Accessibility
General
Resources
Biographical Information Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and
Thesauri How to Write
References
Libraries Primary
Historical Texts Searching
& Using the Internet Study
Skills
- Biographical
Dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have
shaped our world from ancient times to the present.
Dictionaries,
Encyclopaedias and Thesauri
Primary Historical Texts
- International Federation of
Film Archives (FIAF) is an acclaimed international compendium of
information on film and television. The database indexes film literature from
over 300 periodicals since 1972. The resource also features print sources for
22,000 silent films, a bibliography of FIAF members' publications and a
directory of film and TV documentation collections.
No
password needed on-campus,
for off-campus access browser cookie required.
Searching and Using
the Internet
- Bare Bones
101 is a basic web search tutorial for people with little or
no experience of searching the web.
- Information Quality WWW
Virtual Library contains pointers to criteria for evaluating
information resources, particularly those on the Internet.
-
Internet
Detective is an interactive tutorial which teaches how to
evaluate the quality of Internet resources.
- Intute Virtual
Training Suite (formerly known as
RDN) This is a national initiative designed to teach Internet information
skills to the higher and further education communities in the UK. It
provides free, interactive, web-based tutorials for students, lecturers and
researchers who want to know what the Internet can offer in their subject
area.
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Centre for Academic
Success
also provides advice and support on writing, grammar, reading,
and general study skills such as time management and exam preparation.
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Janet Fox.