Warwickshire News Mine

An experiment using OpenCalais and Google Maps to tag news stories

Check out our online resources!

Need help with homework? Looking for support for research? Want to win an iPod shuffle?

Log on to Warwickshire County Council Libraries’ website and you can access lots of electronic reference resources that give you the chance to

-Practice your Driver Theory Test for free online.

-Finish your homework using online reference works such as Britannica Online.

-Find the painting of The Mona Lisa on Grove Art Online

-Need to know when Shakespeare was born and died? The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography provides a wealth of information about famous British people.

-Explore Rock’s Back Pages- the online library of rock writing containing thousands of interviews from Aaliyah to ZZ Top by the best writers on Planet Rock.

The competition can be accessed from a link to the Oxford University PressQuiz on the Library and Information home page http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries 
                         
Andrew Button, Virtual Access Manager, enthused
“For all your homework answers; a picture by Picasso, biographical details about a famous person, or the chance to practice your Driver Theory Test, our Online
Reference Library is the place to visit.”

The electronic information subscription sites can be found at http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/libraries under Useful Websites