Transcript Electronic Resources for Mathematics and Statistics June 2009 07/11/2015 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Electronic Resources for
Mathematics and Statistics
June 2009
07/11/2015
Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd,
Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800
Session overview
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Electronic resources at Oxford
 How to find them
 Key databases
 Chance to practise
Visit the RSL subject web pages at RSL:
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/mathematics
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/statistics
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Search Oxford Libraries Online
Accessing Oxford’s collections:
SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online
http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford’s Libraries
ORA – Oxford Research Archive
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Electronic resources at Oxford
An extensive collection of electronic databases, e-journals,
e-books, standards online, conference proceedings …
Oxlip+ - Oxford University e-resources
http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/
MetaLib search engine provides access to all Oxford’s resources
Enables searching by Title or browsing by Subject
Provides a CrossSearch option to search multiple sources
 My Resources space.
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Accessing Oxlip+
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Subject specific database
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Multidisciplinary databases
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General and reference: dictionaries, encyclopedias,
handbooks …
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E-books
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Links to Internet Gateways
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Conference Proceedings
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Dissertations
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Standards
Direct access on the network.
For remote access use your SSO login.
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Finding e-journals
Oxford University e-journals
http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az
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Includes extensive collection of e-journals
Covers all subjects
Searchable by title, subject, citation…
Includes back files and archives of journals
Link from databases using
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Databases for Statistics
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Subject specific
Published research
 MathSciNet
International coverage
 INSPEC
Subject specific material  CSA Technology
Research
Includes thousands of
scientific journals
Multi disciplinary
Peer reviewed
publications
 SCOPUS
Provide abstracts
 Web of Knowledge
An electronic equivalent
of abstracts and indexes
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Subject Specific Databases
MathSciNet
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Mathematical Reviews database
Coverage since 1940
Includes topical reviews, journal articles,
conference proceedings, books, etc.
Published by the American Mathematical
Society (AMS)
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Subject specific databases
INSPEC
For Physics, Engineering, Computing , Applied Maths …
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Comprehensive database covering physics,
computing, electrical and electronic engineering
Indexes approx 4200 journals, 1000 conferences,
books, reports, dissertations
Coverage from 1969 – to date/Updated weekly
Published by the IET
Available from Engineering Village
Access this database from Oxlip+
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Multidisciplinary databases
Web of Science with Conference Proceedings
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Science Citation Index Expanded, 1970Journal Citation Reports (journal ranking)
Databases cover about 4000 journals and are
updated weekly
Produced by ISI/Thomson
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Search techniques
Boolean operators:
Search tips:
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AND to narrow down a
search
OR to broaden a search
(synonyms)
NOT to exclude some
terms
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Use wildcard and
truncation (?, *)
 Include alternative
terms
 Include different
spelling
 Use controlled
vocabulary
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More electronic resources
E-books on Oxlip+:
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Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
Handbook of mathematical functions
Handbook of Statistics
Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Oxford Scholarship Online
More electronic books can be found on SOLO.
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Internet gateways for mathematics
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ArXiv.org provides open access to 526,400 e-prints in
Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative
Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics
http://xxx.soton.ac.uk/
Intute– Mathematics/Statistics and probability
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/
Office of National Statistics (UK statistics online)
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Eurostats – European Commission statistics
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/
National Centre for Bioinformatics Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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Societies and professional organisations
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AMS – American Mathematical Society
http://www.ams.org/
London Mathematical Society
http://www.lms.ac.uk/
RSS – Royal Statistical Society
http://www.rss.org.uk/
EMIS – European Mathematical Information
Service http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/
Intute– Mathematics/Statistics and probability
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/
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Reference management
To keep and organise your references use
RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Web, BibTex
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources
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Export your search results into reference management
software
Save the results using an appropriate file format
E-mail or Print results and than enter into the software
Keep up-to-date by setting up database alerts
Update your search regularly
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The Copyright Law
Photocopying, printing and downloading
from books and journals:
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one book chapter
 one journal article
 Up to 5%
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Avoiding plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit
whenever you use:
 another person’s idea, opinion, or theory;
 any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of
information—that are not common knowledge;
 quotations of another person’s actual spoken or
written words; or
 a paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written
words.
(These guidelines were taken from the Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities and
Conduct, Indiana University website)
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Contacts
Ljilja Ristic MSc Chem PGDipLIS MCLIP
Physical Sciences Librarian
Subject Consultant
The Radcliffe Science Library
Tel.(01865) 272816
[email protected]
Or consult staff in the Radcliffe Science Library.
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