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Databases in libraries

Learn more about databases available through Derbyshire libraries


computer desk and shelves in a library

We provide free access to a wide variety of online databases that can be accessed from your local library. These include:

  • Access to research: academic journals

  • Ancestry: family history including Derbyshire Parish Records

  • British Newspaper Archive: search historical newspapers from around the country.
  • Find my past: family history including the 1939 register and Derbyshire National School Admission records and log books 1870-1914

  • Learn my way: learn how to use a computer, browse the web and much more.