Numerous online databases and journals acquired by the Library.
Ebrary|
A collection of JISC sponsored e-books (2900) covering all subject areas, accessible via Shibboleth by clicking on the logo above. Search features include general or advanced - keyword, full-text, publisher, or author. Support documents are also available on Ebrary's 'Knowledgebase for Customer'.
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Books cannot be downloaded, you can only copy and print a maximum of 20 pages.
Digital Images in Education|
The book shows how barriers to access and usage of images can be overcome by digital communities and approriate solutions embedded within learning, teaching and research communities. Apart from setting the vision for the future, it provides information on the area and aims to influence decisions on policy, practice and funding.
Databases
Film and Sound on line |
This is a JISC funded collections of high quality film, video and sound materials covering a wide range of subject area.
Dreamspark accessible |
A free professional developer and designer tools at your disposal. You are able to download these softwares – Visual Studio 2008, AQL Server 2008, XNA Game Studio, and Expression Studio.
Issues online accessible via |
Covering social issues, this resource help students understand issues that affect their lives and the world in general. Logon details to be used outside the college:
Username: StratfordCollege
Password: 13513
Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment Online Archive|
Contents is from 1996 back to volume 1, issue 1. Key titles covered here include:
Log in details:
Username: STRATFORD
Password: WILLOWNORTH
British Periodicals online |
This database traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and consists of two separate collections, British Periodicals Collection I and British Collections II.
Collection I comprises more than 160 journals from the UMI microfilm collection - Early British Periodical – with topics covering literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences.
Collection II comprises more than 300 journals covering literature, music, art drama, archaelogy and architecture from the UMI microfilm collections - English Literary Collections and British Periodicals in the creative art.
ESDS International|
ESDS is jointly run by Mimas and UK Data Archive and provides free macro and micro international data sets to FE and HE institutions in UK. These include major statistical releases from organistions such as World Bank, IMF, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations. Topics covered include national accounts, industrial production, employment, trade, energy, demography, human development and other indicators of national performance and development. Also included are questionnaire datasets covering social science topics such as household and demographic information, income, employment, education and housing.
92 Historical Interviews You Can Watch|
A list of 92 historical interview collections from the past and present. The video recordings cover eras such as the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and Walter Cronkite on his news reporting of the first man that walked on the moon. Other interviews are of history in the making, with current figures in academia, politics and business.
100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark |
A variety of materials to support teaching and inspire students
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NewsFilm Online|
A selection of news from ITN/Reuters archives covering a variety of subject areas - Art, culture and entertainment, law, Business and finance, education and environmental issues. You can play or download the videos.
Login is via direct access whilst in college or Shibboleth when off college.