If you live in Wales and are a member of a public library in Wales, you can have free access to a wide range of reference material online here at library.wales.org.
All you have to do is register with details of your library membership and we'll take it from there! In a few minutes you'll have live access to all kinds of reference material from the comfort of your own home.
The National Library of Wales: Online Resources
Register for a National Library of wales Reader's Ticket and get access to the National Library's e-resources, as long as you live in wales and have a Welsh postcode. You can then search the NLW's broad range of subscribed electronic resources, ranging from scholarly journals to encyclopaedias and newspapers, as well as Ancestry. You can also use the Advanced Search to select and search simultaneously across a selection of resources.
NLW Reader's Ticket
Information on how to obtain or renew a reader's ticket and access the National Library's resources.
NLW: Register Online
Online Registration form to obtain a Reader's Ticket in order to gain remote access to online resources.
There are also countless websites offering free reference services online, including biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, directories and much more. Search these resources in your library and from home free of charge.
