QUICK REFERENCE INFORMATION
Links to quick reference sites have been organised as follows:
Online maps
- Google Maps: an experimental service with easier map navigation. Searchable by street name, place name or postcode. Automatic directions can be generated.
- Multimap.com: street maps of the United Kingdom and Europe searchable by place name, street name, postcode or grid reference. Automatic directions can be generated.
- Streetmap.co.uk: street maps of all of mainland Britain. Searchable by street name, postcode or place name.
Telephone directories
- BT directory enquiries: contains UK residential and business phone numbers.
- Yell.com: electronic version of the Yellow Pages.
- Telephone Directories on the Web: links to electronic telephone directories worldwide, arranged by country.
Rail and travel
- Currency converter
- National Rail: the site for Britain's rail network, with a full rail timetable [removed thetrainline.com].
- BBC London travel information
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel guidelines
- Office of the Rail Regulator links to Train Operating Company Websites: links to the Websites of the UK train operating companies.
- Traveline: a journey planner for public transport across the UK.
- Transport for London: includes information about the London Underground and other public transport in London, including a journey planner. [replaced thetube.com]
Weather and what's on
- BBC News website
- BBC Weather information
- The Met Office
- Art Guide: a directory listing museums, art galleries and exhibitions around the UK.
- What's on in London: listings of events, exhibitions etc. in London from the official London tourism website.
Popular electronic resources
Bibliography of British and Irish History
International Bibliography of Art 
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Times Digital Archive 1785 - 1985
Times Literary Supplement Archive
