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
• kellysearch Kelly's Business Directory online
• Tameside Business Directory
• Tameside Trading Standards

Careers

• Connexions
• Graduate Prospects
• Hotcourses
• Learn Direct
• Tameside Adult Prospectus  - Contains details of all the education and training opportunities available in Tameside

Crossword Solver

• One Across

Dictionaries

• Babelfish Translations
• Hyperdictionary
• 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

• HM Revenue and Customs
• How Much Is That?
• Financial Services Authority
• Measuring Worth 
• This Is Money

Education

• Ashton under Lyne Sixth Form College
• DCFS: School Performance Tables
• OFSTED
• School Zone
• 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

• FunderFinder Online Advice Sheets NB: FunderFinder (People in Need) is available at all Tameside Libraries or via remote access from home using your Tameside Library Key Card.
• Student Money page from Hotcourses

Government

• 10 Downing Street homepage
• Direct Gov
• 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.
• 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
• Patient Information Centre
• Self Help UK over 1,000 support groups

History

• BBC History
• History Channel
• Hyper History

Jobs

• Look at our Jobs page for 30 websites that list vacancies nationally and locally.

Law

• Community Legal Advice
• Delia Venables Online Legal Resources
• Greater Manchester Police

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

• Google maps  
• Multimap
• Streetmap
• Tameside Maps

News

• BBC News Online
• ITN Online
• NewsUK 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
• Google
• IxQuick Metasearch  Searches multiple search engines at once.
• Yahoo UK & Ireland

Sport

• BBC Sport
• Soccernet

Statistics

• National Statistics Online
• Neighbourhood Statistics

Transport

• AA route planner  - Plan your route anywhere in Britain, Ireland or Europe with the AA route planner.
• RAC route planner  - UK, European & overseas route planner.
• 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.
• Multimap  - Create a custom map or plan a route.
• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
• National Express Bus and Coach Travel
• National Rail Travel Timetables

Travel

• Trip Advisor  - Holiday Reviews
• Hotel Street 
• Holidays Uncovered 
• AA route planner  - Plan your route anywhere in Britain, Ireland or Europe with the AA route planner.
• RAC route planner  - UK, European & overseas route planner.
• 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.
• Multimap  - Create a custom map or plan a route.

Weather

• BBC Weather
• The Met Office