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UEA IT Service Status

intouea.com Posted on 24 July 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

If there is something strange with your wifi, internet access, email, Office, UEA website, Blackboard, etc. etc., check the UEA IT Service Status web page.

Posted in Blog | Tagged IT issues, UEA

Gutted

intouea.com Posted on 12 July 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019
  • World Cup 2018: ‘Gutted’ Harry Kane says England gave it their all as millions of Three Lions fans suffer World Cup heartbreak once more (The Sun)
  • Holly Willoughby and Kate Hudson lead an army of ‘gutted‘ stars on social media after England’s crushing World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia (Daily Mail)
  • ‘I’m absolutely gutted’: disappointed England fans speak of World Cup hurt from Russia (iNews)
  • Your Favourite Musicians Are Gutted About The England Result (Clash Magazine)
  1. A gutted fish is a fish whose guts – internal organs – have been removed, so that it can be cooked.
  2. A gutted house is a house whose interior has been emptied or destroyed, usually by fire.
  3. If a person is gutted, they are bitterly disappointed. This is British slang. The adjective is normally used in the predicative position (after a verb like be, become, grow, look or seem). However, the first two newspaper headlines are using it attributively (before the noun).

 

Posted in Blog | Tagged British English, slang

BrowZine links

intouea.com Posted on 2 July 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

If you find a journal article through UEA Library Search, you can now (sometimes) go to that issue of the journal in BrowZine:

Similarly if you find a journal title, you can read it in BrowZine:

From: tag – the UEA library blog

Posted in Blog | Tagged BrowZine, journals, UEA Library

Sketch Engine

intouea.com Posted on 2 July 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Sketch Engine is an online tool for analysing text corpora in various languages. You can use it to find collocations, compare words, generate word lists, etc.

For example, you can find objects of the verb undergo:

  • surgery
  • transformation
  • treatment
  • renovation
  • change
  • training
  • testing
  • procedure
  • chemotherapy
  • examination
  • transition
  • therapy

British universities have free access only until the effective date of Brexit, i.e. 29 March 2019.

Posted in Blog | Tagged Brexit, collocations, corpora

Jatt vs IELTS

intouea.com Posted on 28 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

This week a new film arrives in Indian cinemas: Jatt vs IELTS. This Punjabi comedy tells the story of a small town boy struggling to get a high enough IELTS score to move to Canada.

There is singing and dancing, possibly on IELTS-related themes.

Posted in Blog | Tagged film, funny, IELTS, India

IELTS test taker performance

intouea.com Posted on 28 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

The results for 2017 are summarized here.

For example, the average bands in the Academic test for speakers of these first languages:

First language Listening Reading Writing Speaking Overall
Arabic 5.63 5.37 5.06 5.88 5.55
Chinese 5.97 6.15 5.41 5.46 5.81
Indonesian 6.54 6.67 5.78 6.26 6.37
Japanese 5.90 6.09 5.41 5.59 5.81
Kazakh 6.06 6.04 5.51 5.81 5.92
Korean 6.20 6.21 5.46 5.79 5.98
Malay 7.03 6.86 6.07 6.54 6.69
Punjabi 5.92 5.47 5.56 5.67 5.72
Russian 6.74 6.71 5.89 6.52 6.53
Spanish 6.65 6.89 5.93 6.62 6.59
Thai 6.24 6.03 5.46 5.90 5.97
Turkish 6.42 6.42 5.70 6.22 6.25
Vietnamese 5.97 6.17 5.59 5.71 5.93
Posted in Blog | Tagged IELTS, rankings, statistics

Credo Reference

intouea.com Posted on 25 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Credo Reference is a collection of online reference books. It can be browsed and searched like an encyclopedia.

For example, if you search for global warming, you are shown the topic page on climate change (“the now commonly used term, having replaced “global warming”), extracts from many books, a list of related topics (Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Kyoto Protocol, etc.), images, and a mind map.

It might be a good place to start research for your long essay or project.

Posted in Blog | Tagged Credo, databases, ebooks, reference sources

HSTalks

intouea.com Posted on 22 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

HSTalks are video lectures and case studies. UEA has access to the Business & Management Collection.

