Subject listings
Art
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Animal Care
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Animal Omnibus - a list of web sources indexed
by animal name.
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Animal Info - offers information on the biology
and ecology of various species as well as current status of rare and
endangered mammals. Also provides links to animal interest organisations
and publications.
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World Wildlife Fund - committed to saving
threatened wildlife species and their habitats.
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Yahoo: Pets - an excellent and comprehensive
resource including pet guides, pet resources and links to other related
web sites.
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Cats Protection League - help and advice,
membership details, adoption procedures, email addresses and shop.
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RSPCA - home page for the charity.
Animal advice, membership details, campaign information and details of
curriculum-linked activities for schools, colleges etc.
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Biology
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Beauty Therapy
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1001 Beauty Secrets . a very easy to use
and well laid out web site with concise descriptions of treatments and
fitness aids amongst many. The beauty section is more attuned to
the selling of products but it still gives details of the benefits of
natural ingredients.
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The Anatomical Society of Great Britain
and Ireland . this site has a detailed list of beauty links, a
journal and positions vacant amongst its pages.
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Massage Magazine - an on-line magazine
with articles and links. It covers some of the more diverse
aspects of massage from improving the cognitive performance in infants
to how best to avoid work related injury.
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Elle - features top fashion, beauty news
and hot tips from women everywhere.
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Vogue - daily insider news,
designer interviews, catwalk shots and a calendar of upcoming events.
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Business
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Business Education on the Internet - this
excellent site includes quality links, but also searchable statistical
information and financial data on major UK companies.
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Premier Business, Information Technology
and Knowledge Management Portal . this Internet portal provides a very
comprehensive range of links to other useful business pages, including
links to journals and directories. This page also has a useful section
on international sources of business information.
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Business Sources
on the Internet - a good
compilation of business sources on the Internet based at Strathclyde
University, has an emphasis on UK resources.
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International Business Resources
on the WWW - although based in the US, this site contains many useful
links, including links to US and international newspapers and
journals. International business sites are indexed by
country.
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Research Index - provides an index to articles
from newspapers and a range of business magazines covering company and
industry information.
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World Class Supersite - is a well organised
site with links to quality business resources. It includes links to
country information, daily news, magazines and business directories. It
also provides links to 125+ company homepages and examines how they are
using the internet to promote themselves.
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SOSIG (Social
Sciences Information Gateway) Business and Management -this site provides
links and searchable descriptions of the highest quality internet business
and management sites that have been chosen by librarians and academics.
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Chemistry
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Childcare
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Early Childhood News -features sample
articles from the print magazine for professionals who work with young
children.
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ECEOL website - collaborative effort of early
childhood educators on building a site with well thought-out content, a
growing site with early childhood links.
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Jana. s Craft Connection - craft ideas
and projects for pre-schoolers.
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Sunshine Online Site devoted to providing
reading material for 5-8 year olds.
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The Montessori Foundation
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Early Childhood Education - browse through
these articles for advice and information from early childhood experts.
Includes arts and crafts ideas, singing with young children,
multicultural awareness etc.
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Ask Evelyn - Excellent resource
for childcarers/nursery assistants that includes short, clear and practical
answers to carers questions about children. Also includes an area for carers
that offers useful ideas and information that can be applied quickly.
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Complementary Therapies
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Health World Online: The Alternative and
Complementary Medicine Centre - a wonderful, "all you need to
know" site covering every thing from acupuncture and homeopathy, to some
less well known therapies such as detoxification and chelation.
There is also a question and answer section and it has its very own
search engine.
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The Complementary Therapy Browser - a
good site with a lot of detailed information about lots of
therapies. It includes an encyclopaedia, a list of publications,
courses and an index covering oriental, Tibetan and psychotherapy
techniques to name but a few.
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Rocky Mountain Herbal Institute - Chinese
Herbal Sciences - a well laid out site, with articles on herbs; a
library; and a quiz, as well as an introduction to the ways of
herbalism.
