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Fantastic Online Resources, e-Books & Revision Sites

FREE to SFX Students & Staff!

PLEASE NOTE: if you would like to access these resources from home, e-mail library@sfx.ac.uk and we will set you up with an ‘Athens’ username and password.  

If you already have an ‘Athens’ username and password, click here to access the online resources.

Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries:

 

britannica
 

Britannica online encyclopedia, includes excellent weblinks. A good place to start your research.

oxford reference
 

Oxford Reference - dictionaries for all subjects - excellent for terminology.

oxford
 

The full Oxford English Dictionary Online

credo
 

Credo Reference - 490 highly-regarded reference books, covering every major subject.

 

 

Online Newspaper and Magazines:

 

new uk
 

British Newspapers and magazines (eg The Economist). Also 'News Topics', eg global warming, euthanasia, cloning, censorship, the family, ethnic diversity, celebrity, voting and many more.

thomson gale
 

Newspaper Database + Gale Infotrac Onefile - you can search over 11,000 academic magazines and journals covering every subject. Excellent for secondary sources.

 

 

 

Online Resources for English Literature, History and Science:

 

lion
  Search for authors and texts
history uk
 

History Study Centre - resources for all the Edexcel units

new scientist
 

New Scientist Online

 

 

   

Issues Online:

 

issues online
  With more than sixty topics to choose from, Issues Online provides a wide range of information on current issues and debates.

 

 

   

Online Market Sector Reports:

 

key web
 

Keynote Market Reports on over 40 industry sectors. After logging on, click on 'Your Reports'.

 

 

   

Online Information Sources for the UK and Europe:

 

know uk
 

Online Reference books about the UK, people, places, organisations

 

 

   

eBooks:

 

ebooks
 

Thousands of books you can read online! Search by subject, title or author

 

 

   

A-Z Handbooks:

 

az
 

The ultimate subject dictionaries, fantastic for revision! Click on Institutions, then enter the Account Number 14359  followed by your email address. You will then be registered for full access to this website.

 

 

   

Revision Websites:

 

exams tutor
 

Revision guides and exam papers for Business Studies, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, History, English Literature  and Psychology.

Username: francis

Password: revision

You can create your own Examstutor Plus personal login to download revision podcasts and join online seminars.

s-cool
  Free GCSE and A-Level Revision site
project a-level
  AS & A2 revision resources
tutor 2 u
  Revision notes for ICT, Business Studies, Economics and Politics
revision time
 

A free-to-use education portal for students, parents and teachers -provides high quality information via links to other great sites

bitesize
  Revision resources for GCSE English and Maths

 

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