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Why I’m proud to be a library user
There are many excellent reasons to be a proud card-carrying library user in the UK (free). I can go my local library, sip espresso and read The Economist, for example. Oh, and I can also borrow books. But one of my favourites is that most UK libraries (free to belong, did I mention that already?) also offer online access to a wealth of resources useful for the preacher. Here are some I use:
- Oxford Art Online: all kinds of things arty and info about paintings etc
- OED: yep, all 20 volumes
- Oxford Dictionaries: everything else, medical, names, politics, theatre, language – anything you could ever think of
- Oxford Writer's Helps: gets me through sticky grammar moments
- Biographical dictionaries including the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who
In fact, click here to see exactly what I can access. So, the picture is of me proudly holding my library card. You have one too, right? Oh, and in case I forgot to mention – it's free.