Transcript WISER Social Sciences: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) Angela Carritt User Education Coordinator.

WISER Social Sciences:
SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)
Angela Carritt
User Education Coordinator
What is SOLO? What does it cover?
SOLO
OLIS: The Library Catalogue
•Books / E-books
•Journals
•Official & Government Papers
•Pamphlets
•Reports
•Papers….
Includes:
includes
OU e-Journals
•A-Z of online journals
Oxlip+
•-A-Z of databases
•Subject list of databases
•Options to Cross Search and
manipulate databases
includes
OU e-Journals
•A-Z of online journals
OU e-Journals
•A-Z of online journals
ORA (Oxford Research Archive)
•Repository of research papers
written by Ox Uni members
SOLO
•Books / E-books
•Journals / E-journals
•Official & Government Papers
•Pamphlets
•Reports
•Papers….
• Oxlip+ A-Z of databases
•ORA research papers written
by Ox Uni members
What’s where?
• OLIS for books/e-books, journals etc + ejournals (http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/)
• Oxlip+ for databases + e-journals
(http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• OU e-Journals just for e-journals!
(http://ejournals.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• ORA for research papers by University
members (http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• SOLO: All of the above but less functionality
(http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
SOLO homepage
OLIS and other collections
Searches for books, journals,
e-books, e-journals, papers etc
plus papers in the Oxford
Research Archive
Articles & Databases sampler
Runs a basic “Google style” search
over a small pre-selected set of
online resources. Of limited use to
researchers.
Searching SOLO:
OLIS & Other Collections
What can I search for?
What can I search for? / What should I put in the box?
•Titles (of books, journals, publications…). Note search for
journal titles NOT article titles
•Authors
•Subject keywords
Simple search by title / author
To search for a specific title enter the most significant words
from the title / author. SOLO will find items including all the
words you have entered
More information & “getting” the book
For more info click on the title
To find out where the book is or to order/reserve it click
Getting it!
To request a
copy from the
stacks
Libraries which hold the item
SFX: to check for online version
(for journals)
Stack requests
University card barcode number
If you don’t know your password ask at your
library
Narrowing down…
Limit to a particular
library or to online only
If you’re looking for a common
title narrow down your search
using the drop down boxes
Only look for words in the title,
author, subject etc
Only return items which include
the exact phrase you entered.
Limit your search to books,
journals, audio-visual…
Connecting to online resources
To connect to full text
Connecting to online resources
Most journals are available from more than one database
or supplier. Choose which one to use by looking at the
date coverage and then click “Go”. Filling in the year, vol,
issue boxes is optional!
Date coverage for Chadwyck
Date coverage for HeinOnline
Date coverage for JSTOR
Date coverage for Project Muse (No
end date = ongoing)
Date coverage for Swetswise (No end date = ongoing)
More searches: look out for different versions!
Look out for different “versions”. Different versions include different/newer
editions and versions in different formats (e.g. online). These “versions” are
hidden. To see them click
Re-sorting results
By default results are sorted by
relevance. To see the most
recent items first choose “Datenewest”.
Refining your search by topic, author, date…
Narrow down your results by
choosing a topic, library,
creation date or author.
Once you have chosen one
topic you will be able to narrow
your results further
Refining your results: cancelling refinements
Cancel refinements
Finding more results
When you have found an item
which is good for your research
look at the “subjects” listed. To
see other items sharing the
same subject click on the link
You will also find suggestions to
find similar items at the bottom
right corner of every search
screen
Searching for e-resources
You can search SOLO for
eresources by title. Only
suitable if you already
know the name of the
eresource
SOLO: Further Functions
Sign in to SOLO to add items to
an e-Shelf, set alerts, access
subscription resources, tag and
review items
Adding items to your e-shelf
Add to your eshelf
Using your e-shelf
Email / Print etc
Send to Endnote on the web
Organise items into folders
Setting up e-mail alerts and RSS feeds
Receive updates about new items
which meet your search criteria by
email
Receive updates about new items
which meet your search criteria in
your RSS feed reader
Tagging
Add your own tags (topics) to
this item
Tagging
Enter tags
Choose from your existing tags
Searching with tags
SOLO: Articles & Database sampler
Sampler searching… Health warning
Pros
• Searches several online
resources simultaneously
• Returns one list of results
• Easy to use
Cons / Health Warning
• Only searches about 30% of
online resources ( may not
included key databases for
your subject)
• Slow
• Little control over your
search terms
For serious research
• Find out which are the best online resources for your
research (Oxlip+ / Librarians)
• Connect to each online resource separately and search
using its own interface
Searching the Articles & Databases sampler
This search won’t work
unless you select a
subject collection
Articles and databases sampler: Results
Results look similar to
searching OLIS & other
collections but here we are
looking at articles and other
resources from online
resources such as the Social
Science Citation Index
OLIS: The Oxford Libraries Information
Systems
•www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis
•Guides @ www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/documentation
SOLO v OLIS
SOLO
• Searches more
(OLIS + ORA + Online
resources by title)
• E-shelf
• Alerts / RSS
• Facets make it easy to
narrow down your search
• Includes links to Tables of
Contents, Book jackets etc
OLIS
• Offers “patron functions”
(stack requests, renew /
reserve books)
• Browse options for titles,
authors, subject heading etc
• More search options –
search a wider range of
fields
• More precise searching