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WISER Electronic Resources for Research An
introduction to the networked databases available
through the Oxford Libraries Information Platform
(OxLIP) interface.  Available databases include
indexing services, electronic journals and other
full text services, online reference tools,
statistics and library catalogues. We will also
discuss how to access online resources from
outside the Oxford network.
Emma Sullivan and Judy Reading
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• Electronic Resources
• We will show you
• How to find subject specific and general
  databases
• Some strategies for searching databases
• How to find out about particular kinds of
  material such as dissertations and conferences
• How to access resources remotely
• We hope to inspire you to explore for yourself.
• Dont forget you can get help from your subject
  librarian
• see http//www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/collections/librari
  ans

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• OxLIP (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) is
  a gateway to hundreds of electronic resources
• http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/
• catalogues abstracting indexing services
• reference works full-text resources
• statistical resources official publications
• electronic journals quality web resources
• current awareness services citation indexes
• indexes to theses and conference papers
• OXLIP databases are arranged A-Z by title and
  also
• organised by subject

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http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
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Indexing and abstracting services

• Huge database collections purchased from
• CSA Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• OCLC Firstsearch
• Ovid
• WebSPIRS
• Proquest
• Web of Knowledge
• Find them by searching in the title index in
  Oxlip
• Specialist subject databases see under Subject in
  Oxlip

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• Search Strategies
• Ask a clear search question
• Break the question into search concepts
• Identify a range of search terms
• Consider the relationships between your search
  terms
• Try those terms in appropriate databases/resources
  
• Find more search terms from retrieved records
  while searching
• Keyword searching
• Searches for terms anywhere in the field or
  record
• Useful as a starting place but results can
  be less relevant
• Subject indexes
• Where possible tap into the subject headings
  or thesauri
• provided by the databases

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Or would include everything in both sets and
just in the overlap area, not excludes a term
and near defines how close the terms should be
in the database.
Boolean Logic OR, AND, NOT, NEAR
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• Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
• Find all CSA databases through OXLIP
  www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip under C in title index
  or search on individual databases directly by
  their names as below. They will be listed in
  relevant subject sections of OXLIP.
• Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
• Aquatic Sciences
• ARTbibliographies Modern
• Biological and Medical Sciences
• Biotechnology and Bioengineering Abstracts
• Community of Scholars - Social Science
• Computer Technology
• Design and Applied Arts Index
• Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
• Index Islamicus
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• LISA - Library and Information Science Abstracts
• Materials Research Database with METADEX
• Materials Science
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service
  Abstracts
• PAIS
• PILOTS - Published International Literature On
  Traumatic Stress

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• Useful Features in CSA
• Metasearch function across the databases in a
  broad subject area
• Advanced Search Ideal to construct and execute
  more detailed, powerful searches
• Use Truncation or wildcards to improve keyword
  accuracy eg wom?n, educ (look in the help
  screens)?
• Save, print, email references or export them to
  bibliographic management products such as
  RefWorks
• Search history Use this feature either via the
  results page or via the Search Tools Tab allows
  you to combine searches or to rerun them or turn
  them into alerts.
• Thesaurus Use this feature to search for
  controlled vocabulary terms since it provides a
  standard language or set of terms to describe a
  topic
• Dont forget to select a subject area or a
  specific database prior to conducting a search!

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http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
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• What else?
• Abstract and Indexing Services databases and
  also
• Catalogues (OLIS, COPAC, British Library,
  Worldcat)?
• Oxford University e-Journals
• E-book packages (e.g. Taylor and Francis, Oxford
  Scholarship Online)?
• Current awareness services (ZETOC)?
• Official papers and grey literature (e.g. UKOP)
• Statistical information (under specific subjects
  eg Sociology)?
• Reference sources (eg Blackwell Reference
  Online)?
• Theses (Dissertations Abstracts, Index to
  Theses)?
• Conference papers (Papers First / Proceedings
  First)?
• Web resources and mailing lists (Intute)?

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• Catalogues
• Look in the Library Catalogues section on OxLIP
• OLIS, (Oxford holdings)
• COPAC (UK Academic libraries)
• British Library,
• Worldcat (Huge international collaborative
  project managed by OCLC)
• Remember material not held in Oxford can be
  requested through Inter-Library Loan - ask about
  this in your Library.