The lectures are accompanied by slides and some have transcripts.

Posted in Blog | Tagged business, lectures, video

Presessional

intouea.com Posted on 21 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Photograph by Leo Reynolds

A big welcome to everyone on the presessional course.

Have a wonderful time.

Don’t work too hard!

Posted in Blog | Tagged academic year, INTO, presessional, UEA

Mintel

intouea.com Posted on 21 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Mintel Academic provides consumer and market research.

For example, this month has a report on the UK fizzy drink industry. It seems more people want less sugar in their fizzy drinks.

Meanwhile women are getting comfortable with looking older. This could be bad news for the hair colourant market.

 

Posted in Blog | Tagged business, data, databases, market research, Mintel

MarketLine

intouea.com Posted on 21 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

MarketLine provides company and industry reports, market research, case studies and business news.

You can use it to look up particular companies, such as the John Lewis Partnership, or industries, such as the Indonesian mobile phones market.

Posted in Blog | Tagged business, company reports, data, databases, market research, MarketLine

Bailey 5th edition

intouea.com Posted on 21 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

The textbook Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students by Stephen Bailey is now in its 5th edition. Some of our students will have copies of the printed book.

The ebook is available through UEA Library.

Posted in Blog | Tagged ebooks, study skills, writing

Nexis

intouea.com Posted on 20 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Nexis is a database of newspapers and other news sources. It contains full-text articles.

For example, you can search for UEA in the headlines of UK national newspapers:

  • UEA criticised by notable alumni for ‘thuggish’ development plans (The Guardian, September 7, 2016)
  • UEA academics from different subject areas unite in disappointment at Brexit result (The Independent, June 24, 2016)
  • UEA fighter jet ‘missing’ during Yemen combat mission (mirror.co.uk, March 14, 2016)

I bet you never knew this university had its own fighter jet.

Posted in Blog | Tagged archives, databases, news, newspapers

Statista

intouea.com Posted on 20 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Statista provides statistics, reports and infographics on a range of subjects: for example, social media, e-commerce, smartphones, China, the United States, the food industry, cosmetics, gaming.

  • Did you know that 78% of people in Thailand were interested in football, but in China and the US it’s only 32%?
  • In 2007 there were 59 million vehicles in China; in 2016 there were 194 million.
  • Last year McDonald’s was the most valuable fast food brand in the world with an estimated value of 98 billion US dollars, while the brand value of Starbucks was 44 billion dollars.

 

Posted in Blog | Tagged business, data, social sciences, Statista, statistics

The Vogue Archive

intouea.com Posted on 19 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

UEA has online access to every issue of the American Vogue, from 17 December 1892 to the present day. You can read the magazine exactly as it was printed, including the pictures and advertisements.

To leaf through the magazine, choose an issue and click on any item on the contents page. Then click on Browse this issue at the top of the page:

Posted in Blog | Tagged archives, databases, fashion, magazines, Vogue

A Vision of Britain through Time

intouea.com Posted on 19 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

A Vision of Britain through Time combines maps and population census data from 1801 to 2011. You can look up statistics for particular areas of the country. For example, here are some of the key findings about Norwich:

  • The population grew from 31,770 in 1801 to 132,512 in 2011.
  • The highest infant mortality rate recorded was 229.72 infant deaths per thousand live births in 1861, and the lowest was 3.94 in 2001.
  • In 1841, 50.16 per cent of all workers worked in manufacturing, but in 2011 this had fallen to 6.52 per cent.
  • The highest male unemployment rate recorded by the census was 14.95 per cent in 1991, and the lowest was 1.94 in 1951.
  • In 1911, 12.89 per cent of people were living in households with over 1.5 persons per room, but in 2011 this had fallen to .53 per cent.
Posted in Blog | Tagged data, databases, demographics, history, population, social sciences, statistics, UK

British Council course at FutureLearn

intouea.com Posted on 18 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

A 4-week course called Exploring English: Language and Culture starts today at Futurelearn.

It is for non-native English speakers who have studied English to around intermediate level. It’s made by the British Council and it’s free!

