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Some of our members have found these sites to be useful, however DARC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.Member's Websites
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Reference
- World Wide Web Consortium
- The reference site for HTML, CSS and other web standards.
- The Internet Movie Database
- A database of more than 120,000 movies and television programmes.
- Wikipedia
- The free encyclopedia.
- Urban Legends Reference Pages
- The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumours, and misinformation.
Travel
- Accessible UK Train Timetables
- A simple and clear train timetable site. Links to www.nationalrail.co.uk.
- National rail timetable
- The definitive train booking site.
- National traffic information
- Shows the messages displayed on all motorway display boards (among many other features).
- Road Traffic Reports
- Traffic information updated every 3 minutes.
History
- Historical Directories
- A digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history. Several volumes of directories have been digitised, making source material for many counties and towns, from 1850 to 1920, freely available online.The directories, including volumes of White's and Kelly's, can be browsed or searched, and the powerful search engine means that family names, occupations, addresses and other key words or phrases can be quickly and easily located to their exact places on pages within the digitised texts.
- Old Maps
- Free 1:10560 scale Historical Mapping for the whole of the UK. Navigate directly to your chosen area using comprehensive County and Town gazetteers.
- Picture The Past
- The libraries and museums of Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have in their collections, hundreds of thousands of historic photographs, slides, negatives, glass plates, postcards and engravings recalling the history of the local communities over the last hundred years and more.
- TimeRef - Medieval History Timelines
- British Medieval history covering dates 950 to 1400. Aimed at school children but a good reference nonetheless.
Computers/Technology
- News Sites
- User Groups
- General
- SourceForge
- Open-source software repository.
- Bletchley Park
- Historic site of secret British codebreaking activities during WWII and birthplace of the modern computer.
- Codes and Ciphers
- The history, science and engineering of cryptanalysis in World War II.
- Anybrowser
- Campaign for non-browser-specific web design.
- Energy Saving Trust
- Save energy and money.
Imaging
- Camera News/Reviews
- Camera Shops
- Photographic Techniques
- Cambridge in Colour
- A selection of photographs in Cambridge by Sean McHugh, the site also includes photographic techniques and tutorials.
- Image Processing Software
Local
- Duffield Derbyshire
- The Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group
- The Elvaston Castle Radio Rally
- Derbyshire Online
- The City of Derby
- North Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- University of Derby
- Derbyphotos.co.uk
- Visit Amber Valley
- Derbyshire and Peak District Heritage Sites
Podcasts
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