General resources on the Net for Students

BOOKSHOPS

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/102-2384778-0473720
Blackwells
http://www.blackwells.co.uk/
Heffers
http://www.heffers.co.uk/


BUSINESS

The Economist
http://www.economist.co.uk/
The Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/
Europages
http://www.europages.com/
BESIG
http://www.lydbury.co.uk/besig/
http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/business/index.html
Business info and the Internet
http://business.dis.strath.ac.uk/
HM treasury
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
International Financial Encyclopedia
http://www.euro.net/innovation/Finance_Base/Fin_encyc.html
The New York Stock Exchange
www.nyse.com/



CRIME

Metropolition police
http://www.met.police.uk/
Murder Inc
http://www.murderinc.com/
Focus on the death penalty
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/

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ENTERTAINMENT

Disney
http://disney.go.com/
The Discovery Channel
http://www.discovery.com/
If you like murders and mystery check out this siteThe case
http://www.mysterynet.com/thecase/
Films Lots of information about films @ The Internet movie database
http://us.imdb.com/search
Thousands of complete film scripts @
http://www.script-o-rama.com/
http://www.screentalk.org/moviescripts.htm

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ENVIRONMENT

Green peace
http://www.greenpeace.org/index.shtml
Friends of the earth
http://www.foe.co.uk/
Global Eco-village network
http://www.gaia.org/
Enviro link
http://www.envirolink.org/

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HISTORY

The history net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/history/
Today in history
http://kwtv.com/today/today.htm

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LIFE IN BRITAIN

The British Monarchy
http://www.royal.gov.uk/
The British Council
http://www.britcoun.org/
UK Government Information
http://www.open.gov.uk/
The Green Party
http://www.greenparty.org.uk/
The Labour Party
http://www.labour.org.uk/
The Conservative Party
http://www.conservative-party.org.uk/
The Liberal Democrats
http://www.libdems.org.uk/
Dept for Education & Employment
http://www.open.gov.uk/dfee/dfeehome.htm

NORWICH
Norwich Tourist Information
http://www.norwich.gov.uk/tourism/

SAFFRON WALDEN & CAMBRIDGE
Saffron Walden Tourist Information
http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/Saffire/
Cambridge Tourist Information
http://www.e-cambridge.co.uk/
Cambridge News
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/
Cambridge (UK) Web Site
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/cambridgeuk/
Cambridge University
http://www.cam.ac.uk/

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LITERATURE

Shakespeare
http://www.shakespeare.com/
The complete works of Shakespeare
http://www.ipl.org/reading/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
Information about Shakespeare
http://www.folger.edu/welcome.htm
Links to other Shakespeare sites and more @
http://daphne.palomar.edu/Shakespeare/
Lots of famous books that can be read online @
http://www.literature.org/
Lots of links at this site
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html

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MAGAZINES

A list of magazines that have web sites @ Media directory
http://www.mediauk.com/
Find out what’s on TV and the Radio @ The Radio Times
http://www.radiotimes.co.uk/
Private Eye - Britain’s top satirical magazine
http://www.privateeye.uk.msn.com/nogo1.htm
All the latest Pop music information @ Dot music
http://www.dotmusic.com/whatsnew.shtml
Britain’s best known Pop magazine
http://www.nme.com/
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/
National Geographical
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Fashion and lifestyle features for men @ GQ
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/content/ie4/177/1346-2-1-1.html
Fashion and lifestyle features for women
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/
http://www.vogue.co.uk/content/ie4/822/366760-2-1-1.html
Travel information @ Conde Nast traveller
http://www.cntraveller.com/content/ie4/197/212531-2-1-1.html

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NEWS

UK
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
ITV
http://www.itv.co.uk/
Sky TV
http://www.sky.co.uk/
Discovery channel
http://www.discovery.com/
Ananova
http://www.ananova.com/

World
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
BBC World
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/default.stm

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NEWSPAPERS

The Times
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/
The Guardian / Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
New York Times
http://www2.nytimes.com/
The Paper Boy has links to national and local newspapers from all over the world
http://www.thepaperboy.com/
The Paper Boy has a UK site with links to UK national and local papers
http://www.thepaperboy.co.uk/

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PEOPLE

Biographies @
http://www.biography.com/

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SCIENCE

The www virtual library
http://www.vlib.org/
How stuff works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/lzone/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/
Science mag
http://www.sciencemag.org/
You will have register for this site, but it is free !The New scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/
Life science connections
http://vilenski.com/science/humanbody/
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
Not all science stuff, but there is some there. From the American Public Broadcast service The Wellcome Foundation
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/hme.html
A list of science related sites
http://www.keysites.com/keysites/hotspots/hotspots.html
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/
The Greenchannel
http://www.greenchannel.com/
The Green house effect
http://www.tip.net.au/~edmonds/greenhouse

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SPORT

Sky Sports
http://www1.sky.com/sports/home/index.html
Sports illustrated
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Eurosport
http://www.eurosport.com/

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TRAVEL

Foreign office
http://www.fco.gov.uk/
UKOK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukok/
Lonely plant destinations
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/
Plan your car journey @ The AA
http://www.theaa.co.uk/
Multimap UK – This site has detailed maps of the whole of the UK. It can even find your house !
http://uk2.multimap.com/
Travel matters
http://www.moon.com/travel_matters/travel_library.html
Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.com/
Visit Britain
http://www.visitbritain.com/frameset.htm

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TRAVEL IN BRITAIN

These sites plan your journey for you if you are travelling by car. The first two give door to door directions.
http://maps.altavista.co.uk/altavistauk/startdd.hm
http://www.shellgeostar.com/route/routePlan.asp
http://www.theaa.co.uk/
http://www.greenflag.co.uk/
Cheap flights in Europe. You can book online with your credit card
http://www.buzzaway.com/
http://www.go-fly.com/
http://www.easyjet.co.uk/
http://www.ryanair.com/
Car hire
http://www.thrifty.co.uk/
http://www.bcvr.co.uk/
http://www.avis.co.uk/
Train travel. Timetables and tickets
http://www.thetrainline.com/
http://www.britrail.co.uk/

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WEBMAIL

Free webmail from these companiesHotmail
http://www.hotmail.com/
Yahoo! Mail
http://mail.yahoo.com/
Eudora
http://www.eudora.com/