UEA passwords

If you are having problems getting your UEA password to work, please check that it does not include any "special characters", such as £$%*@!

Although the UEA SPOT system prompts you to include these, including them will stop your password from working. We recommend using a mix of uppercase, lowercase and digits.

E.g. Password1234

UEA are aware of the problem and hope to change the password help webpage.

Just not enough time in the week?

Did you know that we are open on Saturday morning's during term time, from 9:15am to 1:00pm?

It is a great time to catch up on assignments, there are plenty of PCs and friendly staff on hand to help you access resources.

See you tomorrow?

Down the rabbit hole....

We thought you might like to see some of our Children in Need antics, thank you to everyone involved. We raised £30.00 today, and ate a lot of cake!

Click the link to our Facebook page for the facepainting photos.

Below - Graham taking part in the Lands End to John O'Groats bike ride, well done!

Facepainting is back!

Come into the Information Store on Friday 18th November from 10.30-12.00 to join in the fun and fundraising.

Maybe you will choose a Pudsey face or a spotty bandage?

Or will you get face-painted in the theme of Alice in Wonderland, ready for the SU Mad Hatters tea party? How about the Queen of Hearts or a Cheshire cat?

Minimum donations of £1.00 for Children in Need.

Shhhhhh...

Need somewhere quiet to concentrate?

Have you tried the new Silent Study in the Information Store? It is the right hand room near the DVDs) and has both PCs and individual study spaces. It is for ALL students to use, and is a great space for focussing on tricky assignments.

IT help in the Information Store

Are you struggling with IT, or do you want to improve the skills you have?

Look no further!

This week have a display of some of the many IT software guides available to borrow. IT software guides are also in the Book Zone, on the first bookshelf you come to.

Also, always feel free to ask one of us if you are stuck when you are working on a PC in the Information Store. We will do our best to help, or to find someone who can.

(Image from Channel4.com)

Love reading? Try Book Crossing!

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. 
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read". 
Attributed to Groucho Marx

If you love reading as much as Groucho, have a go at Book Crossing.

New books have just been added to the Book Crossing Zone. 

Come in and help yourself to a book!

So, how does it work?

1. Come in and pick up a free book from the Book Crossing zone (near the printers, marked with "Book Crossing labels)
2. Take it home, read it, enjoy it
3. Log on to bookcrossing.com and enter the unique ID in the book
4. Say where you are going to leave the book for the next person to find it
5. Track your book's journey and see how far it travels!

Dyslexia Awareness Week - support available

This week is Dyslexia Awareness Week.

If you are interested in dylsexia, pop in to the Information Store to see the new display of resources.

If you think you might be dyslexic, you can book an appointment with a dyslexia tutor through Main Reception.

For more information, go to Blackboard > Student Services > Support for study > Dyslexia / dyspraxia support.

Register now for a chance to give away 24 books....

*Just announced* - the 25 titles that will be given away as part of World Book Night on April 24th, 2012.

Go to the website, www.worldbooknight.org, if you would like to apply to be a book giver.

They will be giving away 480,000 books on the night. If you are chosen to be a giver, you will receive 24 books to give away, to whoever you choose, in the spirit of promoting the love of reading.

 See below for the 25 titles you can choose from.

Can't wait until April to read them? See the shelf marks in brackets for copies we have. The librarians may well by more copies, so keep checking the catalogue!


The titles you can choose from are:

1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (823.7 AUS)
2. The Player of Games - Iain M Banks
3. Sleepyhead - Mark Billingham
4. Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson (914.1 BRY)
5. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
6. The Take - Martina Cole
7. Harlequin - Bernard Cornwall
8. Someone Like You - Roald Dahl
9. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (823.8 DIC)
10. Room - Emma Donoghue (823.914 DON)
11. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier (823.91 (DUM)
12. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (823.91 ISH)
13. Misery - Stephen King
14. The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
15. Small Island - Andrea Levy (823.91 LEV)
16. Let the Right One In - John Ajvde Lindqvist
17. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
18. The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (823.92 NIF)
19. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O’Farrell
20. The Damned Utd - David Peace
21. Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
22. How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
23. Touching the Void - Joe Simpson (796.522 SIM)
24. I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
25. The Book Thief - Markus Zuzak (823.92 ZUZ)

Studying from home this week?

Don't struggle on alone!

Don't forget, we are open this week, from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

Alternatively, ring us on 01603 773114, or email us at tis@ccn.ac.uk for help.

We have lots of online resources that you can use from home, available via Blackboard. Go to the Blackboard homepage, and select "Information Store" from underneath "Useful links".

If you are at all stuck or unsure, or need an Athens password to access resources, please contact us - we're here to help.