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Digital Resources
from the Library
We provide access to digital resources to enhance learning and teaching. This includes access to eBooks, journals, newspapers, educational Videos, freeview television and more. Links to these materials can be embedded within Moodle. All resources can be accessed remotely, either with an OpenAthens account, your College Office 365 account or a platform-specific login provided by the Library Team.
To find out more about accessing resources, speak to a member of the Library Team at your campus or contact us at library@wcs.ac.uk
To access the resources below simply click on the resource title.
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Reference, Images and Videos
Britannica Academic provides access to up-to-date, fact-checked articles on a wide variety of subjects, acting as a gateway to further research. Additional reference tools include the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a world atlas, selected primary sources, newsfeeds, videos and images. ImageQuest provides access to millions of rights-cleared images for educational use.
Britannica Academic and ImageQuest
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ClickView provides access to a wealth of curriculum-mapped educational videos, including resources from the Blended Learning Consortium, and programming from freeview TV channels. Videos can be saved to the College’s video libraries and embedded within Moodle to support flipped learning within the classroom.
ClickView
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Drama Online delivers access to a core collection of drama texts from the works of Aeschylus to modern day playwrights such as Jez Butterworth and Mike Bartlett. In addition to the Core Collection (1700 texts) we also subscribe to Nick Hern Books Modern Plays (570 texts).
Drama Online
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MediaPlus is a JISC service for higher and further education delivering access to more than 100,000 videos, images and sound recordings. Includes content from Channel4 News, Films of Scotland, the Wellcome Library and TeachersTV.
MediaPlus for Further Education
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Ebooks
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EBSCO ebooks for FE is a collection of 3000+ titles mapped to the FE curriculum. All titles are digital-rights-management free so there is no restriction on usage at any time. The titles available can be read online or downloaded to other devices for a specified loan period. Links to each title can be embedded within Moodle.
EBSCO ebooks for FE
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JISC ebooks for FE is a free collection of titles mapped to the FE curriculum. All titles are digital-rights-management free so there is no restriction on usage at any time. The titles available can be read online or downloaded to other devices for a specified loan period. Links to each title can be embedded within Moodle.
JISC ebooks for FE
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VLE Books hosts ebook copies of titles purchased by the Library that are not available via our other subscribed collections. The titles available can be read online or downloaded to other devices for a specified loan period depending on the license model of the ebook. Permalinks to each title can be embedded within Moodle.
VLE Books
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