Internet and IT

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Online

• There are teaching and help sites on the Internet and other IT: Advice, help and courses page of WebLinks
• Read up on technical topics by logging in and using the e-resources
• Credo Reference - look up technical terms in the 'Collins Dictionary of Computing' and the 'Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet'. You can read about IT topics in the 'Encyclopedia of Computer Science', the 'Computer Graphics Companion', the 'Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: a guide for developers and users' and 'High Definition: an A-Z guide to personal technology', among other books
• Oxford Reference - gives you, for example, 'A Dictionary of Computing' and 'A Dictionary of the Internet'
• PressDisplay - access to searchable articles from current international, national and regional newspapers. Find useful technology sections to keep up-to-date with significant IT issues. For example Guardian Technology.
• Find more local computer facilities, courses and tutors at the Local information Database

In the Library

• You can use computers free in all Bedfordshire libraries. For details, see IT in libraries: your questions answered
• You can find a wide range of computer, and IT books in your library. Search the Library Catalogue to discover what is at your local library

Page last updated: 26th November 2013