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Official papers and grey literature
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Full-text journals and books E-books and
e-journals listed in all subjects section on
OxLIP Some examples Oxford University
E-journals One-stop shop for all of Oxford's
subscription full text journals Blackwell
Reference Online Humanities and Social
Sciences. Almost 300 reference volumes. Blackwell
Reference Online is the largest academic
reference collection available online Taylor
Francis Online eBook Library The collection
includes 200 of the world's leading books mainly
in the Humanities and Education..
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Citation indexes Citation indexes allow you to
track the influence of research forwards and
backwards in time Key examples Web of
Science Includes the Social Science Citation
Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index,
Science Citation Index and Journal Citation
Reports SCOPUS Bibliographic database for
science, medicine and some social sciences. It
covers 15,000 journals from 4,000 publishers
worldwide Google Scholar Google Scholar provides
a simple way to broadly search for scholarly
literature.
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• Current awareness services
• ZETOC listed on OxLIP in Title List
  http//zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
• The British Library's Electronic Table of
  Contents of around 20,000 current journals and
  around 16,000 conference proceedings published
  per year. Covers 1993 to date, and is updated on
  a daily basis.
• It includes an email alerting service, to enable
  you to keep up-to-date with relevant new articles
  and papers.
• Note many databases allow you to
• Save and re-run searches
• Set up alerts on searches (email or RSS
  feeds)Set up citation alerts where citation
  information is
• available SCOPUS, Web of Knowledge/Citation
  Indexes)?

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http//zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
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• Conference proceedings
• Key resources both produced by the British
  Library
• Papers FirstCovers every published congress,
  symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and
  meeting received by The British Library Document
  Supply Centre. Coverage 1993 to present, updated
  twice monthly. Over 6,500,000 records
• Proceedings FirstCovers every published
  congress, symposium, conference, exposition,
  workshop and meeting received by The British
  Library Document Supply Centre. Contains in each
  record a list of the papers presented at each
  conference.
• Coverage 1993 to present, updated twice a
  week. 192,000 records
• Note many general databases include conference
  papers as well as journal articles and it may be
  possible to
• specify you want to find them.

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Theses and dissertationsGuide available in
OxLIP- All subjects Key resources Proquest
Dissertations and Theses (mostly North
American) With more than 2 million entries,
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the single,
central, authoritative resource for information
about doctoral dissertations and master's theses.
Dissertations published from 1980 forward include
350- word abstracts written by the author.
Master's theses published from 1988 forward
include 150-word abstracts. Titles available as
native or image PDF formats include free
twenty-four page previews. Index to Theses (UK
and Northern Ireland)? A comprehensive listing of
theses with abstracts accepted for higher
degrees by universities in Great Britain and
Ireland since 1716. 511,900 theses in
collection last updated 20 November 2007
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Social Science Library Data Search
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• Remote Access to OxLIP
• To use OxLIP from outside Oxford use Athens /
  Single-Sign On username and password and the VPN
  (Virtual Private Network)?
• Oxford is in the process of migrating from Athens
  to the Oxford SSO username look for the
  alternative login from the Athens option.
• Most databases are available through Athens/SSO
  and VPN.
• VPN will allow you access to everything which you
  can see on a library machine for example many
  e-journals are IP-validated and not accessible
  through Athens
• You will still need to use Athens/SSO for a very
  few databases (some Law and Business ones and
  e-book packages) even if you have the VPN or are
  using a university machine.

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Remote access to OxLIP

• For more information see http//www.ouls.ox.ac.uk
  /guides
• Access to Online Resources from Outside the
  Oxford Network Reader's Guide 
• OUCS website http//www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/remo
  te/
• OULS E-resources guidance
• http//www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/remote_acce
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Feedback and further help We hope you have found
this session useful. Please reply to the
feedback email If we can be of any further
assistance please contact us
judy.reading_at_ouls.ox.ac.uk
emma.sullivan_at_ouls.ox.ac.uk Contact your subject
librarian for assistance see
http//www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/collections/librarians F
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