Our Online Library

The LRC subscribes to a large number of online resources to support you in your learning.

Take a look below at our online resources and how to access these from anywhere!

Our Online Library Includes:

eBooks

Access over 1,500 of your key textbooks available to read online, anywhere, at any time, absolutely free!

To access these resources, sign in using your college email address and normal password.

We use two main websites to host our eBooks, Ebook central and VLEBooks. You can also use the LRC Catalogue to search all available eBooks in one place, simply change the media type to E-Book:

Use the LRC Catalogue to search for all our available eBooks that are related to your subject area, including some of the core text books recommended by your teacher.

Find out how to search the LRC Catalogue

Go to the LRC Catalogue

​Go to eBook Central

​Go to VLE Books

Academic Journals

Journals are like magazines but focusing on more academic topics. An issue of a journal will contain numerous articles written by different authors and can be available online or in print format. Journals are different from books in that the publication is on-going and can focus on very specific areas of research.

Take a look at our academic journals below and click on the links for quick access.

	To login to JSTOR from home choose 'Find my institution', then select South Thames College.

Use the video guide below to find out how to access our academic journals

Databases

A database is a collection of academic sources, carefully collated to support you in your research. Research databases typically contain a variety of different sources, and are made up of eJournals, eBooks, images, statistical data, news archives, videos and much more.

A-Z of our Databases:

Below are an A-Z of all our databases that as a STCG student, you have access to!

Click on each of the links to access all these resources.

	Anatomy TV (Primal Pictures) A multimedia anatomy resource full of high-quality images. Sign in with your college email address and normal computer password.college email address and normal computer password .
	​Complete Issues Statistics relating to the latest social issues. To log in, use the following details: Username: kingston68 Password: kingston68
	​Credo Reference A well organised online encyclopaedia. All articles are fully referenced and meet academic standards.
	​Hairdressing Training Curriculum mapped hairdressing and barbering resources, including videos, step-by-step guides, and activities.
	​Issues Online An interactive resource containing articles, infographics and information on hundreds of social issues. To access outside college, use the Shibboleth login, find South Thames Colleges Group from the search list and sign in with your college email address and normal password.
	​Maths Watch Online Maths tutorials, videos and worksheets for GCSE / Functional Skills Maths students. To get log-in details, please speak to your maths tutor.
	​National Theatre Collection Drawing on 10 years of NT Live broadcasts, the National Theatre Collection contains 30 filmed performances.
	​Tense Buster Work through 33 key grammar areas starting at elementary through to advanced level. Create an account to track your progress, or click continue and practice anonymously.
	​Vogue Archive A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images.

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