Posted in Blog | Tagged British Council, EFL, FutureLearn, online courses

Uh. Uh? Uh-uh. Uh-huh. Uh-oh.

intouea.com Posted on 15 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Do you know the meaning of these interjections?

uh

I’m thinking or unsure what to say next.

  • We’ll be meeting them at, uh, 4 o’clock.
  • Of course I still love you, it’s just, uh…
  • Uh, maybe.

Sometimes written as “er”.

  • She’s, er, busy.

uh?

What did you just say? What do you mean?

– Amy, Question 5?
– Uh?
– Please pay attention. What’s the answer to Question 5?

– I’m going to marry your sister.
– Uh?

uh-uh

No.

– Have you seen Bill?
– Uh-uh.

uh-huh

Yes or I understand/agree/am listening.

– Then we went on to the party…
– Uh-huh.
– … and Sarah was there – you remember Sarah?
– Uh-huh.
– … and she goes up to Tom and you know what Tom’s like.
– Uh-huh.

uh-oh

There’s a problem.

– Hey, the red light is flashing.
– Uh-oh.

– Isn’t that your teacher?
– Uh-oh.

For more information, try these definitions at Collins English Dictionary: uh, uh-uh, uh-huh, uh-oh.

Posted in Blog | Tagged interjections, semantics, speaking, spoken English

BoB is back online

intouea.com Posted on 14 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/

To celebrate, here are some random BoB playlists I made earlier: Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged BoB, IT issues, TV, video

COBUILD Grammar Patterns

intouea.com Posted on 14 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

COBUILD Grammar Patterns is a guide to how adjectives, nouns, verbs and other words fit together.

For example: it + link verb + adjective + for + noun + to-infinitive:

It is costly for rivals to compete.
It was fashionable for the rich to eat white flour.

 

A series of videos explains how it works.

 

Posted in Blog | Tagged COBUILD, Collins, dictionaries, grammar, syntax

BrowZine

intouea.com Posted on 13 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

BrowZine is a collection of academic journals, arranged in subject categories.

For example: Business and economics > Business > E-commerce

BrowZine makes it easy to browse journals and articles, when you’re not looking for anything in particular. UEA has access to the full-text of the journals, though sometimes recent articles cannot be viewed.

 

Posted in Blog | Tagged BrowZine, journals

World Cup Prediction Competition

intouea.com Posted on 12 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

Apparently there’s some kind of international ball-kicking contest starting soon.

The British Council’s Premier Skills English website has a competition in which you can predict the results (and improve your English at the same time).

Posted in Blog | Tagged British Council, football, sport

Searching with site:

intouea.com Posted on 11 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

When searching the internet, you can limit your search to a particular website or type of website. Put the word site: (with the colon) in front of a domain name such as uea.ac.uk or ac.uk.

For example, you could use these search terms to find information on Chinese societies at different universities:

Limit search to these websites Search terms
UEA chinese society site:uea.ac.uk
Edinburgh University chinese society site:ed.ac.uk
any British university chinese society site:ac.uk
any American university chinese society site:edu

 

Some other examples of searches:

  • probiotics site:nhs.uk
  • visas site:gov.au
  • peace site:mfa.gov.kp

The site: operator works on Google, Bing and DuckDuckGo.

For more information, see our Researching page.

Posted in Blog | Tagged domain names, Google, internet, online searching, search

MyiLibrary assimilated by ProQuest

intouea.com Posted on 8 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

ProQuest bought MyiLibrary three years ago, but only recently have the ebook links changed.

All the MyiLibrary links on this website have been updated and now point to ebooks on ProQuest Ebook Central.

Posted in Blog | Tagged ebooks, ProQuest

BoB offline

intouea.com Posted on 8 June 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

If you’re seeing 404 Not Found at the main BoB page, it’s because the TV recording website is “currently undergoing essential maintenance”.

It should be back by 10pm on Wednesday 13 June.

Posted in Blog | Tagged BoB, IT issues, TV, video

UEA Library Search and EBSCO offline

intouea.com Posted on 22 May 2018 by Resource Centre staff21 January 2019

UEA’s Library Search and EBSCO databases will be unavailable from 9am on Tuesday 19 June 0900 to 9am the next day.

Source: tag

Posted in Blog | Tagged EBSCO, IT issues, UEA Library

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