Resources

We have over 2000 printed fiction titles, ranging from well-loved children’s authors such as Roald Dahl, CS Lewis and JK Rowling, to cutting edge new Young Adult fiction from authors such as A F Steadman, Karen McManus and Josh Silver.  The fiction is broadly divided into Junior (age 10-13) and Senior (age 14+) and arranged alphabetically by author. Bookworms can take advantage of our comfy seating area. In addition to the mainstream fiction section, we have a good selection of “light bites” for those who prefer a quick read, and a well-stocked Manga cave for enthusiasts of graphic fiction.

We stock around 4000 non-fiction books to support learning and study across the curriculum in Key Stages 3 & 4, as well as special higher level resources to support sixth form study.  We also provide a range of general interest and wider reading titles such as inspirational biographies, books about sports, hobbies and pets, and a selection of interesting reference materials such as the Guinness Book of World Recordsa.

Philip Allen Magazines Archive - An online archive of past issues of the A-Level Review magazine articles across a range of curriculum subjects.

JSTOR Website: Students can create a free account to search thousands of scholarly resources.  This is particularly useful for students undertaking EPQ.  

University of Cumbria Online Catalogue - Search the University of Cumbria library for relevant books and journal articles to help your studies.  School students can access the Fusehill Street library and use their resources for reference purposes.

Cumbria Libraries Interactive Catalogue - All residents of the county are entitled to free membership of the county library service. You can search the full range of books in all of the branch libraries using this catalogue. To become a member, simply fill out the quick membership request form here

Newspapers for Schools - This newspaper database covers most of the national and local newspapers in the UK and is updated daily.  Individual PDF articles are free to download and print out, so if you need to know what's being said in the media, this should be your first point of call! 

Username: students@caldew.cumbria.sch.uk / Password: students21

Wellcome Library Digital Resources Free access to the digitised resources from the Wellcome Library – an unparalleled collection of primary resources on the History of Medicine, covering a wide variety of topics, including asylums, food, sex and sexual health, genetics, public health and war.  Useful wider reading for sixth form students studying History, Health and Social Care, and Biology. Could be an excellent EPQ resource.

Pinakes - This is the ultimate Gateway of subject Gateways.  Whatever you're studying, there'll be a portal in Pinakes full of high quality, evaluated online resources in your subject area.  Give it a go!

Directory of Open Access Journals - Recommended for 6th Form students, this resource gives access to free, full text, quality controlled academic journals across the curriculum areas.

Office for National Statistics - Want some facts and figures about life in the UK?  All the data that the government find out about our daily life, whether it's work patterns,  agricultural production, prison figures or health and wellbeing, can be found on this website.

DirectGov - The Official HM Government website for citizens. If you want to find out what the official government position is on something, make this your first point of call!

Google Scholar - It's Google, but for academic research.  Recommended for 6th Form study, but beware – not all of the results it finds are free to download.

BBC Bitesize - A great GCSE revision resource.

Cumbria Library Free Online Resources