The Manchester College encourages students to use online resources where appropriate. Some of these resources are freely available over the internet and others are paid for by subscription. In order to use some of the services you will need to use a validation service called
Athens.
skills4studycampus is an interactive e-learning resource, focusing on four of the core study skills, offering you a stimulating mix of activities to help with your learning. You need to use this with your Athens password at all times. Please select the Athens Authentication option.
Myilibrary is a growing collection of electronic books or "ebooks" available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The full texts of these books are available electronically and the collection is expanding all the time. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases ranging from general to subject specific ones. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
An Informs tutorial
Electronic Journals subscribed to by The Manchester College. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through a service called 'Gale Databases'. If you have never used 'Gale Databases' and need help here is a short
user guide. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
A performing arts journal with resources covering theatre, dance and film.
With millions of resources available on the Internet, it can be difficult to find useful material. Intute is a free online service that helps you to find the best web resources for your studies and research.
The Intute Virtual Training Suite provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. Alternatively you can use the
Internet Detective (another of Intute's free services) to learn how to use the internet effectively.
A list of the main newspapers with direct links to their websites.
A gateway for up-to-date information about social care issues in England.
A comprehensive resource for law students; featureslectures, articles, cases, statutes and revision notes. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
Download film, video and audio from a huge range of subjects for educational use.
Several haircuts are featured witha photographic step-by-step guide, a quick textual guide and a few simple questions to test your understanding of the material. The lessons section of the site covers much of the theory behind the haircuts, whilst the products section looks at the equipment and hair care products that the student will need to know as part of their education. This is an ideal reference resource for students on the NVQ Level 2 course. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
Previously known as Technical Indexes, IHS is a leading edge supplier of standards, regulatory, product and supplier information to industries worldwide including consturction/engineering, aerospace/aviation, government/defence, health and safety and environment, energy, rail/transport.
The UK's first comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues. Sixty main topics with articles, news, key facts, statistics and much more. Some of the many subjects covered are: Abortion, Bullying, Cloning, Euthanasia, Homeslessness, Refugees and Vegetarianism. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The legal profession's most authoritative collections available online. Practice areas include Company, Commercial. Personal, Injury and Property.
An extremely useful site with a huge collection of company, country and industry profiles.
Mintel is a global supplier of consumer, media and market research. Mintel can help you discover opportunities, monitor competitors, develop products and services, and hone your marketing and advertising efforts. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The complete health and safety video library
A music reference database and the home of Grove Music Online. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The ultimate library or rock music writing and journalism with 12,000 articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day.
(Login with Athens when you are off site.)
The world's leading online research, trend analysis and news service for the fashion and style industries. (Please ask fashion tutor or LRC staff for your password.) Note: not available outside College.
Athens is the standard means of obtaining secure access to subscription-based resources.
Click here to set up your Athens account.
