Library - STEM Resources
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A-Level Review Magazines (Hachette Learning : Hodder Education Magazines) archive offers access to articles which are designed to deepen students' subject knowledge in over 14 A-Level subject areas. The articles are written by teachers and examiners. -
Academic Search Elite is a rich resource spanning a broad range of academic subjects with thousands of full-text journals.
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BioMed Central is an open access publisher of over 300 scientific journals which cover biomedicine, chemistry, environment, life sciences, medicine, nursing, health care and public health.
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CORE is the world's largest collection of open access research papers consisting of millions of papers. This service, which covers a variety of subjects, is provided for the academic community by JISC in partnership with the Open University.
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EBSCO Discovery provides an easy way to search online journals, books and articles by providing a single search box to explore many databases and the library catalogue.
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European Newsstream provides access to the most recent UK, Irish and European news content with archives back to the 1990s. It provides a diverse collection of news from over 430 sources including newspapers such as the The Guardian and The Times (London).
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Use Gale FE Bundle to access magazines, newspapers, journal articles and ebooks and much more via a single search box. Also available via the EBSCO Discovery service.
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KORTEXT offers a collection of Open Access books and Open Educational Resources, numbering over 10,000 eTextbooks and academic materials for the Further Education and Skills (FES) sector.
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Massolit works with university lecturers to produce high-quality, short video lectures in a variety of subjects for A Level students and teachers. Subjects include Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Geography, Government & Politics, History, Law, Maths, Media Studies, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. Videos can be searched by topic or exam specification. Teachers can create a list of lectures from any course and assign them to a class or group of users.
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MediaPlus is a service delivered to the UK higher and further education community in association with JISC, bringing more than 100,000 videos, images and sound recordings to your screen.
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The Oxford Journals Collection for FE is produced by Oxford University Press and comprises over 360 journals in six subject collections: Medicine, Life Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences and Law.
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Planet estream is the College's own video recording and streaming service. The content includes uploaded college recordings and Freeview broadcasts recorded by college staff. Use the search facility to find videos.
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Primal Pictures, powered by Anatomy.TV software, offers accurate and detailed 3D graphic rendering of human anatomy and physiology.
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Your gateway to world-class research journals. SAGE Journals publishes 1,000 journals in the social sciences, humanities, life sciences, health sciences, materials science and engineering.
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A full text journals database of articles on Science, Engineering, Business and Economics, Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.
The library subscription to Science Direct has lapsed but thousands of articles in open access journals are available.
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Springer link is a full-text database which provides access to academic journal articles which can be downloaded as pdf documents. This resource includes the following disciplines:
Business, Management, Economics, Law, Biomedical Sciences, Environmental & Life Sciences, Chemistry & Physics, Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Social Sciences, Education and Philosophy.
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Statista provides access to market and consumer data, offering over one million statistics and facts in a variety of subjects.
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Wiley online journals cover a wide range of subject areas including arts, humanities, health, science. engineering, technology and social sciences.
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PubMed Central is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the US National Institute of Health's National Library of Medicine.
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BBC Science Focus magazine has a wide range of articles on science and maths.
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In CCG libraries, the books, journals, CDs and DVDs are arranged on the shelves by subject. Each subject has a shelf number, known as a class number.
Useful numbers are:
Applied physics (including mechanical engineering) 621 Astronomy 520-520.3 Environment 333.7+ Biology 570-570.3 Botany 581+ Chemistry 540+ Electronics 621.381 Engineering 620 Forensic science 363.25 Genetics 576.5 Human biology, anatomy & physiology 612 Materials 620.11 Mathematics 510 Physics 530 Statistics 519.5 Zoology 590-599.5 The staff in the library are always happy to help, please ask at the desk.
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This lists all the resources in CCG libraries. Search for books and other resources by author or by keyword using the catalogue in the library or via the link in CCGOnline.
You can also go to the catalogue at https://catalogue.chigroup.ac.uk
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The library subscribes to many of the journals listed below. Some of the journals are available online.
Biological Sciences Review 570 The library has print issues from 1998 onwards. Online you can access the complete archive via the A Level Reviews Magazine (Hachette Learning : Hodder Education Magazines) resource. Biologist 570 The library has issues from 2023 onwards. Selected articles are available from the Royal Society of Biology website. Bio Factsheets 570 The library has print issues from 2015 onwards. These can be photocopied. Chemistry Review 540 The library has print issues form 1997 to date. Online you can access the complete archive via the A Level Reviews Magazine (Hachette Learning : Hodder Education Magazines) resource. Classroom Physics 530 The library has print copies for the current year plus 5 previous years. (Note starting September 2016). Journal of Biological Education 570 The library has print issues from 2023 onwards. Maths Today 510 The library has print issues for the current year plus 2 previous years. New Scientist 500 The library has print issues for the last year to date. Online you can access the magazine using Ebsco Academic Search Elite. Full text articles are available from July 1990 onwards. Physics Education 530 The library has print issues for the current year plus 5 previous years. (Note starting January 2015). Physics Review 530 The library has print issues from 1998 onwards. Online you can access the complete archive via the A Level Review Magazine (Hachette Learning : Hodder Education magazines) resource . Physics World 530 The library has print issues for the current year plus 5 previous years. (Note starting September 2013). -
Referencing your assignments is an important academic skill. Most courses in the College follow the APA 7th edition system in the style used by the University of Portsmouth.