Creating Reading Lists: tips and tools

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Creating Reading Lists tips and tools

• Canapés with Clio 16th April 2008
• Judy Reading _at_ouls.ox.ac.uk

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Good practice

• Make sure what you recommend is available
• Make sure the references are correct
• Consider letting the students look for themselves
  sometimes
• Let the Library know in good time

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Interactive reading lists

• Links to locations in Oxford for books and
  journal articles
• Using web 2.0 tools to encourage discussion
  around reading lists

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Some Oxford examples

• History faculty lists
• HFL Library lists
• Education lists
• Film studies
• The key to linking is your url uniform resource
  location

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European cinema list in Weblearn
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Obtain your url from OLIS

• Search the OLIS web version http//www.lib.ox.ac.u
  k/olis/ for the specific resource you want to
  link to.
• Mark the record (or records) you want.
• select Marked records
• Email the records to yourself using either HTML
  email or Reading list format.

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Mark the
record (or records) you want
and select Marked records
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Choose from the marked records
display
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Email the marked records to yourself in either
the HTML summary or Reading list formats
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HTML Summary email
PLEASE NOTE This is an automated email from the
OLIS web OPAC server at Oxford University
(http//library.ox.ac.uk). Address enquiries
about the OLIS web OPAC system (not about
inter-library loans or individual catalogue
records) to geoweb.enquiries_at_sers.ox.ac.uk.
Falk, Joyce Duncan., Searching America History
and life (AHL) and Historical abstracts (HA) on
DIALOG / Joyce Duncan Falk and Susan K. Kinnell
(Santa Barbara, Calif Oxford ABC-CLIO, c1987)
Bann, Stephen., The clothing of Clio a study
of the representation of history in
nineteenth-century Britain and France / Stephen
Bann. (Cambridge Cambridge University Press,
1984.) The OLIS web OPAC, providing a detailed
view of the OLIS catalogue and patron functions
such as reserving books, can be found at
http//library.ox.ac.uk/.
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Reading list format
You selected the "reading list" format, which
emails you the records as a piece of HTML code
suitable for inclusion on your own web page (for
example as a reading list). For each item the
author, title, and publication information is
displayed, as well as a link to check for the
item on OLIS (for example to see the current loan
statuses). Below are HTML fragments for the
records formatted as a list. Simply cut and paste
to the source of the web page you are writing.
The HTML is ready for use with CSS (style sheets)
if you wish. A sample set of styles is at the
bottom of this email. lt!-- HTML LIST --gt ltul
class"checkOLISsection"gt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10014500"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtFalk,
Joyce Duncan.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtSearchi
ng America History and life (AHL) and
Historical abstracts (HA) on DIALOG / Joyce
Duncan Falk and Susan K. Kinnelllt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Santa Barbara, Calif Oxford
ABC-CLIO, c1987)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10014500--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10092137"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtBann,
Stephen.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtThe
clothing of Clio a study of the representation
of history in nineteenth-century Britain and
France / Stephen Bann.lt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Cambridge Cambridge
University Press, 1984.)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10092137--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt lt/ulgt ltp class"checkOLISinf
ull"gtThe OLIS web OPAC, providing a detailed view
of the OLIS catalogue and patron functions such
as reserving books, can be found at lta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/"gthttp//library.ox.
ac.uk/lt/agt.lt/pgt lt!-- END OF HTML LIST --gt lt!--
SAMPLE CSS --gt ltstyle type"text/css"gt .title
font-styleitalic .published
font-sizesmaller p.checkOLISinfull
font-sizesmaller color\666
text-aligncenter .checkOLISsection p
margin-bottom0.5em .checkOLISsection a
text-decorationnone lt/stylegt lt!-- END OF
SAMPLE CSS--gt
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Reading list format
For hyperlinked references copy the chunk of text
between lt!HTML LIST -- gt and lt! END OF HTML
LIST -- gt
You selected the "reading list" format, which
emails you the records as a piece of HTML code
suitable for inclusion on your own web page (for
example as a reading list). For each item the
author, title, and publication information is
displayed, as well as a link to check for the
item on OLIS (for example to see the current loan
statuses). Below are HTML fragments for the
records formatted as a list. Simply cut and paste
to the source of the web page you are writing.
The HTML is ready for use with CSS (style sheets)
if you wish. A sample set of styles is at the
bottom of this email. lt!-- HTML LIST --gt ltul
class"checkOLISsection"gt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10014500"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtFalk,
Joyce Duncan.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtSearchi
ng America History and life (AHL) and
Historical abstracts (HA) on DIALOG / Joyce
Duncan Falk and Susan K. Kinnelllt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Santa Barbara, Calif Oxford
ABC-CLIO, c1987)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10014500--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10092137"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtBann,
Stephen.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtThe
clothing of Clio a study of the representation
of history in nineteenth-century Britain and
France / Stephen Bann.lt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Cambridge Cambridge
University Press, 1984.)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10092137--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt lt/ulgt ltp class"checkOLISinf
ull"gtThe OLIS web OPAC, providing a detailed view
of the OLIS catalogue and patron functions such
as reserving books, can be found at lta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/"gthttp//library.ox.
ac.uk/lt/agt.lt/pgt lt!-- END OF HTML LIST --gt lt!--
SAMPLE CSS --gt ltstyle type"text/css"gt .title
font-styleitalic .published
font-sizesmaller p.checkOLISinfull
font-sizesmaller color\666
text-aligncenter .checkOLISsection p
margin-bottom0.5em .checkOLISsection a
text-decorationnone lt/stylegt lt!-- END OF
SAMPLE CSS--gt
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Reading list format
You selected the "reading list" format, which
emails you the records as a piece of HTML code
suitable for inclusion on your own web page (for
example as a reading list). For each item the
author, title, and publication information is
displayed, as well as a link to check for the
item on OLIS (for example to see the current loan
statuses). Below are HTML fragments for the
records formatted as a list. Simply cut and paste
to the source of the web page you are writing.
The HTML is ready for use with CSS (style sheets)
if you wish. A sample set of styles is at the
bottom of this email. lt!-- HTML LIST --gt ltul
class"checkOLISsection"gt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10014500"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtFalk,
Joyce Duncan.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtSearchi
ng America History and life (AHL) and
Historical abstracts (HA) on DIALOG / Joyce
Duncan Falk and Susan K. Kinnelllt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Santa Barbara, Calif Oxford
ABC-CLIO, c1987)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10014500--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt ltligtltpgtlta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?DocID10092137"
target"checkOLIS"gt ltspan class"author"gtBann,
Stephen.lt/spangt, ltspan class"title"gtThe
clothing of Clio a study of the representation
of history in nineteenth-century Britain and
France / Stephen Bann.lt/spangt ltspan
class"published"gt(Cambridge Cambridge
University Press, 1984.)lt/spangt lt/agtlt!-- LCN is
10092137--gt lt/pgtlt/ligt lt/ulgt ltp class"checkOLISinf
ull"gtThe OLIS web OPAC, providing a detailed view
of the OLIS catalogue and patron functions such
as reserving books, can be found at lta
href"http//library.ox.ac.uk/"gthttp//library.ox.
ac.uk/lt/agt.lt/pgt lt!-- END OF HTML LIST --gt lt!--
SAMPLE CSS --gt ltstyle type"text/css"gt .title
font-styleitalic .published
font-sizesmaller p.checkOLISinfull
font-sizesmaller color\666
text-aligncenter .checkOLISsection p
margin-bottom0.5em .checkOLISsection a
text-decorationnone lt/stylegt lt!-- END OF
SAMPLE CSS--gt
For a permanent url to a resource on OLIS just
copy the DOCID eg http//library.ox.ac.uk/find?Doc
ID10092137
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Live links can be embedded in reading lists in

