Access e-resources from work or home E-resources available in the KLC
Make long searches for information a thing of the past with our electronic resources.
If you can’t come to us, we can come to you: delivering some of our services electronically to your home or office 24/7. One password for our Athens access management system brings the world to your computer. Our database collection focuses on encyclopaedias, dictionaries, management, art, music, literature, the social sciences and news. Of which many give access to large archives of full text journal articles and research produced by the world’s leading experts. Full online access is a special service available only for KLC members. If you are trying to improve your English language skills, we have a wide range of online learning materials available to members in the KLC. You can practice specific grammar points, improve your telephone skills, work on your reading and listening skills and learn how to write professional reports. There are also online materials for a range of UK English language examinations, which allow you to practice exam techniques and monitor your level as you improve. These resources are only accessible in the KLC.
Ashridge Virtual Learning Resource Centre (Cairo and Alexandria)Ashridge is one of the worlds leading business schools, and delivering executive education and development to individuals and organisations that want to go further. It Gives you access to more than 52 learning guides on a variety of management topics. The evaluated web links are in subject order. There are book reviews which means you don't have to read the book. It is used by Ashridge to supplement their management programmes.
Ebrary ebooks (Cairo and Alexandria)Ebrary allows searching, viewing, copying and printing of books and other high-value documents from leading publishers.
Oxford (Alexandria only)
- Dictionary of National Biography
There are 50,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2000 - English Dictionary Online
This is a unique English dictionary on historical principles which are updated quarterly - Reference Online
The ultimate online reference library - from Oxford, the world's first name in reference - Scholarship Online
A searchable full-text database of OUP's scholarly books in philosophy, religion, economics and finance, political science. The abstracts and keywords help searching and accessing content. Institutions subscribe for unlimited multi-user access.
Emerald Management First (Cairo and Alexandria)
Emerald Management First is an online library that provides busy managers with the latest research from Business Schools and Universities across the globe, presented in a concise, accessible format.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (Cairo and Alexandria)Access to five encyclopaedia databases. Encyclopaedia Britannica's fully searchable text presented in an interactive format. Offering over 100,000 articles, 200,000 related web links, illustrations, maps, graphs and sounds.
Grove Music Online (Alexandria only)
Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource. It includes the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition).
Grove Art Online (Alexandria only)
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of the Dictionary of Art with regular additions of new material and updates to the text, plus extensive image links and all the sophisticated search advantages possible.
