Reservations and renewals at the Nuneaton campus and from outreach centres
Tel: 024 7624 3263

Reservations and renewals at the Hinckley campus
Tel: 024 7624 3068

Electronic resources

This is a list of e-resources provided by the library. They are websites which have been evaluated as being relevant, current and reliable.

You may need a password to access some of them. Come to the Enquiry desk at Nuneaton library, or the Issue desk at Hinckley to ask for an Athens password. Or telephone us or send an email. We will be happy to show you how to log in to e-resources.

Our e-resources list

A-Level psychology online – Browse resources from the text books Psychology for AS Level and A2 Psychology. Username and password available fron the library.

AHDS Visual Arts – Digital images and resources for visual arts and performing arts.  No password needed.

Archival Sound Recordings from the British Library. Interviews, wildlife, music, soundscapes. Needs Athens password, available from the library, for login.

Authentik – GCSE language resource bank. Login details available from the library.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute – Searchable information on British and Irish case law & legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material.  No password required.

BFI Screenonline – resources for all spects of film. No password needed.

CareKnowledge – news, articles and reports for Child Studies and Social Care learners, teachers and practitioners. Available with an Athens password.

Childlink – A database of childhood, family and education in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Available on computers in the college, and with Athens password, available from the library, outside.

CIDER – Centre for Interaction Data Estimation and Research: Census Data Support Unit providing access to the origin-destination statistics for 1981, 1991 and 2001. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

Credo Reference - A large collection of dictionaries, encyclopaedias and handbooks which offer a great way to search quickly for quality answers backed-up by authoritative sources. It is also possible to browse the whole collection as an e-library. Some great publications are in there, e.g. Black’s Medical Dictionary and hundreds more useful titles.

Delicious – A collection of quality web resources selected by NWHC librarians. No password needed.

ebrary – Not to be missed! Nearly 3000 e-books, read them on screen, or print out short selections. The text of the books is fully searchable by keyword. Save books to your own personal bookshelf, add notes to the text. Always available, no waiting for a copy to be returned, no fines, no damaged books. Available with an Athens password.

E-Law Student – Made with learners in mind and packed with law reports, articles, multiple choice questions and useful links.

Encyclopaedia Britannica – Access to five encyclopaedia databases. Encyclopaedia Britannica's fully searchable text presented in an interactive format. Offering over 100,000 articles, 200,000 related web links, illustrations, maps, graphs and sounds. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

Espanol eXtra – Online Spanish resources for teachers and learners.  Please ask for a password specific to this resource at the Library.

Film and Sound Online – Array of film and sound clips, covering many curriculum areas in the College: education, culture, social and human science (including medicine and nursing), communication, law, country information.  Available on computers within the College, and outside with an Athens password.

Gale databases – Includes InfoTrac, Onefile/Newspapers, and Gale Virtual Reference Library (eBooks). Needs Athens password, available from the library.

Hairdressing training – Readable explanations of hairdressing terms and descriptions of hair products, clear lessons on hair cutting, and links to other websites.  Available with Athens password.

Intute – A free online database covering almost all curriculum areas taught in the college. Authoritative, current, relevant. No password required.

Issues online – around 60 well written articles, packed with factual data on many topics relevant to Child Studies, from Abortion to Fitness to Marriage to Sexuality and Discrimination. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

Keynote – Key Note Ltd is a long-established market research publisher providing business information to corporate and academic customers throughout the UK. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

KnowUK Database – KnowUK is a unique online reference service, which provides key information on the people, places, and institutions of the UK. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

MarketLine – MarketLine offers a comprehensive collections of reports, rankings and news, covering all of the major vertical industries and many more niche markets. Also statistical information for different countries on many topics including health. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

New Scientist – Weekly science and technology news and features. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

NewsFilm Online – Selected news from the ITN and Reuters archives.  Click on the link, then Login via direct access button in college.  Outside college click on the Login via UK federation button, then select North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and enter your Athens username and password.

Radio at BUFVC – Radio meta data and streaming media. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

The John Johnson Collection – Fully searchable colour images of 65,000 items from the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Available on computers within the college, and outside with an Athens password.

Tourism Insights – Articles written about tourism by contributors from all sectors of the tourism industry. Available without a password from computers in the college.

Evaluating resources

When doing your research, you will need to evaluate information to make sure that it is correct. Evaluate means to assess the usefulness and relevance of information to determine its value.

For example, if you had read many articles that said the Second World War started in 1939, and you then read an article that said "World War 2 started in 1963", the evidence against this would make you question the truth of this article.