Useful links

If you are reading this from home, or if you are a regular reader and library user you will be aware of the power of the internet.

Here are links to other sites that we have enjoyed using or found useful in the library:

Advice and information

  • Bus, train and trams in Greater Manchester - Timetables and route maps plus fares and other information
  • Citizens Advice Bureau - get advice on general issues and circumstances or search for a CAB service local to you
  • Greater Manchester Police - News plus advice on crime prevention and how to report crime including online reporting of non-emergency minor crimes. It also provides links to other relevant organisations
  • Information for asylum seekers - Advice on education and preparing for employment, with summaries in eight languages
  • The Office of Fair Trading provides information about consumers' rights. It includes publications such as what to look for when buying a new car or a new computer
  • Up Your Street - information on local neighbourhoods from amenities to property prices, council services to public transport

Art and culture

Business information

  • Fish4 homes/jobs/cars - this site allows people to search for jobs, homes and cars for sale across the United Kingdom
  • Kelly’s Directory - this is a search engine for UK industry. It is free to use and lists over 150, 000 companies. The site can be searched using company name, product type of location of company
  • Salford Hundred Venture - provides advice for small businesses. Good links to other business advice pages

Children and young people

Children learning

  • Channel 4 Education - excellent primary and secondary school learning resource
  • Guardian Education - offers a vast range of teaching resources including revision aids and excellent links
  • Learn.co.uk - One of the largest learning resources on the web. Covering from Key Stage 2 to AS-level, this site provides aids for homework and revision, and news and information about education and learning
  • Learning Alive - educational resources and links for teachers and pupils

Community sites

Communities Online in Salford (COLSAL) provides a free service for community and voluntary groups in Salford to create their own websites. Three good examples are at the top of this list:

Computer tutorials

Email

Government

  • European Union - recent news items and the activities of the EU. The site also contains official documents, publications and statistics (some have to be paid for)
  • Number 10 - the official site of the present government. It provides news, speeches, legislation and other government information
  • The Home Office - information on all aspects of law and order in Great Britain including crime, drugs, terrorism, race and immigration plus link to the passport office
  • The Inland Revenue - information on all aspects of tax. There is a “frequently asked questions” section and downloadable tax return forms
  • The Statistics Office - statistics covering all aspects of life in Britain
  • United Nations - information about all aspects of work done by the United Nations and about the organisation itself

Health and welfare

  • NHS Direct - local health information, a health encyclopaedia and a useful self-help guide
  • Search for GPs, dentists, opticians, pharmacies in your local area

Lifelong learning and jobs

  • BBC Learning - everything from Life Skills to learning more about climate change. Links into learning for you or your child
  • BBC Learning Zone - the Home page of the BBC's Learning Service programmes which are shown overnight on BBC Two
  • Driving theory tests - online tests where you can check your driving theory skills, from the Driving Standards Agency. Try some sample questions before you sit the real thing

Local and family history

  • Ancestry.com - One of the best sites to help trace your family history. If you are using a computer in any Salford library access is free if you visit the Ancestry Library Edition web page.
  • 1901 Census - trace relatives who were alive in 1901 by looking at the census returns online. Also links through to the Public Record Office site with advice on conducting research
  • Boothstown History - An award winning site covering Boothstown past and present
  • Local History Library - Salford’s dedicated library for local and family history
  • Memories of Little Hulton - a group of local people who are recording their memories of the village as it used to be
  • St Andrews church, Eccles
  • Working Class Movement Library - a unique collection based in Salford
  • GENUKI - the genealogical information service for the UK and Ireland, containing a large structured tree of information
  • Cyndi’s List - a comprehensive list of genealogy sites on the internet
  • BBC Family History - research and resources
  • freebmd - an ongoing project to transcribe the GRO civil registration index of births, marriages and deaths from 1837-1983
  • Eccles Parish church has stood on the same site for 800 years, making it the oldest church in the city of Salford
  • Memories of Eccles - This site has been created to collect photos, happy memories and any information on the history of Eccles and it’s peopl
  • Eccles and district family history society - for anyone with an interest in the local history of Eccles, Swinton and Worsley
  • Lancashire BMD - Births, Marriages and Deaths on the internet

News online

Reading

Reference queries

Sport and leisure

This page was last updated on 9 January 2012

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