Useful Internet resources
While the databases, ejournals and ebooks listed on the Library Web are subscription services funded by the Library & other sections of the University, there are also a vast number of free Web sites that can be valuable sources of information.
These pages provides links to a wide range of useful Web sites including subject gateways, search engines, news services, company & government information & statistics. Links are frequently checked & new Web sites are added on a regular basis. Please complete the short online form if you would like to suggest a new Useful Internet resource.
| Useful Internet resources | |
| Subject trees | Gateways to evaluated subject specific Internet resources. |
| Search engines | Major search engines, metacrawlers, parallel & european search engines. |
| Library Web services & catalogues | Library Web services & catalogues including links to national Library catalogues. |
| Books & publishing | Publisher Web sites, Internet bookshops & out-of-print books. |
| Finding people & organizations | Telephone numbers, postal & email addresses & postcodes. |
| Recording & citing references | Bibliographic formats & citation styles. |
| News services | News services & news search engines. |
| Newspapers | Internet newspapers & newspaper collections. |
| Special collections & archives | National & international special collections & archives. |
| Virtual reference collections | Dictionaries & thesauri, acronyms & abbreviations, maps & travel. |
| Company information | Company Web sites, annual reports & product information. |
| Government | Parliamentary web sites, publications, local, national & international sources. |
| Ebooks & texts | Free ebooks including classic works of literature, drama & poetry. |
| Higher education | Universities worldwide, course finders & research opportunities. |
| Film, television & radio | Film reviews, history & theory. Links to major television & radio stations. |
| Forthcoming conferences & discussion lists | Conferences & workshops worldwide. Subject specific mailing lists. |
| Internet training & learning resources | Online Internet & Web authoring training packages. |
| Patents | National & international patent & intellectual property offices & services. |
| Standards | National, regional & international standards bodies. |
| Statistical data | Census data, national & international sources & statistical gateways. |
| Country information | Country profiles, commercial guides & economic reports. |
| Theses & dissertations | Theses & dissertations from Universities worldwide. |
| Visual arts | Digital image collections. |
| Maps | Maps, gazetteers & map reading tools. |