Recommended Websites

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

Arts, Museums and Galleries

• Museums Guide to UK museums, galleries and heritage 

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
• 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
• Kompass  Business to Business search engine
• Tameside Trading Standards
  • Business Companion  Trading standards and consumer protection legislation

Careers

• Connexions (Now part of Directgov)
• Graduate Prospects  
• Learn Direct 
• MyWorkSearch is a online toolkit that helps jobseekers find job opportunities and includes a job finder and a CV builder tools. Users can also can take part in online courses (webinars) to improve job search skills.

Crossword Solver

• One Across 

Dictionaries

• Merriam Webster Online

Economics and Finance

• Directgov
• HM Revenue and Customs
• This Is Money

Education

• Ashton under Lyne Sixth Form College
• Department for Education: School Performance Tables
• Department for Education 
• Ofsted
• Tameside College

Entertainment (Films, Television, Theatre & Music)

• AllMusic
• Internet Movie Database
• What's On Stage

Encyclopedias

• 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

Family History

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

Funding Guides

• National Career Service  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

• NHS Website  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
• 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

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 
• Delia Venables Online Legal Resources 
• Directgov (Legal advice and Legal Aid) 
• Directgov (Crime, Justice and the Law) 
• Greater Manchester Police
• The Law Society 

Libraries and Archives

• Greater Manchester Archives
• The National Archives 

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

News

• BBC News Online
• Tameside Advertiser
• Tameside Reporter 

Reference Books / Journals Online

• Google Scholar  provides search for scholarly literature

Science

• How Stuff Works
• Naturewatch Foundation 
• Science and Industry Museum
• The Why Files

Sport

• BBC Sport

Statistics

• National Statistics Online

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 
• Eurail timetable  Use the Eurail timetable to start planning your European rail trip. Look up train times and check if you need to book a reservation.
• 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.
• 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  Plan your journey on public transport around the UK 
• Travel and Transport in Tameside

Weather

• BBC Weather
• The Met Office