Welcome to the Big List ! Here is a compendium of invaluable links that can save you hours of search time. If you have suggestions for links to add to the list that will be of wide interest to users of the College pages, please send them to the Christ Church Web.
NB Some of these services require prior registration which may be available to staff and students. You are strongly recommended to study the C4 Library Information pages on Electronic Information Services before accessing any of these service providers.
BIRON: Catalogue to the ESRC Data Archive
The archive contains over 3,000 datasets, including UK Census information
MIDAS: Manchester Information Data and Associated Services
Provides a national datasets service including the 1991 Census of Population Statistics. Prior registration is needed.
Travelang's Foreign Languages for Travellers
Online searchable phrasebooks from and into all the following languages:
Afrikaans
Bengali
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Norwegian
Polish
Portugese
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
City.Net
Facts, figures, maps and guides to practically any part of the world.
All the services listed below are free. However many of the sites below ask people to register before viewing their pages. Registration details are available at each site.
Hansard
Hansard is the official report of the House of Commons and is published daily.
Number 10 Downing Street
An internet tour of 'this old black-fronted house' plus information about what the British Government does, news from No. 10 and other Government Web sites.
The Parliamentary Channel
The Web version of the TV channel with dedicated coverage of the House of Commons and coverage of Commons select committees and the House of Lords
I'm Europe
Information regarding electronic communication and services across the EU
Governments on-line
A starting point for locating information disseminated by governments and other official institutions of European Union member states.
Currency Convertor
Tells you what your Pounds, Dollars, shark's teeth are worth in the currency of your choice. Ok, they're still working on the shark's teeth...
RailTrack
Provides a very powerful routing tool for working out your travel arrangements.
Scoot
A useful search facility, identifying businesses and services by locality throughout the UK.
Waterstone's Bookshop
Provides a very powerful search engine that looks at a database of over 1,000,000 books.
Helix image bank Unique collection of images available to HE users.
