WISER Humanities: OxLIP Electronic Resources

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WISER HumanitiesOxLIP Electronic Resources

• Judy Reading and
• Kerry Webb
• Oxford University Library Services

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http//oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk
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OxLIP Oxford Libraries Information Platform

• Provides access to
• peer-reviewed and subscription based
• research resources
• bibliographic tools, e.g. LION or Arts and
  Humanities Citation Index, available to help you
  search for articles in your research area
• Online reference works and much more.
• Offers
• cross-search across selected databases
• saved searches and email alerts
• http//www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

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In this session

• An introduction to OxLIP
• An overview of available electronic resources

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OxLIP (Oxford University e-Resources)

• Linked from SOLO or direct at www.oxlip-plus.ox.ac
  .uk
• Portal to our electronic resources
• Allows resources (ie databases etc) to be
  searched for by title or subject
• Allows cross-searching of selected databases for
  articles or other individual resources
• Enables easy remote access to most resources by
  signing-in with Oxford SSO

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Use the default Find Database to search for a
specific resource (eg AHCI) by title or A-Z
search.
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Click on the name of the resource to go through
to the native interface
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Find Database by Subject lets you browse through
resources selected by subject librarians. Click
on GO to see the titles under each sub-category
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You can see what type of resource eg Full text or
Abstracts/indexes
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Legend

• More information is available on each database
  including search hints
• If you add a resource to your clipboard you can
  keep sets of favourites and create sets to
  cross-search
• This icon means you can search the
  resource from within OxLIP click on the icon to
  do so. It also means the resource is
  cross-searchable - click on CrossSearch to search
  several databases at once.

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You can Log In using your Oxford Single Sign-On
to save information. Use this option for
off-campus access to e-resources
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Break for hands-on
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OxLIP (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) is
a gateway to hundreds of electronic
resources http//oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk catalog
ues 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
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Full text and primary resources a few examples

• Bible in English 21 versions of the Bible
• BibleWorks over 65 versions of the Bible,
  including the Vulgate, KJV, NRSV, Geneva etc.
• Past Masters English full-text of important
  authors, includes Aquinas, Augustine, Berkley,
  Burnley, Calvin, Coleridge, Descartes, Hegel,
  Hume, Luther, Nietzche etc. etc.
• British History Online core printed primary and
  secondary sources for medieval and modern history
• LION Literature Online provides access to an
  extensive range of English literature covering
  poetry, prose and plays. Also has additional
  links and information i.e. bibliographies and
  links to web sites etc.

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Cambridge Companions Online

• Full text copies of all the titles in the
  Cambridge Companions series
• Covers literature, philosophy, religion, classics
  and cultural studies
• Fully searchable by book title and by chapter
  topic
• Downloadable pdf versions of each individual
  chapter for easy referencing
• Individual titles can be found via SOLO, or
• you can search the entire series via OxLIP

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Search by keyword in the simple search screen
Browse by chapter title or by book title for the
article/essay you require
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Secondary sources

• Journal and citation indexes, e.g. Historical
  Abstracts, Arts Humanities Citation Index, MLA
  Bibliography
• Criticism and Reference works e.g. LION
  Criticism, Oxford Bible Commentary, Blackwells
  Reference Online, Oxford Art Online

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What is a journal index?

• A database which contains information about
  individual articles in journals, and often
  indexes book chapters from edited collections as
  well as book reviews in journals
• Indexes are fully searchable by author, title,
  journal title and, more importantly, by subject
  area
• Indexes are valuable research tools when combined
  with links to full-text if available through OU
  e-journals
• References may include abstracts
• Some indexes allow you to export citations to
  bibliographic software
• You can email, print or download your search
  results
• They are not repositories for full text journal
  articles, but can provide links to the articles
  indexed

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Some examples of journal indexes

• British Humanities Index
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index
• Philosophers Index
• Historical Abstracts
• ATLA Religion
• MLA Bibliography

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MLA Bibliography

• Available via OxLIP listed within the
  English and Modern Languages subject sub-sets
• Provides searchable indexed records from over
  4,000 journals covering literature, linguistics,
  language and folklore
• Coverage from 1926 to the present
• Links directly into the OLIS catalogue and Oxford
  eJournals (where applicable)
• It is not a database of full text articles

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For better results go straight to the Advanced
Search option
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MLA Advanced Search Screen
Remember to enter the authors you are researching
as Keyword searches
Limit your results to Oxford holdings by ticking
this box
Can limit results by date of publication,
document type, language etc.
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MLA Search Results screen
The title of the article provides a link to
further details
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Using the full record of an indexed article
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What else?

• 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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More features of OxLIP

• CrossSearch enables you to search across several
  databases at the same time
• My Research enables you to create sets of
  favourite resources, save references, save
  searches and set up alerts.

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CrossSearch steps

• Choose
• CrossSearch
• Search type Subject
• Subject eg English
• Sub-category eg Bibliographic databases
• Select the databases available for
  cross-searching by clicking in box
• Enter your keywords in search box
• Click on Go

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Cross-searching can be slow OxLIP displays
progress and you can choose to view results
before the search is finished.
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Click on the title to see more detail of the
reference
Here you can see which database the reference was
found in
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FT means Full-text available
Use this link to check Oxford print and e-holdings
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Use combine more to get more records which
match your search terms.
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View results by databases lets you see how many
results came from each database and see results
separately
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Results by databases
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Focus your search by limiting by topics, dates,
authors, journal titles, databases or subject
headings
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My Research

• Save references
• Save searches and set up alerts
• Push to Refworks or Endnote or email results to
  yourself
• Create sets of favourite resources

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Click on the basket to select a reference
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These records have been selected
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Click on My Research e-Shelf to see your
selected references
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My Research
Click on Send to email the records to yourself
Click on Selected
Or Save to push to Refworks or Endnote the
browser should open for Refworks
Select the references you want
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You can Log In using your Oxford Single Sign-On
to save information after you close the browser.
Use this option for off-campus access to
e-resources
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My Research My databases is your favourite
databases.
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Go to Find Database and search by title or
subject to get a Database List
Put databases in the Clipboard in any of the Find
database lists by choosing
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My Research My databases
Choose My Research My Databases
Click here to create a new set
then use the icon to fill it with databases
from your clipboard
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Having created sets in My Databases you will be
able to select them through CrossSearch
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To save searches and set up search alerts look at
Previous searches in CrossSearch and click on the
icon
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