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Online resources
As a student or member of staff at West Lothian College you have access to the following resources.
The majority of these resources are password protected. Below each resource are details of how to login. If you have any problems accessing these resources please contact a member of the library staff.
Athens Self registrations
To access some of our online resources you may need an athens password. You can self register for a password from the link above.
Your username for self registration is:
Username: wlcselfregistration2
Password: student1
NB - you can only register from computers on college premises.
College Electronic Book Collections:
: Ebrary
The largest collection with access to over 2,000 text books.
Logon using your Athens Username and Password
: Dawson Era
A smaller collection bought by the library. Suggestions for new
books to be purchased can be made from this site.
Athens Username and Password required for access.
: MyiLibrary
A smaller collection bought by the Library.
Athens username and password required to access
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Password: Barcode number on your Library Card
Essential Articles 12
Username: 23729
Password: 17079
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Logon using your Athens Username and password
Issues Online
The UK’s first comprehensive reference source addressing contemporary social issues.
Password and Accessibility:
Usersname: Hartley
Password: 9039
Jisc Historic books
Jisc Historic Books enables you to cross search over 300.000 historical books For example:
Early English Books Online
18th Century Collections Online
19th Century books from the British Library collection. (never available before online)
Jisc Journal Archive
Enables you to cross search over 600 journals in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, medicine, law and engineering. Examples of some journals are:
British Journal of Social Work
British Journal of Criminology
Journal of Psychology.
Jisc MediaHub
A multimedia platform offering access to a wealth of digital images, video and audio collections.
Open Resources
List of useful sources of Open Resources brought together for us by Scotland's Colleges. Of particular interest to us is the Subject Specific Resources site created by Scotland's Colleges.
Scran
Scran is an award winning learning website with over 360,000 images, videosand sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media
Statistical Accounts of Scotland
Providing free access to the text of the 1791-99 and 1845 statistical accounts.
UK Newsstand
Online access to many regional and national newspapers.
Password and Accessibility: Use your West Lothian Public Library barcode number.
ZETOC
Free access for UK HE and FE to the British Library Electronic Table of Contents database of over 20,000 current journal titles.
Password and accessibility: Athens username and password.
Course Search
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