Resources
BBC Motion Gallery
Search through a vast collection of moving imagery on topics such as Current Affairs, Sport, Natural History, Medicine, Geography, The Arts and many more for archive material from leading broadcasters
including the BBC, and from other content partners such as CBS News, NHK and RipCurl. Only accessible on campus.
Box of Broadcasts
BoB allows users to record programmes over the next seven days as well as retrieving programmes from the last seven days from TV and radio. To access please click on 'UK Federation Login' link and follow instructions. An Athens password will then be required to successfully log in.
Credo Reference
Full-text reference works covering a wide range of subject areas. Includes biographies, dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopaedias, and quotations. Athens password required for off campus access.
Dawsonera e-books
Full text access to a selection of books covering a wide range of subjects. Books can be read online, downloaded, or sections printed. An Athens password is required to access this resource.
Ebrary e-books
Access to over 3000 e-books covering a wide range of subjects. An Athens password is required for off-campus access.
Education Image Gallery
50,000 images drawn from the Hulton Archive, Photodisc, and the Getty Images News Service. Covers key events, and subject areas including history, entertainment, sport, science, fashion, politics, music, conflict, film, art and leisure. Login via UK Federation link for off campus use.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Access to over 22,000 illustrations, maps and graphics, along with audio, animation and video clips. Athens password required for off campus access.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Cross-searchable database of reference e-books, including encyclopaedias, almanacs, and specialist sources. Athens password required for off campus access.
Intute
Free online service providing access to web resources for education and research which have been selected and evaluated by subject specialists.
Issues Online
Covering over 60 topics, this resource gives access to articles with news and views on each topic, key facts, key statistics, lobby group links, newspaper archives, reference sites, and research guides. An Athens password is required for access.