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WISER Science: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)

WISER Science: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online). Juliet Ralph and Isabel McMann Radcliffe Science Library. SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online).

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WISER Science: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)

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  1. WISER Science:SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) Juliet Ralph and Isabel McMann Radcliffe Science Library

  2. SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) SOLO is a new search tool for our collections. It encompasses: OLIS catalogue, ORA (Oxford Research Archive), OU E-Journals and OxLIP+ (interface to electronic databases). This session will show you how to find books and journals and search across collections.

  3. Key resources and services • SOLO: Search Oxford Libraries Online http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk • OLIS Oxford University’s union catalogue • http://library.ox.ac.uk • Other electronic resources, including access to databases http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk • E-journals catalogue http://ejournals.ouls.ox.ac.uk

  4. SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk • Offers a simple powerful search across OLIS (Oxford’s union catalogue) and ORA (Oxford Research Archive) with the potential for the inclusion of more special collections in the future • Includes e-books, e-journals and databases alongside print material in results • The Articles and databases sampler allows you to get a quick list of useful articles for your subject

  5. http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk

  6. http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk Context-specific help available The menu offers New search (can also use Clear search) and direct links to OLIS, OULS webpage, etc

  7. Sign in to SOLO to add items to an e-Shelf, set alerts, access subscription resources, tag and review items

  8. The default search tab is OLIS & other collections. Use this to find out if we have a book or journal, and which library it’s in. The default search will combine any words entered with AND ie all words need to be in the record for it to be retrieved

  9. To search for a specific book try the first few (or significant) words in the title and the author’s surname.

  10. “Get It” takes you through to OLIS holdings as well as showing you a link “Additional services” which include full-text if available eg for e-journals. • The GetIT option Click on title to see library holdings

  11. Location shows which libraries have it. (NB Stack or Bookstack means you need to request) Call Number indicates where it’s shelved. Status tells you if it’s Available

  12. Reservations (Holds) and Stack Requests have to be placed in OLIS not SOLO “Patron Functions” (such as renewing books) is only available in OLIS and you will need to login using your University card number and OLIS password not Oxford SSO

  13. More about search options…

  14. You can restrict your search to Books, Articles, Journals, Images or Audio-visual material Change to “with my exact phrase” to combine words in your results eg “global warming” not global and warming You can choose to look for words in the title, as a author/creator, a subject or in user generated tags

  15. You can choose to look for your search term in a specific library, in OULS or limit to Online resources. Online resources are included in the results for specific libraries. IMPORTANT: you need to clear the search to remove these limits.

  16. Choose Advanced search to combine searches and for more options

  17. SOLO offers spell-check

  18. Results display You can choose to sort your results by relevance, date or popularity.

  19. Results display An icon tells you at a glance what kind of record you have eg Book, Journal, Database

  20. Results display Click on View details to see the full record for a reference from the results list

  21. Results display The Details display gives you options such as (if available),Table of contents, Abstracts and “Snippets”

  22. Results display Results are grouped in SOLO so thatdifferent editions are pulled together. It is worth clicking through to see all versions.

  23. Results display Limit your results by topic, library, date, author or resource type

  24. Results display Scroll to the bottom of the results page to see what to do if your search hasn’t worked and suggestions for further searches

  25. Results display If you choose to Add to e-Shelf you can email the reference, save it or push it to a reference management system such as RefWorks. Sign in to save your selections

  26. Click on Sign in and then choose University of Oxford and when prompted enter your University of Oxford Single Sign-On (SSO) user name and password. For more information on SSO see: www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/sers/resources/ssoathens Click on Guest e-Shelf or e-Shelf [if logged in] to see your selections.

  27. View of e-Shelf Guest

  28. If you login to SOLO you will see this option at the top of your results list.

  29. You will need to name your query and decide whether you want to set up an alert as well as save the search.

  30. Having saved a query it will be in your e-Shelf

  31. SOLO includes the titles and descriptions of databases like Web of Science

  32. Searching for e-books SOLO includes records for e-books. Search by title or try limiting a subject search to online resources.

  33. Searching for theses To find Oxford theses in print try including “thesis” and the Department name in your search To find Oxford theses in print try including “thesis” and the Department name in your search

  34. Break and hands-on exercises

  35. Articles and databases sampler SOLO also offers the option to search across selected databases using this tab: Articles and databases sampler

  36. Articles and databases sampler This link allows you to see which databases have been selected by subject librarians for the sampler for their subject.

  37. Articles and databases sampler Up to 5 databases per set

  38. Sampler searching • Can be used to quickly retrieve articles from a range of databases • Over 200 of our 800 databases are cross-searchable (ie nearly 600 are not and cannot be included in these sets). • To see the full list of databases go to OxLIP+. • Key databases for particular subjects may be excluded for technical reasons. • Cross-searching is slow because it is going out to native interfaces. • E-journal packages eg JSTOR or Science Direct are not included in sets because they are too slow to search (because they are so big).

  39. Articles and databases sampler Don’t forget to select a subject !

  40. Articles and databases sampler You can choose to see the results before the search is complete

  41. Articles and Databases Sampler: Results Results look similar to searching OLIS & other collections but here we are looking at articles and other resources indexed in databases such as the Science Citation Index

  42. OLIS: Oxford LibrariesInformation System • Use to renew your books or make a stack request or reservation • Go direct or link through from SOLO • Offers access to catalogue indexes, cross-references and full notes http://library.ox.ac.uk/ Guides can be downloaded from:www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/documentation

  43. OLIS: Library catalogue • OLIS provides an index to Oxford University Library collections. • Not all College libraries use OLIS and College collections are not open to all University members. Ask for reference access if they have the only copy. • Some collections are not included in OLIS eg Chinese language materials, manuscripts and older material not yet catalogued.

  44. OLIS catalogue http://library.ox.ac.uk/

  45. Browse Searching • A browse search displays an alphabetical list of the headings in the selected index (title, author, subject, publisher, series etc.) that are closest to the word(s)/characters you enter. • The closest match will appear in bold. • OLIS allows keyword and browse searching • SOLO only allows keyword searching

  46. OLIS v SOLO • OLIS is the union catalogue comprising books and other items in OLIS library collections SOLO is a resource discovery tool. You can search across OLIS and ORA • Use SOLO for personalised search alerts, downloading records into bibliographic management packages, tagging etc

  47. Other library catalogues • COPAC (UK research libraries) • British Library Catalogue • WorldCat You can visit other libraries with relevant collections or ask for an inter-library loan

  48. e-Journals at Oxford • Full text access to Oxford’s subscriptions • Check the list to see which titles and years we have access to • Download, email or print articles • Use Oxford SSO off-campus • Link through to possible full-text in databases when you see this logo

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