Books and Magazines

Course books

AS Electronics

• AS book with index

This is made up from two books on Ian Kemps website (Foundation Electronics book  and Further Electronics book ) with some further additions and an index

• Revision materials are also available from Ian Kemp's site

A2 Electronics

A2 students use the support books from Ian Kemp as their course books. These are available to download.

• ELE4 Control systems
• ELE5 Communications

'Electronics Explained' by Michael Brimicombe is also used by A2 students, there are copies in the library. There is an Electronics Explained web site associated with this book that contains practical exercises and data sheets.

• Revision materials are available from Ian Kemp's site

• Everyday and Practical Electronics (EPE) always has a lot of information useful to students in each issue including teach yourself articles on various topics and small projects. For City and Islington College students the magazine is available in the learning centre. There is an online version of the magazine.
• Elektor electronics is slightly more advanced than EPE and has a lot of microcontroller projects, it is also available in the learning centre.
• Electronics World is a more advanced magazine aimed largely at engineers and containing more general articles and some complex projects.
• Electronics Weekly is the electronics industry's magazine. It is full of news and new developments but no theory or circuits. You cannot buy Electronics Weekly from newsagents, it is sent free to people working in the electronics industry and is a good place to look for job adverts.
  There is an online version of Electronics Weekly  where you can see all the articles.

• Nuts & Volts is an American electronics hobbyist magazine. The magazine is full of practical articles written by amateur electronics enthusiasts. The magazine is quite difficult to get hold of in the UK.
• Electronics Education is a magazine aimed at electronics teachers in schools and colleges. It has articles that that provide practical help and ideas for teaching electronics. There are copies of Electronics Education in the library.

There are many other useful books and magazines, I will add to this list when I have more time. If you find useful books let me know and I will add their titles.