FatMaxRecommended Books
Recommended books for the AQA AS/A2 ICT course. You can buy these online at Amazon by clicking on the images.
Teachers purchasing class sets should visit the publishers to negotiate a
discount.
Disclaimer: If you buy a book via the Amazon links below 5% of the price
you pay goes into FatMax's Amazon account! All proceeds go to the
NCDL
Core Texts
Pat Heathcote's A-Level ICT is the AS and A2 books combined and contains no extra material.
If you intend to take A2 it represents better value for money.
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Title: AS ICT
Author: P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: AS ICT
Author: P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: A Level ICT
Author: P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £15.00
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Title: Understanding ACT
Author: Doyle
Publisher:
Nelson Thornes
Approx. price: £20.00
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Title: ICT AS Level
Author: J. Mott & A. Leeming
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Approx price: £12.99
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Title: IT for Advanced Level
Author: J. Mott & A. Leeming
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Approx. price: £16.99
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Title: A Level Notes for AQA
Author: S. McWeeney
Publisher:
McWeeney Pubs. Ltd
Approx. price: £30 each for AS/A2
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Coursework Books
Good introductions for the AS/A2 projects (ICT3 & ICT6). It's always useful to
have a couple of copies for reference in the school's Library Resource centre.
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Title: Projects in Access
Author(s): P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: Database Projects
Author(s): J. Mott & I. Rendell
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Approx. price: £9.99
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Title: Tackling Computer Projects
Author(s): P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: Spreadsheet Projects
Author(s): J. Mott & I. Rendell
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Approx price: £9.99
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Title: Projects in
Excel
Author(s): P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: Projects in
FrontPage
Author(s): P. Heathcote
Publisher:
Payne-Gallway
Approx. price: £9.95
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Title: Relational Databases
Author(s): S. McWeeney
Publisher:
McWeeney Pubs. Ltd
Approx. price: £60
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Contrary to popular belief -
I'm not Pat Heathcote's dog! There's just not an awful lot of other AS/A2
textbooks on the market. Teachers might also like the resources available from
Glen Millbery and
Steve McWeeney Supplied on CD you can print as many copies as you want
for your students - they're both OCR based but nobody's perfect! Excellent VFM.
Glen also maintains a book list on his site
OCR ICT in case you've still got any money left - it has some very good
recommendations for the practical modules.
The free revision guides from David Yates for AQA
AS and
A2 ICT are continually updated and an essential download for all
students and teachers.
If you've got a recommendation or want to comment on any of the books listed
here email FatMax.
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