Welcome to Library Induction for

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Welcome to Library Induction for History
Isabel D. Holowaty, History Librarian (HFL /
Bodleian
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Why am I here?
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You are here

• To learn to use OLIS

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You are here

• To learn to use OLIS
• To learn how to find and request books and
  journals for your essays

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You are here

• To learn to use OLIS
• To learn how to find and request books and
  journals for your essays
• So you can make the most of general electronic
  resources

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Library Locations
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History Faculty Library
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Central Bodleian site
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Bodleian (Old Library)
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The Upper Reading Room (URR) Class K

• Chronology guides to dissertations and theses
• General History periodicals periodicals on
  particular regions or periods
• Calendars of State Papers
• Society publications periodicals
• Bibliographies national histories
• Collections of European documents
• Foreign language dictionaries

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Non-Book Formats Special Collections

• Manuscripts
• Online Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
  
  http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wm
  ss/online/online.htm
• John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera
• http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/johnson/
• Other Special and Named Collections
• http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/rarebooks/
  
• Duke Humphreys RR in Old Library
• Modern Papers RR (Room 132) in New Library

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Newspapers

• The Thomason Tracts
• Early English Newspapers
• The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
  
• Lexis Nexis Professional

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Radcliffe Camera
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University card
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Open Shelf Slip
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For birthday on 25th December 1960 password
25dec1960
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Photocopy Card
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Electronic resourcesfor historians

• See OxLIP for databases
• See TDNet for e-journals

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Thank you for your time and we look forward to
seeing you in the libraries.
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Workout session
?

• Now its your turn