Category Archives: Online Resources

Improving the H&F Library Service

Posted on February 28, 2022 by LBHF Libraries

We are excited to tell you about work which is under way to improve our library service!  Joining The Libraries Consortium From 1 June 2022 H&F Libraries will be joining The Libraries Consortium, a group of twenty one public library authorities.  As … Continue reading →

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Free Access to Ancestry Online

Posted on May 11, 2020 by LBHF Libraries

LBHF Library staff member, Karen Blackwell, explains how easy it is to use this free online resource This is really something to get excited about! Ancestry (library edition), usually only available in our library buildings, is now accessible from home … Continue reading →

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Hot off the press: Newsbank

Posted on November 23, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

Student, researcher, expanding your business or just want to catch up on your hometown’s gossip? Try this! Continue reading →

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Naxos Music Library

Posted on November 18, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

A free streaming service available for library members, with everything from Mozart to Bessie Smith. Continue reading →

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Who Lived Where? The London Blue Plaque Scheme

Posted on May 30, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

With over 9000 plaques on buildings scattered throughout London, the Blue Plaque scheme is well known and in some central London streets the majority of buildings display a plaque (or plaques). Continue reading →

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Hammersmith Means Business

Posted on March 29, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

Francis Serjeant , our Tri-Borough Reference Librarian, has opened the eyes of Hammersmith & Fulham residents to the potential of local libraries helping local businesses… “The “Hammersmith Means Business” event, which took place on Thursday 17th March, was organised to bring local businesses and … Continue reading →

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Family history and Hammersmith Library

Posted on February 3, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

On Tuesday the 19th of January I was joined by a very of enthusiastic group of genealogists. They wanted to delve further into their family’s pasts and I was just as determined to show them how they could do so … Continue reading →

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Help with Your Homework

Posted on January 13, 2016 by LBHF Libraries

Many “centuries ago,” when as a parent of primary school sons, my heart would sink with a request for help with homework even if they asked several days before the deadline. Given time to research the relevant information this would … Continue reading →

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(Advanced) Searching the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Posted on July 30, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

Warning! searching our online resource the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) can be addictive as, to quote the popular phrase, “all human life is here”. Most people use this dictionary to search for a specific individual. However you may … Continue reading →

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“From then till now”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

Long-time librarian, Elin Jones, reflects on her career working in Hammersmith and Fulham libraries… I retired this April after thirty-six and a half years of library service – and what lovely memories I take with me. I started working for Hammersmith and … Continue reading →

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