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WISER: learning a language
Lucile DeslignèresLibrarian, Language [email protected]
Johanneke SytsemaLinguistics Subject [email protected]
?!?!?! “Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne
heure » (for a long time I used to go to bed early)
A long time, I lay down early
Oud, vroeg bepaal ik
Vieux, je détermine tôt (Old man, I determine early)
http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com
Aims
At the end of the session you should be able to: find relevant language learning material in the Oxford University domain (SOLO/OXLIP+) and on the internet
Finding• Searching: know what you are looking for.
Thinking about relevant keywords, especially with search engines
• Browsing: discover what’s on the shelves. Browsing through relevant subject headings in catalogues/gateways
SOLO• Searching: Simple and Advanced search• Browsing: put language in subject box +
Language Centre Library/library of choicePlease note: only 30% of the LC library is
catalogued on OLIS so far so use the card index or browse our shelves
Video guide to searching athttp://languagelibraryatoxford.blogspot.com
OXLIP+ For advanced levels: which database?
• Browse by subject, name, cross-search (as a starter), use the "i" button for info about coverage of the database
• Search if you know the name
For Dictionaries Oxford Reference Online or CREDO
Online Dictionaries (1)Use trusted dictionaries from OxLip+ rather than
free online dictionaries• Oxford Reference Online
– English Thesaurus for definitions– Oxford Bilingual Dictionaries (French, German, Italian,
Irish, Spanish, Welsh) for translations– Select Bilingual Dictionaries, advanced search, select
required dictionary– The Encyclopedia may also help to find definitions
Online Dictionaries (2)CREDO Reference• Collins Dictionaries• French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish• Use Advanced Search, select Subject > bilingual
dictionaries > one of the dictionaries• Finds search terms in headings and descriptions
unless box ‘search headings only’ is tickedOED Oxford English Dictionary• the authority on English language• Meaning + etymology
Online Dictionaries (3)
Free online dictionaries
• www.lexicool.com Over 4000 dictionaries, quality may vary!
• http://bubl.ac.uk
OXLIP+ News• NexisUK for Danish, Dutch, French, German,
Italian, Spanish. Search by keyword in the language
• Factiva browse the news from Bulgarian to Turkish (in 23 languages)
• News just in Chinese? Japanese? Russian? Browse by subject in OxLIP+ and get help from Subject Consultants
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects
e-booksProject Gutenberg: has audio books in Chinese,
Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Spanish
www.gutenberg.org
Google books: do choose the corresponding Google site for languages other than English
http://books.google.com/books
The online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
English mostly but foreign material too
Searching the web• Blind Search compares between Google,
Yahoo and Bing http://blindsearch.fejus.com
• Google but which one? Be cautious with the Language Search
facilitiesAdvanced searches: site search .ac.uk
and .edu for EFL, exact title search etc…
Browsing the webGATEWAYS: BUBL http://bubl.ac.uk SITES:As a starter: Omniglot http://www.omniglot.com and Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org For learning: BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages for English: STELLA www.arts.gla.ac.uk/STELLA for less commonly taught languages UCLA http://www.lmp.ucla.edu
Language Centres• AULC: Cambridge Language Centre,
King’s College London… and many others… www.aulc.org
• Oxford University Language Centrewww.lang.ox.ac.uk Language links: individual, multilingualLanguage Exchange ProgrammesWebLearn: Chinese, French, German pages
Start-up page
http://www.netvibes.com/languagelibrary
• Google i-reader
http://www.google.com/ig
• Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/privatepage/1#MyRussianPage
Other ways…• MIT open course: Chinese, Japanese, French,
Spanish• Mobile phone “aps”• Facebook groups• Twitter• Blogs• E-books http://www.netvibes.com/ebooksjon
Where to go from hereWISER sessions of interest:
www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/services/training • SOLO and OxLIP+ • Finding quality information on the internet • Session organised by your Language Subject
Consultant: Arabic, French, Russian etc…• Key News Resources • Getting information to come to you
ReferenceBradley, Phil, Internet Q&A in Library & Information Update,
p.22, Sept 09 for http://blindsearch.fejus.com http://socialouls.wetpaint.com for help on RSS feedsAndrews, Jonathan, e-books and more!http://www.netvibes.com/ebooksjon for more information on
e-books readersWISER presentation archiveshttp://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/services/training/wiser
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