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Library links - Education
Medway Libraries' subject guide to the internet for education
and learning
Please note that clicking on the links below will take you away
from the Medway Libraries' webpages.
Archives
Archive awareness campaign (www.archiveawareness.com/)
Includes an events directory searchable by
region and date
Archive Collections in academic institutions
(http://archiveshub.ac.uk/)
A gateway to descriptions of archives in United Kingdom colleges
and universities.
Cityark (http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/)
Searchable catalogue of the archive
collections at Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre
including Imagebase of digitised documents and parish
registers.
The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/)
National portal for archive collections
eBooks
Bookboon (http://bookboon.com/uk)
eBooks are free to download without any
registration available in three different categories:
textbooks, business and travel guides. The books can be downloaded
directly in PDF format, and are available in five languages.
Medway Libraries eBook and eAudiobook collection
Free downloads of eBooks and eAudiobooks for loan are available
with your Medway library card.
Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org/)
Offers more than 36,000 free ebooks to download to
your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. Choose
between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. No fee or
registration is required and all eBooks here have been previously
published by by bona fide publishers.
Education (including education statistics)
Channel 4 learning (www.channel4learning.com/)
Excellent primary and secondary school
learning resource.
Education Otherwise
(www.education-otherwise.org/)
Education otherwise is a United Kingdom -based
membership organisation which provides support and information for
families whose children are being educated outside school.
Eleven plus exams (www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/)
Useful site for parents with children preparing for the eleven
plus exam.
Justin Craig (www.justincraig.ac.uk)
Useful tips for students and parents on here as well as courses
at a charge.
Learn.co.uk from The Guardian (www.learnthings.co.uk/)
Vast range of teaching resources including
revision aids and excellent links.
Learning alive (www.learningalive.co.uk/)
Educational resources and links for teachers
and pupils.
OFSTED School reports
(www.ofsted.gov.uk/)
Full text inspection reports from OFSTED,
searchable by education authority and school.
Open learn (www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/)
Free higher education for everyone: the Open
University is now making its course materials available to
everybody.
Thinkquest (www.thinkquest.org/)
A learning platform where teachers and students create learning
projects
Topmarks (www.topmarks.co.uk/)
An educational search engine providing links
to educational websites, aimed at children, parents and teachers
covering subjects in all key stages of the curriculum.
UCAS (www.ucas.ac.uk/)
The University and Colleges Admissions Service for the UK. You
can search for courses or institutions, and the site includes
course vacancies during the clearing periods.
Your choice Medway (http://www.yourchoiceinmedway.org.uk/)
Opportunities for learning in Medway, for 14 -
19 year-olds.
Which? University (http://university.which.co.uk/)
Independent source of information and advice
for anyone considering higher education.
Homework
Many homework enquires can be answered using Medway Libraries'
online
resources.
Ancient Egypt (www.ancientegypt.co.uk/)
Resource from The British Museum with sections on Egyptian life,
Geography, Gods and Goddesses, Mummification, Pharaoh, Pyramids,
time, trade and writing.
Castles and fortifications in England and Wales
(www.ecastles.co.uk/)
This site contains information on over 800 English and Welsh
castles, fortified manor houses, Bishop's palaces and Pele towers
constructed over the last twenty centuries.
Encyclopedia Mythica (www.pantheon.org/)
An encyclopedia on Myths, folklore and
legend
National Geographic (www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/)
Free maps, photos, videos and daily news
stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the
environment, cultures.
Reverse dictionary (www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtm)
For when you can't find that word you're
looking for - type in a description and get a list of
alternatives.
Philosophy around the web (http://users.ox.ac.uk/~worc0337/phil_index.html)
Put together by a lecturer at Oxford
University, this indexes philosophy sites on the web.
Savage earth (www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/animations)
Excellent animations which make geography even
more interesting. Includes earthquake, tsunami attack and volcanic
eruption.
Languages
BBC language course (www.bbc.co.uk/languages/)
Free online courses for beginners, with links
to further resources.
Bonjour (http://bonjour.org.uk/)
Learning French? A bright and fun site
originally set up for the Howard School, Rainham, but now used
countrywide.
KIDON Media link (www.kidon.com/media-link)
Links to 19,740 newspapers and other news
sources from almost every country and territory in the world.
Online newspapers (www.onlinenewspapers.com/)
Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips, in their
original language - includes British regional newspapers too.
SIL International (www.sil.org/)
Guide to obscure languages. It includes a
catalogue of 6700 languages spoken in 228 countries.
Using English (www.usingenglish.com/)
Provides a large collection of English as a Second Language
(ESL) tools and resources for students, teachers, learners and
academics.
Learning
5 Minute English (http://www.5minuteenglish.uk.com/)
This site offers examples of English language conversations, for
those who want to improve their spoken language skills
BBC Learning Zone (www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone)
Home page of the BBC's Learning Service
programmes which are shown overnight on BBC Two. The guide helps
you to select the programmes which interest you - simply record and
play back at your leisure.
British Library - learning (www.bl.uk/learning)
The British Library encourages people to think about big ideas,
interpret sources and do their own research." Resources for
students, teachers and the general public.
Driving Theory Tests (www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_4017669)
Online tests where you can check your driving
theory skills, from the Driving Standards Agency.
Floodlight (http://london.floodlight.co.uk/)
Floodlight is the official guide to courses in
London. That's all the part-time and full-time courses run by
government-funded colleges, universities and adult education
centres in all the London boroughs.
Learn direct (www.learndirect.co.uk/)
Improve your job prospects with a nationally
recognised qualification.
The National Institute of Adult
Continuing Education (NIACE) (www.niace.org.uk/)
Aims to encourage all adults to engage in
learning of all kinds. A charity working with adult learners,
local authorities, government departments and agencies, voluntary
bodies, charitable trusts, adult education providers, trade unions,
employers and European funders.
Libraries and library catalogues
British Library (http://blpc.bl.uk/)
A gateway to a major research catalogue in the United
Kingdom.
COPAC (http://copac.ac.uk/)
The Copac® library catalogue gives
free access to the merged online catalogues of many major
University, Specialist, and National Libraries in the UK and
Ireland, including the British Library.
Internet public library
(www.ipl.org/)
Started and funded by the School of
Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, this
is the Internet's first independent public library, dedicated to
linking to quality Internet resources.
LibDex (www.libdex.com/)
Hosted by Northern Lights (the search engine),
this gives an impressive list of links to library catalogues across
the world.
Library of Congress catalogue (http://catalog.loc.gov/)
The most important library catalogue for the
United States with links to many other academic institutions.
Medway Libraries catalogue (https://medway.spydus.co.uk/)
Look up books, reserve items, look at your borrower record. Ask
at your local library for your PIN number.
UK Public libraries (http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/weblibs.html)
This gives addresses for all the public
libraries in the UK that have a web page.
Virtual Library (http://vlib.org/)
A guide to high-quality resources on the
Internet. The Virtual Library was founded by Tim Berners-Lee,
father of the World Wide Web.
WorldCat (www.worldcat.org/)
Connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000
libraries worldwide.
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