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Acupuncture.com
- Student Resource Page - a
brilliant site with all you will ever need to know about
acupuncture. Referred to here as TCM - Traditional Chinese
Medicine, there are book reviews; news, politics and recent findings and
detailed descriptions of acupuncture theories on arthritis, back pain
and addictions amongst them.
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A Complete Guide to the Alexander
Technique
- a comprehensive site including scientific research, a long list of links
and an article describing step-by-step, a self-help technique. (This
can be found through the title 'Is It Possible To Learn The Alexander Technique
Without A Teacher?' on the main index page.)
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English Literature and Language
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Yahoo: literature - provides links to a
wide range of resources relating to literature and performing
arts.
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The Poetry Place - this web site has a resident cyberpoet, list of
events and provides links to many sites of interest. There
are sites for specific poets, for example, Seamus Heaney and Benjamin
Zephaniah, and sites for poetry by place, for example Chinese, Irish and
Lakeland poetry.
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Voice of
the Shuttle: English Literature
- another useful web site.
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English server at Carnegie
Mellon University - well set out and manageable pages of humanities
sites. Resources include: cultural theory, drama, feminism,
fiction, film, television, literature and poetry.
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Film
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Floristry
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Flowers & Plants Association . The UK's
promotional organisation for cut flowers and indoor plants web
site. The site includes links to the latest flower trends,
jobs in floristry, upcoming shows and exhibitions, where to buy flowers
and plants, expert tips on making your cut flowers live longer,
arranging for beginners etc.
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Floral Education
Centre . Great collection of
step-by-step lessons by Rittners Floral School. Includes
seasonal and water arrangements.
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About flowers . This site maintained by the
Society of American Florists contains all kinds of interesting floral
facts and general information.
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Covent Garden . Informational website about one
of the world. s best known flower and vegetable markets.
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Flora Source . This is a huge
bank of information about flowers and the sciences devoted to their growth
and health.
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Hairdressing
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The Hair Boutique - this has all the latest
styles in the hairstyle gallery along with the news and the Hair
Boutique Marketplace.
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World of Hair - this site offers
recommended publications, the latest trends and has a featured
professional hairdresser.
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The
Hair Care Institute - here you can find amongst other things; a cyber salon
offering a virtual hair colour guide and a hair encyclopaedia with a
section on colour and a 'hair down the ages' section.
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Vidal Sassoon Site - features courses,
events and products as well as details on the renowned company
itself.
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The Long Hair Site (TLHS) - Hair
Care Section - although this is called a site for long hair, there
is information to be found that refers to all hair in general and not
just long hair. This section is the more informative. It has
facts and does the science bit and also includes a section on home brew
recipes for hair treatments.
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All about Hair - run a little way down
this page past the adverts to the listings beginning 'topics on our
site& hair styles'. This is where it begins. The links
are too numerous to detail here but it is so easy to use from the list
that it would be silly anyway. It includes clear, detailed yet
concise info on hair chemistry, tips, Q+A, salons, nutrition and hair
and a mind bogglingly detailed glossary of ingredients to name but a
few. A very good site.
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Health and Social Care
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NETDOKTOR . on the Netdoktor site, users can
read about diseases, look up drugs, check side-affects, take health
tests, ask for an expert opinion, find support groups and much
more. NetdoctorPro is a section that allows health
professionals free access to information that normally has to be paid
for by subscription.
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NHS Direct - a consumer friendly site. It
is large and the searchable Conditions and Treatments section offers a
huge amount of information on diseases.
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The Department of Health - this
site has a collection of useful links, and the official statistics site
is worth a look too.
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On Health
- This portal brings you the latest
health news along with a reference guide to over 350 common
ailments. The content is massive but can be very fruitful.
For those interested in alternative medicine there is a herbal index
with advice on using herbal remedies.
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MedicineNet - Produced by health professionals,
this site is made for the consumer. It includes tips on healthy
living, a disease guide, a medical dictionary and a guide to
medicines.
