Quick reference resources
Computing resources
- Network access from home
- ServiceLine
Government/official information
- British monarchy
- Conservative Party
- Green Party
- Hantsweb
- House of Commons
- House of Lords
- Labour Party
- Liberal Democrat Party
- Southampton City Council
- DirectGov
- 10 Downing Street
Encyclopaedias and reference
- American National Biography *
- Dictionary of Units (& conversions)
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences *
- Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology**
- Knovel (data on properties of substances) Click on Browse then My Subscription to see what books we have access to. Off-campus password needed.
- Lives, the biography resource
- Oxford Art Online **
- Oxford Music Online **
- Oxford Reference Online
* accessible from on campus only
** off-campus requires an Institutional login
Abbreviations
News services
- BBC News
- BBC Hampshire
- BBC Weather
- ITN
- Reuters
- University of Southampton Media Centre
- The Daily Echo
- The Guardian
- The Independent
- The Telegraph
- The Times
- More on our news page
Travel
- AA Travelwatch
- National Express
- National Rail Enquiries
- RAC
- Network Rail
- The Trainline
- Transport Direct
- Uni-link
Leisure/tourism
Careers information
Directories
Higher education websites
- HEFCE Listing of UK HE Institutions
- University of Wolverhampton UK Sensitive Maps (HE/FE/Research Institutions)
- Universities Worldwide
Dictionaries and thesauri
- Dictionary.com
- Foreignword.com
- OED (Oxford English Dictionary) (off-campus requires an Institutional login)
- Thesaurus.com
- Your Dictionary.com
News feeds