Online reference services...by the back door

Unfortunately there is a limit to the number of online services to which the college library can subscribe. But...
Are you a member of your local council-run library? If the answer is yes then here are two more services you can access. All you need is the barcode number from your library card.
KnowUK is a unique online service developed to provide libraries with a complete collection of current, useful and UK-specific reference information from over 100 of the most widely used reference publications in the UK. Good public library fodder. KnowUK is at http://www.knowuk.co.uk/
NewsUK is an online service developed to provide national and regional news, combining the most popular British newspaper titles in one database. The list covers much of what is already available through InfoTrac Custom Newspapers with the extremely useful additions of The Guardian (from 1992-) & The Economist (1991). NewsUK is at http://www.newsuk.co.uk/.

Works for South Lanarkshire.