We offer information for life...

In the period from April 2004 to the end of March 2005, customer surveys tell us that 93% of people looking for specific information in our libraries found it.

Those questions were answered using a mixture of sources including stock in the lending libraries. Some were found with staff assistance, but in many cases the library users simply found the material themselves.

Books continue to provide a valuable core reference collection and  we have recently ordered a 5 volumed Celtic Culture Encyclopaedia sourced by the Welsh Books Council from the American publishers. Being an authoritative publication from the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, it will be of interest to libraries, covering as it does all the Celtic countries and their languages, literatures, archaeology, history and mythology.

See a selection of online links to local information below.

Some of the main sources and resources include:

• Newspapers and periodicals, including local newspapers from 1833
• Special local and family history collections.
• National and local statistics.
• Welsh Assembly Government information.
• European information.
• County Borough Council information, reports and minutes.
• Consumer information like "Which?" if you want to know about cars or washing machines or the "Citizen's Advice Notes" for more detailed help.
• Local maps and plans (since 1766)
• Leaflets and special files.
• Project collections.
• CD-ROMs.
• The Internet.
• Dictionaries.
• Encyclopaedias.
• Yearbooks.
• Atlases.
• Staff knowledge.

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