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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.