, South Dublin County Development Board, Property Path and others.
Connect
Connect is a community-based initiative run by South Dublin County Council.
Book Resources
Borrowbooks
Borrowbooks is a website where you can search all of the online catalogues and website of Irish public libraries, and request books, CDs, DVDs etc., via Inter-Library Loan. Please check and reserve using the the South Dublin Libraries Online Catalogue before using BorrowBooks.
Book Crossing
Book Crossing is website where books are “released into the wild” and then following their journeys and the lives they touch. Each book is tagged with a unique ID number and left somewhere public for someone to find. For more information, visit their website.
Reader2Reader
Reader2Reader is a site for readers to share opinions about books - what you loved, what you hated and what you got stuck on.
WhichBook
WhichBook is a website that gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood.
LifeSteps
Lifesteps consists of a series of interesting guides to the Internet and will be available in public libraries and on the project website.
Local Studies Resources
South Dublin County History
South Dublin County History gives an overview of the history of the villages in South Dublin County and includes images, maps and walking tours of each village.
Go to South Dublin County History
South Dublin County Images
A downloadable collection of images of South Dublin County, digitised and presented by our Local Studies staff.
Go to South Dublin County Images
Connecting to the Past: Mapping South Dublin County in Time
South Dublin Libraries' map viewer allows users to browse series of historical maps of South Dublin County from Rocque’s map (1760) through a variety of maps and times to current OS mapping and aerial photography.
Ask About Ireland
Ask About Ireland is an initiative of public libraries together with local museums and archives in the digitisation and online publication of the original, the unusual and the unique material from their local studies' collections to create a national Internet resource for culture.
Griffith’s Valuation Maps
(1852) based on the 1st ed. 6" Ordnance Survey maps are available online at www.askaboutireland.ie
Ordnance Survey Ireland Historic Maps Library Viewer
Historical Ordnance Survey maps are now available for online viewing in public libraries only. The images are high-quality and may be printed. The maps cover the whole country and may be searched by county, townland or locality. This resource can be accessed on our in-branch library pcs.The available maps series are:
- 6 inch Colour (1834 - 1842)
- 6 inch Black and White (1834 - 1842)
- 25 inch Black and White (1834 - 1842)
Irish Newspaper Archives
The Irish Newspaper Archives is the world's largest online database of Irish Newspapers, Search, retrieve and view Ireland's past exactly as it was originally published. This resource can be accessed in branch at the County Library, Tallaght.
Irish Times Digital Archive
The Irish Times Digital Archive features exact reproductions of all articles published by the Irish Times from 1859 onwards. This resource can be accessed on our in-branch library pc’s.
Go to the Irish Times Digital Archive
JSTOR Ireland Collection
This collection includes access to around 90 journals and periodicals including many of those familiar to local historians: Dublin Historical Record, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Archaeology Ireland, Collectanea Hibernica, History Ireland, Irish Historical , Studies, Journal of Irish Archaeology, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Nordic Irish Studies, Studia Hibernica, etc. The collection can be accessed from any of the public access pcs at the County Library via www.jstor.org. A link is provided on the Local Studies PCs.