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Number 42 - February 2001
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0----- Get ready for those exams!
Revision and exam frenzy will begin,
once we get to Easter. Why not start
preparing now? We have guidance notes
in REVISION AND EXAMINATIONS -
http://www.mantex.co.uk/books/exams.htm
There are also some FREE handouts on
exam techniques and what examiners want
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/a319-10.htm
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/a319-11.htm
0----- Nineteenth Century Chronicle
What year did Victoria become monarch?
And was that before or after the
publication of "Wuthering Heights"?
If you are studying literature of
the nineteenth-century novel or UK
Victorian society, you might find
this chronology useful. It's a full
collaborative effort, and will be
updated regularly - as it has been
twice in the last week. Feel free
to offer suggestions.
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/aa810/aa810-01.htm
0----- Publish your research?
Have you a research paper you wish to
publish to the web free? Research-sites
was founded in 1999 and is aimed at
students and academics wishing to download
or publish research papers free of charge.
They have a research library with NO
limitations on subjects. Whether your
research is in art or astro physics,
medicine or engineering they will publish
your paper for world-wide coverage.
Undergraduate and postgraduate research
are both welcome. Go to -
http://www.research-sites.nstemp.com
Source - Design Research News
0----- "Dreamweaver in Easy Steps"
Dreamweaver is the HTML editor of
choice amongst professional designers.
That's because it creates clean, lean
code, and checks your work, and will
even automatically generate a site map.
'Easy Steps' is a very successful series
of manuals which make the learning process
simple by illustrating all the basics. The
emphasis is on screen shots and quick tips.
They are for people who need to train
themselves but don't have a lot of time.
http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/vandome.htm
0----- Keyboard shortcuts
I don't know about you, but my eyes
glaze over when I see long lists of
keyboard shortcuts. These are the
two-key combinations you can use
instead of the combination of mouse
and menus.
The trouble is that they are often
non-intuitive, and the key combinations
vary from program to program. But the
most basic Windows shortcuts really
*are* useful. Cutting, pasting, and
copying are what we do all the time,
and shortcuts can reduce the work.
We've created a guidance note on
shortcuts - so you can save up to 50%
of your vital energies. Go to -
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/t171/t171-22.htm
0------ FREE Software - Teach Me HTML
Problem: You want to learn HTML so you
can create web pages just like the
professionals. However, you don't know
a thing about HTML or even where to start.
Solution: Start teaching yourself the
easy way with Teach Me HTML. When you use
this program, you'll feel as though an
expert is looking over your shoulder,
guiding you through every step of the
coding process. You will save time and
shorten the HTML learning curve by a
factor of ten.
http://www.webmasterfree.com/teach.html
0----- Studying a Novel - FREE guidance notes
In literary studies it's often quite
difficult to study novels - especially if
they are long. How do you remember all
those characters? What notes should you
take? Where do theme and structure begin?
So we have created guidance notes for
the basics. Try these - and if you have
any problems or requests, let us know.
http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/novels.htm
0----- FREE Scholarly Journals
You can now access sample copies of over
540 journals published by Taylor & Francis
in all its imprints - Taylor & Francis,
Carfax, Routledge, Spon Press, Martin Dunitz
and Psychology Press.
Sample copies are just a couple of clicks
away. Follow the simple series of links and
a sample copy will be delivered to your
computer in seconds at -
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
0----- Critical Skidmarks
F.L. Lucas on T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land",
as reviewed in the New Statesman and Nation,
November 1923:
"Unintelligible, the borrowings cheap and
the notes useless."
Source: BookEnds
If you want to see "The Waste Land" or
T.S.Eliot's notes to it, they are available
on our site at -
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/download/wslnd10.txt
http://www.mantex.co.uk/ou/a319/eliot-01.htm
0----- Most Popular Items
Newsletter-02 is the most requested
from our archive. It features items
on - ordering books online, a free
HTML tutorial, MP3 files, free fonts,
and signing up with mailing lists.
http://www.mantex.co.uk/news/news-02.htm
We will be updating the archive in
the next few weeks. If you want to
check though features and best-sellers
from past issues, have a look at -
http://www.mantex.co.uk/news/archive.htm
0----- Coming soon!
* Wan2Learn? - teaching with texting
* Online Search Strategies
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News-42-February-2001
ISSN 1470-1863
The British Library