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New Resource

We hope you have all managed something of a break over Easter, despite the difficult circumstances. Hopefully many of you have also have used this as an opportunity to put some more concentrated thought and time into your EE.

We have managed to arrange a free trial of an excellent video resource - the IBDP Portal from Ideas Roadshow which many of you may find useful for your essays. This free trial only lasts until May 15th, so make use of it while you can. You can access this resource from our Subscription Databases page (you will need to scroll to the bottom to find it).

The resource features video conversations with a wide range of respected experts across 21 of the DP subjects (not including MFL). At this stage in your investigation you will know exactly what your question is and have narrowed your focus, so you should be able to tell very quickly whether there is a video that will support your topic. While you can "Search" at the top of the screen, too narrow a search is likely to return no results so we would recommend navigating to your EE subject from the Home page and browsing the videos and clips that are available.

• Clips are very short (usually < 5minutes) excerpts of longer interviews covering a very specific area
• Compilations are collections of clips (around 20-30 min)
• Conversations are the original interviews on which all the other resources are based. Each conversation lasts about 1 hour but is divided into chapters. They also come with print "e-book" transcripts which you can download and quote from. If you are lucky enough to find an interview that deals with your topic it could be an extremely valuable source of information.