This Subject Guide page contains Websites, Online Resources, Books, Journals and a Toolbox.

Websites

The websites for ESOL are listed on a seperate page.

Online Resources

Infotrac

The College Library subscribes to a large number of electronic journals and magazines through a service called 'Infotrac'. If you have never used 'Infotrac' and need help here is a short user guide.

Issues Online

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.

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Dictionaries 423
ESOL 428.24
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 428.2407
Careers in teaching 371.023
Careers in languages 400.23
ESOL books are arranged by level shown by coloured spots:
Beginner, elementary Red
Pre-intermediate Yellow
Intermediate Blue
Upper-intermediate Green
Advanced Orange

Journals

Toolbox

How to use the Internet
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. The tutorials are written and updated by a team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK. Click the list of tutorials and then chose the one that interests you, or have a look at the Internet Detective which will also help you to evaluate the reliability and usefulness of web pages.

Athens
Some of the Learning centre's electronic resources will require you to log in using the Athens validation service. (Especially if you use them outside College.) You will need an Athens username and password to do this. Obtain an "Athens Student Logon Request Form" from your Learning Centre; complete and return the form. You will receive notification of your account through your TMC student e mail.

Technology Update
Technology and its applications are changing so quickly that it is often difficult to keep up with the new jargon, services, equipment, applications and so on. With this problem in mind we are developing a page to help keep tutors up to date in this field. If you think that you might benefit from this service have a look at our technology guide.

Words used in assignments
The words used when questions or assignments are set can be confusing if you are not used to them. This list explains what tutors and examiners are looking for and what you should write about.

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