Recommended Websites

This is a list of websites we recommend to help you find information on the Internet:

Arts, Museums and Galleries

• Art Guide 
• Culture24  Guide to UK museums, galleries and heritage 
• Museum Net Museums in the UK
• Oxford Art Online  Contains over 21,000 biographies and over 5,000 images. You will need your library key card to log into this site

Biographies

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography  50,000 biographies of people who shaped Britain and beyond. You will need your library key card to log into this site

Books

Tameside Libraries has an extensive guide to books and reading on the internet in the What shall I read next? Section. Go there for author information, genre guides, book reviews, help on what to read next and family reading websites.

Business Information

• Ask About Business  Includes Cobra - The Complete Business Reference Advisor (You will need your library key card to log into Cobra)
• Business Link  Provides lots of practical information about starting a business
• Croner Small Business  Small Business Page – provides daily news and regular features for small business
• Directgov  Government public service website – provides lots of information about starting a business, also includes links to other useful websites
• Health and Safety Executive  Advice about Health and Safety in Small Businesses
• Hoovers Online Provides brief company Information including histories
• Kelly’s online directory  Business to Business search engine
• Kompass  Business to Business search engine
• The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME)  Self employment for the over 50s
• Shell Live Wire  Helps 16-30 year olds set up in business
• Tameside Trading Standards

Careers

• Connexions (Now part of Directgov)
• Graduate Prospects  
• Hotcourses
• Learn Direct 
• Nextstep  Information about careers, courses, CV's and covering letters

Crossword Solver

• One Across
• Oxford English Dictionary  Use '?' in place of your missing letters. E.g. you already have the letters _l_R_R_ type ?I?R?R? into the search box and you should get your answer (library) as your result. You will need your library key card to log into this site.

Dictionaries

• Merriam Webster Online
• Oxford English Dictionary  The origin, history and definitions of over half a million English words. You will need your library key card to log into this site.

Economics and Finance

• Directgov
• HM Revenue and Customs
• Financial Services Authority
• Measuring Worth 
• Money Information Network Tameside (MINT) 
• This Is Money

Education

• Ashton under Lyne Sixth Form College
• DCFS: School Performance Tables
• Department for Education 
• OFSTED
• School Zone  Free Educational resources
• Tameside College
• Tameside Adult Prospectus  Contains details of all the education and training opportunities available in Tameside.

Entertainment (Films, Television, Theatre & Music)

• AllMusic
• Internet Movie Database
• On The Box: TV Listings
• What's On Stage
• Oxford Music Online  Includes Grove Music Online and much more. You will need your library key card to log into this site.

Encyclopedias

• Bartleby
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online  Contains thousands of articles covering a range of topics. You will need your library key card to log into this site.

Europe

• Europa The European Union Online
• EUR-Lex The Portal to European Law

Family History

• Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre
• Family Search from The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
• GENUKI

Funding Guides

• Student Money page from Hotcourses
• Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support  The Greater Manchester Funding Portal can help you find the latest funding opportunities, information and guidance with free access to their online funding database
• Nextstep  Free advice on returning to work, re-training, paying for your learning or finding childcare
• Turn2us  A charitable service which helps people access money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help
• More information - visit our Funding Information page for funding and advice resources available at Tameside libraries.

Government

• 10 Downing Street homepage
• Directgov
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Homepage
• UK Parliament website

Health

• Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network  NHS site for patients and carers. Supported by MacMillan
• Healthy Books  A site which lists books which may be of interest to anyone working with children, particularly children with physical or emotional problems.
• Health Information Centre 
• In touch with Health  Information from Tameside and Glossop NHS
• NHS Choices  A comprehensive information service that helps to put you in control of your healthcare. Not only is there extensive health information available but you can use this site to find a GP, a dentist and other healthcare providers
• NHS Direct
• Patient UK
• The Patients Association
• Self Help UK over 1,000 support groups
• WithuinMind  Pennine Care Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Provides helpful information for young people from the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust areas of Stockport, Tameside & Glossop, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury
• Personality Tutor  Personal development and self improvement guide containing articles on leadership skills, positive thinking, goal setting etc.

History

• BBC History
• History Channel
• Hyper History

Jobs

• Visit our jobseeking information page for information about writing your CV, searching for jobs and what to do in job interviews
• View our jobs page for websites that list vacancies nationally and locally

Law

• Advice guide from Citizen's Advice Bureau 
• Community Legal Advice  - Find a Legal Advisor (please note that the other functions of the Community Legal Advice website have now been incorporated into the Directgov site)
• Delia Venables Online Legal Resources
• Directgov (Legal advice and Legal Aid) 
• Directgov (Crime and justice) 
• Greater Manchester Police
• The Law Society 

Libraries and Archives

• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
• Greater Manchester Archives
• The National Archives 
• The People's Network 

Literature

• Bibliomania Full text database of classic novels
• Digital Library full text of books
• Shakespeare Complete Works Online

Local Information

• Ashton-under-lyne.com
• Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Homepage
• Virtual Manchester

Maps

• Bing Maps (formerly Multimap)
• Google maps  
• Ordnance Survey - OS OpenData  Clear up-to-date maps from Ordnance Survey. These maps are free of copyright restrictions
• Streetmap
• Tameside Maps

News

• BBC News Online
• ITN Online
• Newsstand Full text articles from national and regional newspapers and magazines. You will need your library key card to log into this site
• Tameside Advertiser
• Tameside Reporter 

Reference Books Online

• Oxford Reference Online  Over 100 reference books from the Oxford University Press. You will need your library key card to log into this site

Science

• BBC Science and Nature
• How Stuff Works
• The Why Files

Search Engines

• Ask
• Bing 
• Google
• Ixquick Web Search  Searches multiple search engines at once.
• Yahoo UK & Ireland

Sport

• BBC Sport
• ESPNsoccernet

Statistics

• National Statistics Online
• Neighbourhood Statistics 

Tax

• Directgov  Links to lots of useful tax and pension information
• HM Revenues and Customs (HMRC) 

Translation

• Babel Fish Translations
• Bing Translator 
• Google Translate 

Travel, Transport and Tourism

• AA route planner  Plan your route anywhere in Britain, Ireland or Europe with the AA route planner
• Bing Maps (formerly Multimap)
• Directgov  Useful for information such as downloading forms, finding information for disabled travellers , links to useful travel and tourism sites
• English Heritage 
• Google maps  Plan your route anywhere in the world or view a map of an area you're visiting. You can even plan your route on foot.
• Hotel Street  - Hotels, Reviews, Information & Accommodation.
• Hotels in Tameside - a list of Hotels in the Tameside area.
• Holidays Uncovered  Over 100,000 reviewed holidays written by real holiday makers about popular holiday destinations around the world. 
• Hudson's Heritage  Details of over 1,400 Heritage Attractions for trips, functions, weddings and special events
• National Express Bus and Coach Travel  Enables you to book National Express tickets online (please note you can also book National Express tickets at most travel agents and most TfGM Travelshops ).
• National Rail Travel Timetables
• National Trust 
• RAC route planner  UK, European & overseas route planner
• Transport for Greater Manchester  (formerly GMTPE) 
• The Trainline  Search for train times and tickets
• Trip Advisor  Holiday Reviews from holiday makers
• Traveline North West  Plan your journey on public transport around the North West
• Traveline  Plan your journey on public transport around the UK 
• Travel and Transport in Tameside

Weather

• BBC Weather
• The Met Office