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Women's Health Information
- This is a site for women and their partners about pregnancy and common
gynaecological conditions.
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Law
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UK Law Online - designed to promote an
understanding of the law and legal system of the United Kingdom in
non-technical language.
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Jurist UK - UK legal resources of special
interest to law professors and law students.
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Law Society of England and Wales -
provides services and information to Solicitors and legal practitioners
throughout the UK and worldwide.
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Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
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Butterworths Lexis Direct - Butterworths online services offer authoritative
legal and taxation information. Lots of useful links available plus the New Law Journal online.
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UK Legal Services - UK legal provides
legal resources for the UK.
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Mathematics
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Media
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Internet Movie Database - an excellent
database covering all types of movies.
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Cinema Sites - a cinema directory
site including links to producing studios, screenings, fan pages, animation
and visual effects, television, film and tv magazines, etc.
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The Cinema Connection
- an excellent site containing a great set of links to all aspects of media,
cinema and film.
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ADAM - ADAM is the Art, Design,
Architecture and Media Information Gateway. It includes film,
television, broadcasting, photography and animation.
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The Media UK Internet Directory
- the most complete collection of links to media pages in the UK, including
extensive lists of sites provided by radio and television stations.
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The BBC - contains detailed information
about BBC TV and Radio programmes and schedules plus daily news and weather.
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Music
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Music Search - 17 000 links
to music related sites.
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Classical Composers
Database - database of information related to classical composers.
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
- links to internet sites about music, including musicians, instruments,
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J S Bach Homepage - an excellent
biography, timeline and full catalogue of his Bach's works, searchable
by date, key or instrument, as well as sound clips and a links page.
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Music History 102
- a brief history of western music from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century.
A useful overview of the evolution of music.
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Afro-Caribbean
Music - this privately maintained site contains brief discographies
and audio clips for hundreds of African and Caribbean musicians.
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All-Music Guide -
this is a searchable database of contemporary musicians and music,
with reviews, biographies, and discographies.
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Blues Access
- this online magazine devoted to blues music offers feature articles, album
and performance reviews, and other resources.
Classical Net - information
and links relating to classical music -
Indie-Music.com - indie
music resources, with an emphasis on education in the music business.
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Physics
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Physlink - a reference and educational
web site that includes physics and astronomy news and an excellent reference
section. It also includes a “features” section which includes
a jobs board, an online forum, essays, a fun page and an “ask experts”
facility.
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Web Directory Physics -
an index of physics links and reviewed web sites.
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The Institute of Physics Website –
a coherent website organised by the Institute of Physics for Physicists.
Includes electronic journals and magazines, news, events, essays and information
about the organisation itself.
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The Internet Pilot to Physics
– an efficient database for finding useful physics resources of high quality
on the Internet.
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Fizzics Fizzle -
a web site arranged into three sections aimed at the beginner, the intermediate
learner and the more advanced. Explanations of physics are
given without mathematics.
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Photography
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AmPhot - this site offers resources
for amateur photographers in the UK.
Photonet
- an information database covering education for photography, film
and video production in the UK. Tim's Guide to Photography
- a site offering photographic advice, hints, tips and help. British Journal of Photography
- includes gallery of pics, portfolios of photographs, and a weekly news
section.
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Sociology
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The SocioWeb
- a guide to sociological resources on the internet. Categories include
: indexes & guides, commercial sites, journals and e-zines, surveys & statistics, sociological theory and sociology in action.
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Sociology On-Line
-an extensive range of on-line materials for A-level Sociology. Sections
include : introduction to sociology, crime, social theorists), quizzes
and a search facility.
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Internet Public Reference Library
- from the opening page click on social sciences and then sociology for
more links.
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Office for National Statistics -
a useful site from the Office of National Statistics
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Sociosite - this website
attempts to provide a comprehensive listing of all sociology resources
on the Internet. There are listings of material by subject area, including
crime, religion, marxism, racism and over 100 more.
