WISER:

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WISER Workshops in Information Skills and
Electronic Resources
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• What is WISER about?
• WISER is an Oxford University Library Services
  (OULS) initiative which aims to enable members of
  Oxford University to make the most effective use
  of electronic and other library resources to
  support their information, research, teaching and
  learning needs.
• http//www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/wiser

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• Where are they and how do I book?
• All WISER sessions are held from 12.30-1.30. The
  workshops are free although booking is essential
  for the WISER General, Humanities and Science
  workshops and should be done via the OUCS courses
  website http//www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/courses/.
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• WISER Social Science will take place at the
  Social Science Library IT Room, Manor Road this
  term and booking is not required.

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WISER Humanities
WISER Resources for Research in German and
Germanic Languages. Thursday, 6 March (8)This
session will provide an overview of key resources
including bibliographic databases and
e-journals.Johanneke Sytsema
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WISER General
WISER Theses and dissertations. Friday, 7 Mar
(8) This session offers guidance on finding
theses, both those held in Oxford University
Libraries and those from other institutions in
the UK and abroad. It will demonstrate how to
exploit the main sources of information for
theses and dissertations OLIS Index to Theses
(UK and Ireland) Dissertation Abstracts
International (America).Mat Andrews and Rob
Wilkes
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WISER Science
WISER  Resources for Geography and Environment. 
Wednesday, 5 March (8)This session gives an
overview of all major electronic resources
available for researching this interdisciplinary
subject.  There will be a discussion and
comparison of available platforms, database
content, structure and indexing locating full
text setting up alerts and exporting to
RefWorksSue Bird
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WISERSocial sciences
WISER E-books.  Monday 3 March 2008 (8)An
overview of the ebook packages that are currently
available and how to access them. This session is
aimed at students, researchers and academics
considering using e-books to resource their
courses. There will be time for hands-on
practice.Kate Williams and Hilla Wait