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Judy Reading judy.reading@ouls.ox.ac.uk

WISER : ZETOC and SFX: Journals and current awareness services. Electronic journal access has changed. During this session we will demonstrate the Oxford University e-Journals service (which has replaced TD-Net) and also ZETOC the British Library electronic current awareness service.

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Judy Reading judy.reading@ouls.ox.ac.uk

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  1. WISER: ZETOC and SFX: Journals and current awareness services. Electronic journal access has changed. During this session we will demonstrate the Oxford University e-Journals service (which has replaced TD-Net) and also ZETOC the British Library electronic current awareness service Judy Reading judy.reading@ouls.ox.ac.uk

  2. After this session you should: • Be able to find electronic journal articles using the Oxford University e-Journals service • Be able to use the ZETOC alerting service to receive relevant new journal contents pages and new journal articles in your subject.

  3. Using the Oxford University e-Journals service

  4. How to use Oxford University e-Journals http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az • Oxford University e-Journals uses the SFX system provided by Ex Libris • The SFX technology is used to provide a link to full texts from databases and other sources where you see this • The system also provides an A-Z listing of e-Journals which is very easy to use.

  5. A-Z listing • Choice of succinct “Table” and a “Detail View” • Can choose to search for words which the title “starts with” or “contains” or “exact” title • When you click on the title a menu will open to allow you to specify which issue you require or you can just click on Go to go through to the journal homepage • You may be offered a choice of suppliers in which case check the dates offered before making your selection • You also have the option of checking print holdings • Can browse journals by broad subject

  6. Full-text link from within journal index http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/

  7. ZETOC • ZETOC is the British Library’s electronic tables of contents service • Covers 20,000 journals and 16,000 conference proceedings a year • You can set up email alerts and RSS feeds for particular journals, or for keywords or author names • Available through OxLIP http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip or direct at http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/ • ATHENS password needed for remote access

  8. http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/

  9. Zetoc search

  10. Zetoc alert Set up Athens password at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/

  11. RSS feeds from Zetoc

  12. RSS feeds • RSS Really Simple Syndication • RSS allows you to subscribe to updates from favourite websites and other e-resources • To set up RSS feeds you first need a reader - software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read new articles that have been added to them • It is simple to subscribe to a free web reader – e.g. Google Reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo!

  13. RSS feeds • You will know RSS is available when you see this logo in a website or database: • To set up a feed from a journal to your reader, click on the button • A new page containing XML code will open • Simply copy the URL from this page into your reader • You will now receive the TOC from this journal in your reader whenever a new issue is published

  14. Further help available • Email e-resources queries to eresources@ouls.ox.ac.uk • Help screens on the resources described are very useful • Ask for help from Library staff – we will be pleased to assist - ask at any Library desk. • Or contact your subject librarian – you may like to make an appointment for individual assistance – see: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/collections/librarians • Sign up for another WISER session if you found this one useful: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/information_skills/ • Contact your presenters judy.reading@ouls.ox.ac.uk and katherine.melling@ouls.ox.ac.uk

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