Lambeth libraries are free to join and offer a wide range of services including nine local libraries, a reference service based in Brixton Central Library and a mobile and home visit service for those who find it difficult getting to a library.

Lambeth Library Members can also access online reference services from home, free of charge. Please click on any of the links below to access a site. When entering your Borrower barcode, type in all characters including the 'LM P' but do not include any spaces. Letters should be typed in upper case.

Online reference services:
• Newsbank - Newspaper Archive of local and regional newspapers (UK only).
• Oxford Art Online - An encyclopaedia of world art from prehistory to the present in over 45,000 articles.
• Oxford Music Online - A collection of dictionaries and reference works for music including sound archives and illustrations.
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - A collection of biographies of the people who have shaped Britain's past.
• Oxford English Dictionary Online - The definitive record of the English language.
• Oxford Reference Online - A collection of language and subject reference works from a single cross-searchable resource.