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

Websites

The websites for the International Foundation 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.

Books

Subject Shelf Mark
British Government Statistics 310
Politics 320
Politics dictionaries 320.03
Political ideologies 320.5
American politics 320.973
British political parties 320.941
British politics 320.941
Economics 330
Economics dictionaries 330.03
Economic history 330.9
Dictionaries 423
English language books (organised by level) 428.24
Mathematics 510
Mathematics dictionaries 510.3
Statistics 519
European Community 914

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 you can go straight to the Intute Social Sciences page. You should also 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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