Website of the day

We close out website week with a subject focus on Law.

Today's website of the day is;

Cardiff Legal Abbreviations

This site is a good place for new law students to get to grips with legal abbreviations. It provides a database of legal terminology which can be searched by the abbreviation or the title.

Some other general law sites worth exploring are...

Constitutional Law by country

LLRX –Law Library Resource Xchange

Website of the day

The subject focus today is Philosophy, website of the day is...

Critical Thinking web

This site is an online resource with tutorials, guides and downloads to help students develop reasoned, logical arguments and sharpen their critical thinking skills. As the site is based out of the University of Hong Kong, it is available in Chinese as well as English

Some other useful sites worth investigating are;

Guidelines on reading Philosophy


Essay writing handbook for philosophy students

Website of the day

Today's featured subject area is Film Studies.

Website of the day is ...

FILM PHILOSOPHY MAGAZINE

Website of the academic journal Film Philosophy this site features a full text searchable archive of articles on film aesthetics and philosophy dating back to 1997. Also features book reviews and an open forum email discussion group for cinephiles eager to share their enthusiasm for film.

Some other sites worth looking at are;

David Bordwell's Cinema site

6degreesfilm

Drews script-o-rama

Daily Script

Website of the day

Today's focus is on Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Website of the day is ...
Experimental Psychology Lab


This award winning site pioneered web based psychological experiments. Allows you to participate in and view experiments as well as providing help on conducting experiments and featuring recommended texts. The archive & history section gives an overview of completed experiments. Current experiments include: views on the US presidential election and computer game player strategies

Other useful sites are...

Scholarly psychology resources on the web
British Psychological Society - Consciousness and experimental psychology section

Classics in the history of Psychology

Website of the day

Todays sites focus on English Literature and drama

The site of the day is ...

Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature: an overview

An exhaustive overview of Postcolonial Literature broken down by author and geographical area, includes extensive listings of 20th century British writers like Anthony Burgess, Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith. There are also links to theoretical sections on themes, gender issues and political influences.

Some other useful sites English Literature students might like to check out are;

Brief outline of Medieval English Literature

Midsummer nights dream; annotated hypertext version

Dictionary of symbolism

English Literature on the web

Website of the day - Marketing & Market Research

Todays focus is on Marketing and market research.

Free Research

A very useful source of FREE MARKET RESEARCH reports
covering a comprehensive range of companies and industry sectors. You will need to register to receive reports, but as the name implies – its free!

Another good site is - Know This - A useful source of marketing information, tutorials and case studies

Website of the day

Each day during website week we will recommend a website of the day within a specific subject area, hopefully covering the full range of subjects offered at DBS across the week.

To start off website week we're focusing on general reference sites, so there should be something here for everyone.

Todays website of the day is...

Internet Public Library
A useful reference site which acts as a complete library online covering everything from Dictionaries & encyclopaedias to subject specific collections and useful links and tips on searching the internet

Some other useful general reference sites are;

Bartleby.com (Columbia reference) - In addition to dictionaries and encyclodedias Bartleby also includes full text of classic fiction and verse as well as the famous Bartleby quotations section.

Thesaurus.com - Searchable online Thesaurus.

Citation Styles Online - Guide to referencing and citation styles.

Intute virtual training suite - Online training to help you navigate and assess internet sources.