A - C
- DEFRA - UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs
- Rural Communities - on the DEFRA site
- Access Art - a photography site - joint venture with Arts Education Exchange
- Artcyclopedia.com
- Curve Theatre, Leicester
- East Midlands Arts
- Picasso
- BBC Skillwise - BBC site aimed at Level 1 and 2 learners with resources for literacy and numeracy.
- BECTA - provides links to other useful sites and resources
- Chomp - Chomp - a US site but does have some useful online grammar exercises
- DFES - writeplus - Department for Education and Skills site providing information on standards and links to other useful sites.
- Hope for All - Lesson plans, software and links to other resources for teachers of students with development difficulties
- Literacy Trust - an independent charity aiming to promote literacy. Links to useful sites such as ‘reading the game’.
- Move-on - aimed at Level 1 and 2 learners and those wanting to brush up their skills, as well as tutors.
- Skills workshop - Adult basic skills resources centre for students and tutors
- Target Skills - Target Skills is a set of CDs to help adults learn and practise their literacy and numeracy skills. The CDs can be linked to the CTAD Target Skills web site, where there are more materials and additional features which you and your tutor can use. There are some freebies that you can try
- Black Presence - Asian and Black history 1500 - 1850 - through the Public Records Office
- Voice-online.net - Website of the Voice newspaper
- Amazon UK Online Book Company - has everything in print listed!
- Bookseller
- Clique - old and out-of-date books
- Internet Bookshop - WH Smiths
General
- a.k.a. - pseudonyms, nicknames, working names, legalized names, pen names, noms des plumes, maiden names... etc.
- Book Suggestions
- British Library
- British Library - article ordering site
- Bookfinder.com - book search site for buyers
- Chick Lit - Contemporary women's fiction.
- Classic Novels - delivered in installments to your e-mail for free
- ebooklist - Virginia State University e-book site
- Fantastic Fiction - Science fiction, fantasy and horror books.
- Kidlit - The Children's Literature Character Database
- Leicestershire Library Services for Education Books of the Month page - recommended books for children
- LibraryThing
- Listening Books - dedicated to providing access to books for people who cannot read in the usual way,
- Literary Award Sites - Yahoo's list of award related sites
- Love Libraries
- Mehfil-e-Shayeri (The Poetry Gathering) - Multi-lingual poetry group meeting in Leicester and Wigston (Library)
- My home Library - Books and reviews for children plus lots more
- Project Gutenberg - Free electronic books including many classics
- Public Lending Right (PLR)
- Public Library websites
- Random House
- Romance Reader - Romantic fiction
- Shakespeare Online - another very good Shakespeare site
- Shakespeare Trust - information about the man and the trust
- Shakespeare - The complete works
- Shots Mag - All that's good in crime and mystery fiction.
- TWbooks - Crime, mystery and fantastic fiction authors and their books.
- WhichBook
- Write101.com - Over 300 pages of articles on all aspects of writing
eBook sites
FREE eBook providers on the web:
Download over 30,000 eBooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device. Digitised with the help of thousands of volunteers.
Download over 30,000 eBooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device. Digitised with the help of thousands of volunteers.
- Alex Catalogue of Electronic texts - Public domain and open access documents with a focus on American and English.
- Bibliomania - Free Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts.
- BookBoon - Free textbooks and travel guides
- Free Books - Australian based website with links to free digital libraries.
- Free-ebooks.net
- Google ebooks
- Manybooks.net
- Online Books Page - A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.
- Online Literature Library - Classics at the Online Literature Library.
- Page By Page Books - Hundreds of classic books you can read right now, all absolutely free!
- Project Bartleby - Publishes the classics of literature, non-fiction, and reference free of charge.
- Project Gutenberg
- Universal Library - The Universal Digital Library Million Book Collection.
Websites offering eBooks to buy:
- Amazon.co.uk - includes some free content
- Bookdepository.co.uk
- Feedbooks
- iBooks
- Waterstones
- W H Smiths
General | Small Business Information | Business
Directories | Business Press
See also Local Business Information
See also Local Business Information
- British Standards
- Companies House
- DTI - Department of Trade and Industry - Government site
- Dun and Bradstreet - Financial Information
- Economist Business Travel site - guide to destinations
- Export Information - a gateway to foreign market information
- Federation of European Employers
- FinanzNachrichten.de - German financial and stock market information
- Hemscott - Company Financial and Share Information
- Incomes Data Services - Employment law and remuneration information
- London Stock Exchange
- Patent Information
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers - Financial information and advice
- RBA Information Services - A gateway to business information
- Share Prices - From the London Stock Exchange
- Standard and Poor's Fund Service - financial info, performance tables of various funds, trusts etc.
- Uswitch for business.com - Comparson site specifically for business. Includes business electricity
- BBC business pages - Business pages compiled by the BBC
- Business Forums
- Business Funding - a resource for businesses seeking funding or finance to start, grow or survive the downturn.
- Business Link - Information for Business
- eBusiness Clubs - support network to help small firms do more business via the internet
- Constructaquote - Business insurance services
- Federation of Small Businesses
- Office Connection - Office space finder
- Office Space Finders - Leicester and Leicestershire
- smarta.com - advice and inspiration for UK small businesses.
- Startups - Starting and running a small business
- Website Reports - Support to small business and community groups, giving free advice and further assistance below commercial cost, to help develop their presence on the web in a sustainable way
- 192.com
- BT - Directory Enquiries including a business search
- BUBL - A directory of business directories
- Electronic Yellow Pages
- Kelly's
- Kompass - basic searching is free
- Scoot
- Thomsons
- UK Business Directory
- Charity Commission
- Charities Direct - CaritasData's Charities Database
- Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers
- BBC Food Pages
- Cadbury recipes
- CookeryCircle - CookeryCircle was formed to offer a unique reference point on setting up, hosting and attending cookery groups.
- Delia Smith
- East Midlands Food Festival
- Epicurious - US site includes a recipe database
- Food Standards Agency - food quality and safety
- Fromages.com - a guide to french cheese
- Green Chronicle - includes recipes
- Helpful.com food - recipes and more from all over the world
- IVillage - magazine style site with recipe search
- Jamie Oliver
- Lets Cook
- Local Food Advisor - local food producers,farmers markets, regional food, recipes and restaurants
- Utterly recipes - UK recipe site where users can submit their own recipes for free
- Vegan Society
- Vegetarian Society
Page Last Updated: 24 January 2012
