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Library notices

All Thurrock libraries will be closed on Monday 6 May (Early May bank holiday) and Monday 27 May (Spring bank holiday). Libraries will be open at their usual times on all other days in May.

Access to Research

Access to Research is a service that provides free access to more than 30 million academic articles in public libraries across the UK.

A wide range of subjects is covered. Examples include:

  • art
  • architecture
  • business
  • engineering
  • history
  • languages
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • mathematics
  • sciences

You can use Access to Research in any Thurrock library. Articles are provided online through their publishers' websites.

Using Access to Research

You can open the Access to Research website from a 'bookmark' link in the Google Chrome browser on any library computer.

Although to can open the website from any device on the internet, you get access to more information when you open Access to Research from a computer on our libraries network.

Other research

For other ways to research with Thurrock libraries, go to: