Created to support the GCE AS / A2 Health and Social Care (Edexcel) 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 course topics as follows:

• Unit 1: Human growth and development
• Unit 2: Communication and values
• Unit 3: Positive care environments
• Unit 4: Social aspects and lifestyle choices
• Unit 5: Activities for health and well-being
• Unit 6: Public health
• Unit 7: Meeting individual needs
• Unit 8: Promoting health and well-being
• Unit 9: Investigating disease
• Unit 10: Using and understanding research
• Unit 11: Social issues and welfare needs
• Unit 12: Understanding human behaviour

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.

Each unit also includes a dozen or so multiple-choice questions intended for self-testing, to reinforce the key points covered and flesh out the theory with examples.