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SocioRealm
- an impressive topic based sociology resources information about sociologists
, such as Marx and Weber & information on topics such as crime,
race relations education, and stratification.
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Kearl's Guide
to the Family - a useful site containing data relating
to all aspects of the sociology of family life - structures and processes,
relationships, marriage and cohabitation, family history.
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Software Engineering
BugNet Online - an online newsletter
and information site for software bugs and fixes. C/C++ Users Journal - a site offering
practical solutions for C and C++ programmers. PC Artificial Intelligence -
covers Artifical Intelligence and intelligent applications, including object
oriented development, genetic algorithms, multimedia, LISP, Prolog, Smalltalk,
and many more subjects. DevSearcher - a search engine
and a directory site indexing the best developer and programming sites. Programming Sharehouse
- an excellent site indexing tutorials, articles, tools, utilities, source
code files, tips, and FAQs. Software
Engineering - WWW Virtual Library
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Sport Science
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The
National Coaching Foundation -all you need to know if this is
where your interest lies. There are education and information services,
courses, and a bulletin board for the latest news.
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Women’s Sports Foundation - this
site covers a long list of sports from badminton to soccer, all with the
slant on the achievements of women. Lots of current issues too and
the latest news but also research pages and links.
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Sport England - formerly
the English Sports Council, this site explains the policies, aims and systems
of implementation of the council. Areas covered include the policy
on coaching for teachers, funding and sports for schools.
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British Olympic Association
- an in-depth look at the Olympic Association with the historical side
covered but also info on sponsorship and ‘hot’ current issues.
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Sports Science Site - the
GSSI - Gatorade Sports Science Institute offers a good reference library
but you must be a member first. Joining only takes a moment and is
worth it. It includes articles on motivational techniques, diet and
nutrition and world wide events.
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Yachting and Boating World - this
sign contains online journals such as Yachting World and Practical Boat
Owner. It also contains the latest yachting and boating news and
results; a ‘what’s on’ guide and the weather forecasts.
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The Professional Golf Association
- the Association offers a women’s and junior golf centre, equipment information
and a comprehensive learning centre that has a ‘lesson book’ which describes
all the fundamentals such as swing, set-up and ball flight laws.
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International Amateur Athletics Federation
- features all the latest news articles, training tips, results and athletic
calendar.
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Virtual Resource Centre for Sports Information
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British Sports Museum
- the British Sports Museum includes unusual link of the week; British
museums; and a link to some of the best sports books.
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Travel and Tourism
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Lonely Planet - the online version
of the guide. You can also update your guide book and print
out the new pages. Also has a good FAQ section.
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Rough Guide
- again the online version of the guide. You can select various
destinations for travel advice and information.
Visit Britian - This site
has been developed in association with the British Tourist Association.
There are searchable maps, hotel details, a plethora of places to visit
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Travel mag - a site for the
independent traveller.
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Passenger rights - if
you have been a victimized traveller, this is the site for you. You
will find what rights you have under the various statutory conditions of
travel ticket sales, an area called "Whistle Blower" where you can post
your own complaints and warnings, and an enlightening travel secrets section.
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Thomas Cook - this site contains
information on 75 destinations, 478 resorts and two million different holiday
combinations. You can also find about historical information about
the making of the company.
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Last minute holidays - when
you absolutely need to get away, Lastminute.com is on hand!
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Bargain holidays - the
biggest database of holidays of this kind.
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British Airways
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Virgin Atlantic
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Railtrack - a brilliantly
simple site, just tell it where you are and where you want to go!
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Travel Advice Unit - this
site from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office aims to advise and inform
Britsh citizens about travelling abroad. There are some useful tricks
about adjusting to foreign climes, and a lowdown on the E111 health certificate
for travelling abroad.
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English Tourism Council
- an extremely thorough and useful site, especailly for tourism statistics.
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