If you are a young and aspiring professional working in the field of management, business, finance or education, you can find new and exciting learning opportunities through our Professional Development zone.

Who is it for?

The zone is developed and designed in a way to meet the needs of working professionals looking for development opportunities, students studying for English language British qualifications and anyone attending our corporate courses offered through our teaching centre.

What is available in the Professional Development zone?

You will find an extensive range of up-to-date books and information for managers, teachers and students of English. The zone also offers you electronic resources to include online journals and databases accessible through ATHENS –an access management system that allows you to draw upon many of our electronic resources from the convenience of your home or office with a single username and password.

Online databases accessible through ATHENS

Ashridge
Virtual Learning Resource Centre (VLRC) Ashridge is one of the world's leading centres of excellence for management and organisational development

Encyclopedia Britannica
32 volumes of the world’s most famous and authoritative sources of information since 1768 available online

Emerald Full text
A database providing access to 35,000 articles from 100 UK and international journals covering management, human resources, leadership and many other subjects

Oxford English Dictionary
The full 20+ volumes dictionary online

Oxford Reference Online
A reference tool that accesses some 100+ Oxford University Press reference books

Oxford University Press (OUP)
OUP publishes journals from science, technical, professional, medical, humanities, arts and social science disciplines. covering 157 on-line journals

ebrary
Our library subscribes to Public Library Complete, a growing collection of more than 8000 full-text books and other authoritative content from leading publishers

Please get in touch with our information services team in Amman for more information on how to use these databases.

How do I use ATHENS?

To use ATHENS, you will need a personal account, which is available as part of your library membership; you must also have an e-mail account.

To start using ATHENS:

• go to www.athensams.net
• click on MyAthens

enter your username and password

For more information on how to access ATHENS and how to use the databases please contact our E-resources Supervisor

Learner’s Support

Did you ever feel a little nervous before your exams? How can you improve your internet browsing skills? How can you plan for your studying and find the right resources?
Our management, business, ICT and study skills links will enable you to develop the skills and knowledge you require to retrieve information from the internet effectively and be more confident about your choice of online information and learning resources

Intute
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research

Resource Discovery Network Virtual Training Suite
A set of online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their internet, information literacy, and IT skills their internet, information literacy, and IT skills

BBC becoming WebWise
A step-by-step internet course aimed to produce confident internet users

Open University learning guides
Offers a range of learning skills resources - you can spend time on a broad area, such as revising for exams, or you can dip into sections within each resource

Open University Safari
The Open University Safari (OUS) offers a guided expedition through the information world

To get more information about the collection of resources in the Professional Development zone please get in touch with our customer services team in Amman.

British Council, First Circle, Jabal Amman
PO Box 634, Amman 11118, Jordan

Telephone +962 6 4636147/8
Fax +962 6 46034203
E-mail info@britishcouncil.org.jo