Useful Links
This page contains links to many different sources of information under various categories. You can either click on the appropriate title below to go straight there or just scroll down to browse the whole page.
This page contains links to many different sources of information under various categories. You can either click on the appropriate title below to go straight there or just scroll down to browse the whole page.
Advice websites - Links to Information and Advice Agencies
Current Affairs - Links to newspaper and TV news websites
Government - Links to Local, Scottish and UK websites
Health - Links to various health-based websites
Learning - Links to colleges, universities and organisations
Local - Links to a variety of websites for local information
Careers – Links to web sites with information on careers and training opportunities
Gaelic – Links to web sites with information on the Gaelic language
Reference - Online encyclopaedias, dictionaries and lots more
Advice Websites
Information and Advice Agencies
Advice Guide
Jobcentre Plus
Department of Education and Skills
Department of Work & Pensions - Services & Benefits
Trading Standards
North Lanarkshire Council
Office of Fair Trading
ChildcareLink
Current Affairs Websites
Television
Scotland Today
BBC News
Sky News
Channel 4 News
Channel 5 News
CNN
Radio
BBC World Service
National Newspapers
The Herald
The Daily Record
The Scotsman
Evening Times
Guardian
Scotland on Sunday
Sunday Herald
Sunday Mail
Local Newspapers
Wishaw Press
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Hamilton Advertiser
Government Websites
Local Government
North Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Glasgow City Council
Scottish Government
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Executive
Scottish Parliamentary Publications
UK Government
UK Parliament
UK Online
UK Parliamentary Publications
Health Websites
Health Index UK
HebsWeb
Scotland's Health on the Web
Patients' Website
Health Services
Good Nutrition
NetDoctor
NHS Direct
Planet Medica
BBC Health
Surgery Door
Healthy Living
Health Support Organisations
Alcohol Abuse
Well Man
British Heart Foundation
Scottish Drugs Forum
Family Planning Association
Stop Smoking
Learning Websites
Lifelong Learning Websites
Agencies
Open University
LearnDirect Scotland
My Entitlement to Learning
British Association for Open Learning
Continuing Education Gateway
Colleges
Motherwell College
Coatbridge College
Cumbernauld College
Bell College
South Lanarkshire College
Universities
Glasgow University
Glasgow Caledonian University
Paisley University
University of Abertay
Napier University
University of Dundee
Heriot Watt University
Strathclyde University
The Robert Gordon University
University of Edinburgh
Local Information
Councils
North Lanarkshire Council
South Lanarkshire Council
Glasgow City Council
Colleges
Motherwell College
Coatbridge College
Cumbernauld College
Bell College
South Lanarkshire College
Maps
Multimap
Streetmap
Local Directories
Scoot
UpMyStreet
Yell
Thomson Directories
Lanarkshire Business Directory
Telephone Directory
Local Newspapers
Wishaw Press
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Hamilton Advertiser
Local Travel
Scottish City Link
Stage Coach
Strathclyde Passenger Executive
First Glasgow
Railtrack
Edinburgh Airport
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Health
Wishaw General Hospital
Hairmyres Hospital
Monklands Hospital
NHS Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire Cancer Information Service
Mental Health
Sexual Health
Local Agencies
Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire Alliance
Strathclyde Police
Employment Service
Careers
Careers Scotland
Careers Information Guide
Careers A-Z
Careersoft
Skillseekers
Modern Apprenticeships
Gaelic
Gaelic Dictionaries
Gaelic-English word and phrase translation tool
Cli website, a voice for Gaelic speakers
Find Gaelic lessons
BBC site in Gaelic
Resources for learners of Gaelic
Reference
General Reference Sites for subjects listed
Countries
Atlapedia
The World Fact Book
World Fact Book
Biography
Internet Movie Database
Biography.Com
Records
Guinness Book of Records
Dictionaries
Merrian-Webster Online
One Look Dictionaries
Cambridge International Dictionary
Encyclopaedias
Encarta
Britannica
Columbia Encyclopaedia
Wikipedia
Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Thesaurus
Roget's International Thesaurus of English
Merrian-Webster Thesaurus
Anatomy
Gray's Anatomy
Homework Help
InfoPlease.Com
BBC Education
Homework Help Elephant
4 Learning
Top Marks Education
Kids Planet