Research Online

Haringey Libraries offer a range of free online resources that can be accessed over the internet. You can access them at our libraries and there are even some you can access using your library card via libraries website, any time anywhere.
Some resources are only available in libraries across Haringey. If you wish to use these resources, please come into our libraries and ask a member of staff to log you on.
Transparent Language Online

Have you ever felt like learning a new language? Haringey libraries can help you with the new online learning course, Transparent Language Online (Byki), available free to all library members.
The course takes users through a series of simple steps to memorise words and phrases in a new language, including their meanings and correct pronunciation. To find out more, please visit the page Transparent Language Online.
On your first visit choose 'sign up with barcode or user ID' and enter your Haringey library ticket number (with HA and no spaces). You will need to create a username and password in order to access the site again. Once you have registered watch the instructions and start learning!
|Back to TopCOBRA - Complete Online Business Reference Advisor
COBRA is a comprehensive and continually updated online encyclopaedia and reference resource for business advisers, early stage/seedcorn finance providers and information professionals who provide advice and support to micro-business owners, small firms and new business start ups.

COBRA contains several thousand practical, factual and digestible reports, guides, factsheets and reference resources in a unique repository which includes:
- Business Opportunity Profiles (BOPs)
- Business Information Factsheets (BIFs)
- UK Market Synopses
- Local Area Profiles
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HA followed by your full (8 digit or 7 digit + X) library card number e.g. HA56666666 or HA5666666X (with no spaces).
|Back to TopGoCitizen.co.uk at Haringey Libraries
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GoCitizen.co.uk is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test or British citizenship test. The service includes an online version of the latest official study materials licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook, plus hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test.
Access to GoCitizen.co.uk is completely free for members of Haringey Libraries, who can also access it from outside the libraries using their library card number.
- Start using GoCitizen.co.uk (external link)
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HA followed by your full (8 digit or 7 digit + X) library card number e.g. HA56666666 or HA5666666X (with no spaces).
|Back to TopTheory Test Pro at Haringey Libraries
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Theory Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory test. It contains the entire official test question bank, hazard perception video clips and an online version of the Highway Code. All this material is licensed from the Driving Standards Agency (DSA), the people who set the tests.
Access to Theory Test Pro is completely free members of Haringey Libraries and can access from outside the libraries using their library card number.
- Start using Theory Test Pro (external link)
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HA followed by your full (8 digit or 7 digit + X) library card number e.g. HA56666666 or HA5666666X (with no spaces).
|Back to TopAncestry.com (Library Edition)

Offers census, birth, marriage and death records. UK Census data covers from 1841 to 1901. Also contains strong coverage of USA. This family history database is not available by remote access. It is available through the Archives and Local History service and all libraries in Haringey for free.
|Back to TopOxford Reference Online Guides

- Oxford Art Online (external link)
Includes over 45,000 articles on the arts and over 130,000 art images. - Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (external link)
Includes over 50,000 biographies. - Oxford English Dictionary (external link)
Dictionary which is updated every quarter with around 1800 new words. - Oxford Reference Online (external link)
Includes 130 subject dictionaries, a world encyclopaedia, and over 500 maps. - Oxford Music Online (external link)
Includes 45,000 articles covering musical styles, instruments and composers.
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HAR (not HA) followed by your full (8 digit or 7 digit + X) library card number e.g. HAR56666666 or HAR5666666X (with no spaces).
|Back to TopWhich? Online

Which? are an independent consumer information group who provide reviews of products and services including:
- Washing Machine reviews (external link)
- Laptop reviews (external link)
- Tablet reviews (external link)
- Television reviews (external link)
- Fridge Freezer reviews (external link)
- Vacuum Cleaner reviews (external link)
This database is free to use in all libraries in Haringey but is not available by remote access.
|Back to TopPeople's Network
Online services from public libraries designed to help everyone to make the most of the online world: to enquire, discover and read online for free 24/7 from anywhere with access to the web.
- Enquire (external link)
Why not ask an online trained librarian for help with homework topics, general information or those things you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask? - Discover (external link)
Discover cultural objects, collections, organisations and news. - Read (external link)
Helping turn everyone onto books and reading. Discuss your reading online at reader2reader, find a reading group near you and discover great websites for all kinds of readers.






