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Library Catalogue - a direct link to check which resources are available from our Learning Centres. |
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How to... guides for researchers - practical tips and guidance on how to design, develop and present your research |
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Intute - is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research. |
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Directory of Open Access Journals - This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. |
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EBSCOhost Research Databases - Vocational & Career Collection and Professional Development Collection. |
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Emerald - the world's leading publisher of management journals and databases. |
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Info Trac Journals - journal articles, topics include: business, computers, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports & technology. |
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Child care magazines, journals and books online from intered |
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ebrary - a collection of over 3,000 electronic books all related to Further Education courses, including many standard course textbooks. |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library - is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources. |
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MyiLibrary - a library of full text electronic books - ask at any Learning Centre how you can access these books from home online. |
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IngentaConnect - Abstracts (summarising the text) of over 20 million journal articles. If you wish to access an article, please ask about our Inter Library Loans service (West Cheshire College students and staff only). |
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Actors' Yearbook - an essential resource for actors and anyone involved in the industry. |
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Business Insights - find, filter and re-write business reports in this Interactive Reports System - Content & User Guide |
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Cochrane Library -
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. |
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Essential Articles 12 - opinion, comment, opposing viewpoints |
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Europe in the Round - Provides extensive information about the Member States of the EU (plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and on the EU itself and less extensive information on another 39 countries. |
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European Sources Online, an online database that provides information on the EU and wider Europe. |
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Fact File 2010 - important, interesting and relevant statistics brought together for teachers & students. Online PDFs and Excel files allow you to extract colourful charts for assignments. Subjects include: Food & Drink, Health, Britain & its citizens, Internet & Media, Education, Law & Order, Environment, Sport & Leisure, Family, Wider World, Finance & Work |
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Hairdressing Training - provides photographic step by step guides, combined with lessons and handy tips and techniques. |
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ICT activities for mathematics - Provides a comprehensive account of how to use ICT to help students understand and remember mathematical ideas, tackle coursework problems and prepare for examinations. |
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Issues online - books about contemporary social issues. |
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Key Note - 140 reports about companies - useful to most areas of study in the college. |
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KnowUK - a reference service that provides answers to a wide variety of questions on general knowledge and the people, places, organisations and institutions of the United Kingdom. There are currently over 90 reference works in KnowUK. |
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MarketLine Business Information Centre - Provides profiles of 10,000 companies and 2000 industries in 50 countries - Content & User Guide |
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Musicians' and Songwriters' Yearbook - An essential resource for anyone working in the music industry. |
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Regional Trends - published by the Office for National Statistics, exists to paint a statistical picture of areas within the United Kingdom. |
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SCRAN - is an online interactive library with a collection of over a million still images, video clips and audio clips. Everything on SCRAN has been copyright-cleared for educational use. |
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Social Trends - statistics from a wide range of government departments and other organisations to paint a broad picture of our society today. |
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Teachers TV - the digital channel for teachers. Programmes cover every subject in the curriculum, all key stages and every professional role – from teaching assistant to headteacher. |
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TRILT - is the most comprehensive online listings service, including terrestrial, cable, and satellite television. |
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World Travel Guide - contains : World travel guide; World airport guide; Tourist attractions guide; World cities guide; World ski guide. College. |
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Writers' and Artists' Yearbook - comprehensive, up-to-date directory of media contacts and contains a wealth of practical advice and information. |
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British Library 19th Century British Newspapers |
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| InfoTrac Full Text Newspaper Database - Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post, Boston Herald, Coventry Evening Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Post (Liverpool, England), Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), Daily Star, Daily Telegraph, Evening News (Edinburgh, Scotland), Evening Standard, Evening Times (Glasgow, Scotland), Express, Express on Sunday, Financial Times, Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Hong Kong Imail, Independent, Independent Sunday, International Herald Tribune, Irish Times, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, Liverpool Echo, Mail on Sunday, Mirror, New York Times, News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), News of the World, People, Racing Post, Scotland on Sunday, Scotsman, South Wales Echo, Sports Argus (Birmingham, England) Sun, Sunday Business, Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), Sunday Mercury Birmingham, England), Sunday Mirror, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times Times, Wales on Sunday, Washington Times, Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales). |
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