Online Databases
Registered members of Cork City Libraries can access Encyclopedia Britannica Online by entering their current membership barcode.
Ages 5 - 11 Ages 12 - 18 Ages 18+
Our current subscriptions provide in-house online access to the following business databases: Kompass, Vision-net, and FACTfinder. Kompass, provides company profiles and contact details, and our Reference staff have password access to the full Kompass database. Limited details on companies can also be accessed online without a subscription. Vision-net provides access to documents of all Irish registered companies. FACTfinder provides full text of articles, links to PDF images of articles, abstracts, and citations on Irish business, from newspapers and magazines published since 1991.
Other databases can also be contacted within library premises, e.g., access to historic maps from the Ordnance Survey of Ireland is available on library computers, with the assistance of library staff.
Free online encyclopedia information is available at Encyclopedia.com, and Wikipedia.