Online Resources

Credo Reference

A useful resource for all subject areas, featuring reference works such as encyclopedias and dictionaries alongside textbooks. 

You can display your search results in a traditional list layout, or you can choose to have them displayed in a concept map where linking themes, people, and events can be explored easily to expand upon your research topic. 

Gale Databases

Using Gales PowerSearch you can search across newspapers, scholarly journals, and general reference magazines for content on all topics and subjects. Read current and historical newspaper coverage from local, national and international press, browse general magazine content, and explore articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources. 

Search results can be filtered for relevance, or you can click and explore an interactive topic map and concept wheel which groups related topics in order of relevance to your search.

Podcasts

Podcasts are a good way to keep up with the latest discussions and trends related to your field of study. Here you can find relevant Podcasts, from trusted organisations and authors, for your subject area. 

• D&AD in Audio
• Design Matters
• 99% Invisible
• On Design
• The Creative Boom Podcast
• Being Freelance

ClickView

ClickView is Edinburgh College’s media player. It contains TV & Radio programmes recorded from free-to-air channels and Audio & Video produced by staff.

For sign in guidance, please visit our Clickview page.

There are hundreds of ClickView programs and recordings covering:

• Anti Racism
• Health & Social Care
• Literature & Poetry
• LGBTQ+
• Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Social Issues
• Sustainability

Linkedin Learning

LinkedIn Learning is an online digital learning website that provides access to a library of video tutorials in the creative, technology, software and business industries.

For sign in guidance, please visit our Linkedin Learning page.

Videos, Courses, Learning Paths and Tutorials in all things Visual Communication and Digital Design, including: Typography, Graphic Design, UX Design, and Illustration:

• Drawing Foundations: Fundamentals
• Advance Your Skills in Graphic Design
• Exploring a Career in User Experience design
• Advance Your Digital Illustration Skills
• Illustrator 2023 Essential Training
• Photoshop 2023 Essential Training
• InDesign 2023 Essential Training
  

Referencing

Referencing at Edinburgh College: Online Course

Our online course (approx. 30min) provides a simple introduction to referencing and plagiarism using the Harvard system of referencing. If you are new to referencing this is the ideal place to start. We provide introductory guidance on what referencing is, why you need to reference, and how to correctly reference some of the most common sources in your assignments.

The course is divided into 7 sections. Sections have short activities that you can undertake to test your own understanding of the topics you have read about.

Cite Them Right: Referencing Support

This is a comprehensive guide to referencing and plagiarism. Cite Them Right provides full guidance on how to correctly reference all sources in your assignments, with guidance available on Harvard and numerous other styles of referencing.

You can use Cite The Right to help format references, look up answers to your referencing questions, support with paraphrasing and summarising from sources, and follow an in depth tutorial to test your knowledge and learn even more.  

Downloadable Guide

This is a double-sided A4 sheet that you can print and take away with you. It details how to reference some of the more common sources you may need to reference and uses the Harvard system of referencing. Please be aware that this is most easily understood after completing our Referencing at Edinburgh College course (approx. 30mins).