• Word documents loaded on the web
• Web pages
• Weblearn

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You can choose

• To insert a hyperlink in a bit of text in your
  list eg Locate
• each reference could be hyperlinked eg
• Falk, Joyce Duncan., Searching America
  History and life (AHL) and Historical abstracts
  (HA) on DIALOG / Joyce Duncan Falk and Susan K.
  Kinnell (Santa Barbara, Calif Oxford
  ABC-CLIO, c1987)
• The OLIS web OPAC, providing a detailed view
  of the OLIS catalogue and patron functions such
  as reserving books, can be found at
  http//library.ox.ac.uk/.

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You can link to anything with a web address but
make sure it is a permanent one

• Journal articles
• Journal issues and titles
• Full-text resources
• Web resources
• Pictures
• Archives

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Historical resources

• JSTOR and many other journal providers offer
  stable urls (also known as durable, persistent
  etc). DOI (Digital Object Identifiers) are
  durable urls.
• Historical abstracts includes a permanent url if
  you email references to yourself
• EEBO offers a durable url from the document record

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Alternatives

• Use EasyWriter to create a reading list in
  Weblearn
• Refworks has a share references function Refworks
• EndnoteWeb offers something similar

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Or Web 2.0 tools like

• Worldcat from OCLC which offers a lists function
• LibraryThing allows people to create personal
  libraries
• Web 2.0 services are about collaboration,
  user-generated content and communication.

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In conclusion

• I hope this has been useful. Do get in touch if
  I can help in any way.
• We are offering a WISER session on Reading lists
  on the 28th May. See me for further details on
  my stall
• Judy Reading judy.reading_at_ouls.ox.ac.uk
• www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/training