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

Websites

The websites for Humanities & Social Sciences are listed on a seperate page.

Online Resources

Myilibrary (ebooks)

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.)

Ebrary

The collection of Further Education e-books supplied by JISC. (Login with Athens when you are off site.)

Gale Databases

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.

Gale Databases for Sociology

An Informs Tutorial - how to use Gale Databases in your Sociology studies.

Intute

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.

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.

EBSCO Film, Television, Literatrue

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Film, Television and Literature.

EBSCO Communications and Media

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Communications and Media.

EBSCO Literary Reference Centre

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including the Literary Reference Centre.

EBSCO Social Index

EBSCOhost is an online reference system with a variety of popular full text databases including this one for Social issues.

U.K. National Statistics

The official U.K. statistics site drawn exclusively from government sources.

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
Psychology
Psychology 150
Psychology, Reseacrh 150.72
Biological Psychology 152
Cognitive Psychology 153
Developmental Psychology 155
Child Psychology 155.4
Abnormal Psychology 157 and 616.89
Social Psychology 302
Gender 305.3
Sociology
Sociology 301
Social Research 300.72
Sociology 301
Social Psychology, Social Interaction 302
Communication and Media 302.2
Environmental Issues 304.2
Social Groups 305
Children and Adolescence 305.23
Ageing and Society 305.26
Women in History 305.4
Social Inequality 305.5
Black British Culture and Society 305.8
Culture and Institutions 306
Religion 306.6
Sexuality 306.7
Families 306.8
Social Trends 310
Political Science
Politics 320
Systems of Government 321
Civil and Political Rights 323
Slavery and Emancipation 326
International Relations 327
Economics
Economics 330
Financial Economics 332
Public Finance 336
International Economics 337
Macroeconomics 339
Film Studies
Media and Society 302.23
Film Studies 791.43
All of the Learning Centres also have collections of films on VHS and DVD, check with the staff

Journals

These are the journals or magazines that are useful for your course. If they are available on-line simply follow the link.

Politics, Sociology and History

Languages

Economics

Miscellaneous

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.

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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