One of the most interesting additions to academia on the Internet is the CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) project, hosted by Magee College in Derry. From the civil rights movement to the Omagh bomb, all of the main events of the Troubles are covered. The site has recently added 350 pictures of Derry's experience of the Troubles. These brilliant and often amazing black-and-white images are part of a larger collection of photographs taken by Eamon Melaugh during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Scenes include the British army, republican paramilitaries, civil rights protests, Orange parades, riot scenes, Bloody Sunday and children in the conflict.

Speaking about the pictures, Eamon Melaugh said: "Only a few of these photographs have been published before, while the majority have been stored away for 30 years. I felt the images would be of use to those studying the conflict and I was happy to make the collection available at the CAIN site. "I hope the photographs will give people an impression of what life was like in Derry during this important period. "The photographs of heavily armoured British Army vehicles patrolling civilian areas of Derry are a clear indication of the nature of the conflict at that time. For ordinary people the conflict took on all the appearance of a war even if it was not referred to as such," he said.

This site is a wonderful resource, well thought out and presented. Anyone studying any aspect of Northern Ireland will find something here of benefit to their work.