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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
Electronic Resources
We will show you
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How to find subject specific and general databases
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Some strategies for searching databases
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How to find out about particular kinds of material such as
dissertations and conferences
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How to access resources remotely
We hope to inspire you to explore for yourself.
Don’t forget you can get help from your subject librarian
see http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/collections/librarians
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
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
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
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
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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
‘Or’
Boolean Logic: OR, AND,
NOT, NEAR
Television
Children
would include
everything in both
sets
‘and’ just in the overlap
area,
‘not’ excludes a term
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‘near’ defines how
close the terms
should be in the
database.
Obesity
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.
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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
• TOXLINE Social Sciences
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Useful Features in CSA
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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
Don’t forget to select a subject area or a specific database
prior to conducting a search!
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip
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)
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Remember material not held in Oxford can be requested
through Inter-Library Loan - ask about this in your Library.
Official papers and grey literature
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..
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.
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)
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/
Conference proceedings
Key resources – both produced by the British Library:
 Papers First:
Covers 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 First:
Covers 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.
Theses and dissertations
Guide 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
Social Science Library Data Search
Remote Access to OxLIP
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To use OxLIP from outside Oxford use Athens / SingleSign 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 IPvalidated 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.
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/remote/
• OULS E-resources guidance
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/remote_access
Feedback and further help
We hope you have found this session useful.
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If we can be of any further assistance please contact us:
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Contact your subject librarian for assistance
see http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/collections/librarians
Further training sessions may be of interest to you – for
details go to:
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/training
Next week: WISER sessions on General and
reference resources for science and
Looking things up: reference sources online