Research Online
We offer free online resources that most can be accessed using your library card.
Some resources are only available in libraries across Haringey. If you wish to use these, please come into our libraries and ask a member of staff to log you on
Available resources:
- Transparent Language Online
- Access to Research (access at library only)
- GoCitizen.co.uk at Haringey Libraries
- Theory Test Pro at Haringey Libraries
- Ancestry.com (Library Edition) (access at library only)
- Oxford Reference Online Guides
- Which? Online (access at library only)
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Transparent Language Online
Online language learning with your library card.
Transparent Language Online(external link)
What you get:
- Unlimited access to courses in 100+ languages
- Beginner English for speakers of more than 25 languages
- Learn to listen, speak, read and write
- Language learning on the go with the Transparent Language app for iOS and Android devices
Access to Research
Free online access to academic journal articles on Haringey Library computers.
The Access to Research service is a new initiative to give free, walk-in access to a wide range of academic articles and research in public libraries across the UK. Over 10 million articles from more than 8,600 journals are available. Subjects covered include art, architecture, business, engineering, history, languages, politics, philosophy, mathematics and the sciences.
Available from library PCs only.
Start using the Access to Research website (external link)
GoCitizen.co.uk at Haringey Libraries
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 and the people who write the handbook. In addition, there are hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test.
Access is completely free for members of Haringey Libraries, who can also access it from outside the libraries using their library card number (see note below).
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HA followed by your full library card number (8 digits or 7 digits+X) e.g. HA56666666 or HA5666666X (with no spaces).
Theory Test Pro at Haringey Libraries
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 is completely free for members of Haringey Libraries, who can also access it from outside the libraries using their library card number (see note below).
Theory Test Pro(external link)
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HA followed by your full (8 digits or 7 digits+X) library card number e.g. HA56666666 or HA5666666X (with no spaces).
Ancestry.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.
Oxford Reference Online Guides
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (external link)
Includes over 50,000 biographies. - Oxford English Dictionary (external link)
Dictionary updated every quarter with around 1800 new words.
Note: when asked for a library logon ID, please type HAR (not HA) followed by your full library card number (8 digits or 7 digits+X) e.g. HAR56666666 or HAR5666666X (with no spaces).
Which? Online
Which? are an independent consumer information group providing 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.