Oct

27

Irish history e-books

October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment

You want King James’s Army List but find it’s same day loan, or Bunting’s Ancient Music of Ireland and find there are borrowing restrictions. Then why not check Digital Books in Ask About Ireland? Here you will find a selection of books on Irish  history and culture which can be read in PDF or flick book format.  The website [...]

Dec

22

Looking for images (2)?

December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Would you like to use a cartoon? Then look at the University of Kent’s British Cartoon Archive. You are permitted to use the images for educational purposes. If you want to use images from the Web be careful you don’t infringe copyright. Look out for Creative Commons.  Creative Commons has 6 licences with various degrees [...]

Dec

22

Looking for images (part 1)?

December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Do you need an image to illustrate your work but are concerned about copyright issues?  Have a look at Education Image Gallery.  You can access this by logging on to the Portal. Select Learning Resources and then the A-Z list of Library databases. You are free to use images in this database providing you are [...]