General Reference

• www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/Libraries/LibrariesOnline/OnlineResources - Wakefield Council’s Online Reference Room. Access to all the reference sites that the library service currently subscribes to, such as Oxford Online Dictionary and Ancestry.
• www.encyclopedia.com
• www.abbreviations.com - Large database of abbreviations from text to business abbreviations.
• www.xe.com/ucc - currency converter.
• www.metoffice.gov.uk - Weather information.
• www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
• www.hintsandthings.co.uk/library/library.htm - Lots of general reference information.
• www.science-facts.com - Lots of fun science facts.

Dates

• www.hintsandthings.co.uk/library/anniversary.htm - List of wedding anniversaries.
• www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml - BBC website which offers information about British history, includes an interactive timeline.
• www.dayofbirth.co.uk - Fun site to find your day of birth. Links to other sites which provide historical events which happened on your date of birth.

People

• www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/Libraries/LibrariesOnline/OnlineResources - Who’s Who and Who Was Online is available through Wakefield Library Services Online Reference Room. Log in using your library card number.