Learning Resources
In addition to course learning materials shared by your teachers, the library service provides you with access to an extensive book and periodical collection, and various online databases for journal articles, news stories and academic research.
Contact the Libraries and Learning Centres if you want to find out more about using these resources.
Report a Technical Problem
Click the button to report technical problems accessing any of our databases, digital resources, e-journals or e-books. Please give as many details as possible, so we can identify or replicate the problem.
Digital Catalogue
EBSCO Discovery search
Discovery provides an easy way to search multiple academic databases and the library catalogue.
You must be logged into your college Chrome account to use this resource.
Use the Search box to search using Keywords, Title or Author or click here.
Narrow your list of search results using the filters/limiters.
Watch the video to find out more and remember the Library and LRC teams are available to offer further support.
Library Catalogue
The library service has a book collection of over 80,000 books, a large periodical collection and access to various online databases.
Search for books using the Library Catalogue.
Books may be requested from any of the Chichester College Group campuses.
Login to your library account using your Microsoft Outlook 365 email address: studentnumber@stu.gbmc.ac.uk to reserve and renew books.
More information on using the Library Catalogue is available here.
Resources available using authentication
Note: Off site access to some resources below may require you to search for Chichester College Group in the list of institutions and / or signing in to your O365 log in and IAmCloud account using <studentnumber>@stu.gbmc.ac.uk and your normal password
Online 3D human anatomy educational resource. The most comprehensive, accurate and detailed 3D models of the human body
💻 Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts
An interdisciplinary hub for art and visual culture, design and fashion, architecture and interior design, craft and decorative arts, film and media
Watch theatre productions online and access curriculum-linked resources including backstage insights, practitioner interviews, written analysis and 450+ productions
This award-winning digital library is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations and audio play
Extensive digital archive of Primary Sources, research databases, reference books (both eBook and print), and more
A collection of ebooks giving credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources including University Presses and other top publishers
💻 ProQuest
The ProQuest platform houses the Arts and Humanities Full Text Database
💻 Statista
The portal for statistics giving immediate access to over one million statistics and facts
💻 Vogue
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images
Referencing
Every time you quote or refer to anyone else's words or ideas you must show who they are and where you found this information. This ensures that anyone reading your essay or assignment can easily find the research that you have referred to, and look directly at the source of information.
Harvard Referencing Guide 23-24.pdfThis handy guide gives detailed formats for citations, reference lists and bibliographies. It now also includes guidelines on referencing AI.
Free referencing generators
You can easily generate references from a Discovery search using the Cite button and publications from our Library catalogue.
Neil's Toolbox is also a quick Harvard style reference generator.
Why not also consider using a free bibliography and citation generator like www.mybib.com to help create your references and store them for later retrieval.
Resources accessible with your college Google account
Your teacher may set up online assignments submissions on Turnitin to take advantage of its originality check features.
To login:
Click on the "sign-in with Google" button
To self enrol on a class check your college Gmail for a class code sent by your tutor
Planet eStream is a media library of over 4000 uploaded videos + TV programmes (including YouTube) covering hundreds of subjects and is a fantastic resource for teaching staff and students!
To login:
Click on "Login with Google" button.
Use your GBMC Google Account to sign in
Other Useful Links
Aerospace and automotive technical information from SAE International.
Collection of Physical Sciences and Engineering publications, covering a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied
Original research, reviews, and clinical studies covering a wide range of subjects in science, technology, and medicine
Database offering more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations
💻 VADS
Over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections across the UK
Open access portal to UAL collection of research
Applied research in the commercial recreation, event and travel industries
Leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, and the arts
💻 Stan Winston School of Character Arts
The art and technology of character creation from Hollywood's leading artists and technical wizards. Contact LRC1 to book this resource
Information about the latest technology and innovations for electronic music production
Online encyclopaedia
News, film, image and music content from major providers, such as ITN, Getty Images and Wellcome Library. Subject areas particularly supporting humanities, creative and performing arts and communication and media studies
💻 Directory of Open Access Journals
Provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals
💻 Gutenberg Project - Free e-books
Offers over 58,000 free eBooks
💻 UK Data Service Dotstat Production Server
Access to the UK's largest collection of economic, social and population data for research and teaching
Subject Specific Learning Resources
