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The Reference library is situated in the Central Library in Ilford. It is free to use. Reference services include:

Newspapers and magazines
Computers
A virtual reference collection available 24 hours a day
A quiet study area
Books and information on a wide range of subjects

Central Library at night We can help you with:

Education – at all levels, including UK college prospectuses
Law (your rights and legislation)
Statistics
Business and commercial information
Information about the European Union, the Single Market and the Euro
Reports and Parliamentary documents
Local council agendas, minutes and other publications
Places of interest in Redbridge, London and Essex, and guides to UK holiday destinations

We also stock directories, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and other reference works on most subjects (including medical and pharmaceutical), atlases, rail timetables, hotel guides and telephone directories.

If we cannot find the answer to your question, we will put you in touch with another information service that can.

Newspapers. magazines and periodicals

The Reference library has a large collection of national newspapers, magazines and periodicals dating back several years, and in the case of The Times back to 1900.

The titles and holding periods are listed below. You can come in and view them without an appointment. Local newspapers are also available in local studies and archives. For a full list of newspapers and periodicals held in the borough and the details of holdings of back issues, please come to the Reference Library and ask our staff.

Newspapers:

Asian Age (6 months)
Daily Express (6 months)
Daily Jang (Urdu)(6 months)
Daily Mirror (6 months)
Daily Nation (6 months)
Daily Telegraph (6 months)
Financial Times (6 months)
Guardian (6 months)
Independent (6 months)
Morning Star (6 months)
Observer (Sunday) (6 months)
Sunday Times (1970 to date)
Times (1900 to date)
Times Index (Bound) (1914-1919 and 1939 to date)

Magazines and periodicals:

Accountancy (2 years)
Amateur Photographer (1 year)
Architects' Journal (1 year)
Art Review (2 years)
Asian Voice (6 months)
Asian Woman (Current issue)
Autocar (1 year)
Bank of England (1987 to date)
Bike (2 years)
Building (1 year)
Bull. of World Health Org. (2 years)
Business Week (1 year)
Campaign (1 year)
Caterer and Hotelkeeper (1 year)
Coin News (2 years)
Computer Which (2 years)
Construction News (1 year)
Cultural Trends (5 years)
Cycling (1 year)
Design Week (1 year)
Des Pardes (6 months)
Eastern Eye (6 months)
Economic Affairs (5 years)
Economic and Labour Market Review (formerly 'Economic Trends' and Labour Market Trends) (from Jan 07 - 5 years collectively)
Economist (6 months)
Electronics World (2 years)
Emel (2 years)
English Historical Review (1969 to date)
Essex Chronicle (6 months)
Estates Gazette (1 year)
Flight International (1 year)
Food Manufacturer (2 years)
Gardening from Which (2 years)
Geographical Magazine (2 years)
Gibbons Stamp Monthly (2 years)
Good Housekeeping (2 years)
Gramophone (5 years)
Greater London Pensioner (1 year)
Grocer (1 years)
Gujarat Samachar (6 months)Health Service Journal (1 year)
Health Statistics Quarterly (5 years)
Hi-Fi News and Record Review (2 years)
History Today (1951 to date)
Ilford Recorder (1 year)
Investors Chronicle (1 year)
Irish Post (6 months)
Janomot (6 months)
Jazz Journal (2 years)
Jewish Chronicle (6 months)
Legal Action (2 years)
Main Economic Indicators (5 years)
Marketing (1 years)
Money Facts (2 years)
Money Management (2 years)
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (5 years)
Municipal Journal (1 year)
Musical Times (5 years)
Music Week (1 year)
New African (Current issue)
New Internationalist (2 years)
New Law Journal (1 year)
New Scientist (1 year)
New Statesman (6 months)
OECD Economic Outlook (5 years)
Nursing Times (2 years)
OECD Observer (2 years)
One in Seven (1 Year)
Paris Match (1 year)
Parkers Car Price Guide (3 months)
Scientific American (1 year)
Spectator (6 months)
Stage (6 months)
Surveyor (1 year)
Time (1 year)
Time Out (1 month)
Times Educational Suppl. (6 months)
Times Higher Educational Suppl. (6 months)
Times Literary Suppl. (6 months)
Travel Trade Gazette (1 year)
UK Economic Accounts (5 years)
UN Chronicle (2 years)
Vegan (Current Edition)
Vegetarian (Current Edition)
Wanstead / Woodford Guardian (1 year)
Wisden Cricketer (2 years)
Wired (2 years)
Yours (Current Edition)