Created to support the BTEC FIRST Health and Social Care qualification, this Interactive Course Guide links into the full Health & Social Care Digital Library. Thus users have access to probably the largest single compilation of learning and teaching resource materials on Health and Care in the UK.

The guide follows the BTEC National topics as follows:

• Unit 1: Communication and individual rights
• Unit 2: Needs of individuals in society
• Unit 3: Vocational experience
• Unit 4: Cultural diversity
• Unit 5: Anatomy and physiology
• Unit 6: Human lifespan development
• Unit 7: Creative and therapeutic activities
• Unit 8: Health & social care services
• Unit 9: The impact of diet on health

Units are broken down into several topics, each of up to several pages, which link students directly to relevant library resources. The user has full access to the whole library, complete with the more traditional search engine and drill-down navigation.

In this way, the guide acts as a sort of librarian, pointing users to the right sections and giving examples of specific relevant resources whilst giving them free rein to research the whole collection.