with Kerry Weller, Reader Services Librarian, English Faculty Library kerry.weller@efl.ox.ac.uk

1. WISER Humanities: Finding journal articles with Kerry Weller, Reader Services Librarian, English Faculty Library kerry.weller@efl.ox.ac.uk

2. Why use journals? • a valuable research resource • book publication is a long process • published in parts which come out several times a year • contain articles on specific topics, including the most recent research in your subject area

3. Aims of the Session • To introduce you to the main electronic journal resources available to you for the Humanities • To demonstrate how to navigate through some of these • To answer any questions you may have and give you the opportunity to try these resources for yourself

4. TD Net • Why use TDNet? • Lists in one place every electronic journal subscribed to by the University • Lists valuable information about coverage • Allows you to choose your preferred format / supplier when available • Provides access to journals even when the library is closed

5. Follow the link to OxLIP and select the ‘Electronic Journals and E-books’ option Type in the name of your journal in the search box TD Net – the quick link option

6. Browsing for journal titles Select the first letter of the journal title Browse the alphabetical list by selecting the appropriate letter and grouping from the ‘Jump to page’ pop up box

7. Journal specific information Indicates that we have both text and electronic holdings of this journal Shows list of online publishers Shows online coverage

8. Journal indexes for the Humanities • 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 TDNet • 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

9. Index for English: MLA Bibliography • Provides searchable indexed records from over 4,000 journals covering literature, linguistics, language and folklore • Coverage from 1963 to the present • Links directly into the OLIS catalogue • A guide is available from the English Faculty Library website www.efl.ox.ac.uk • Other useful indexes for English • Web of Knowledge: Arts & Humanities Index • Linguistics Abstracts Online

10. Index for Theology: ATLA Religion • Includes index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). • Focuses on Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues • Contains over 380,000 article citations from 1,400 journals, over 200,000 essay citations from 14,000 multi-author works, and over 375,000 book review citations • Has direct links to over 70 journals in full text • Spans over 50 years with selected records going back to 1818. • Other useful indexes for Theology • Philosophers Index • International Medieval Bibliography

11. Indexes for Philosophy: Philosophers Index • Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields • Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic • Also includes material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language • Coverage from 1940 to the present • Links directly to TDNet where a link is present • Other useful indexes for Philosophy • PsychInfo for Philosophy of Mind • Web of Knowledge or OCLC for the Philosophy of Science

12. Indexes for History: Historical Abstracts • Provides searchable indexed records from over 2,000 journals covering world history from 1450 to the present • Index coverage from 1954 to the present • Links directly into the OLIS catalogue • Also includes a targeted selection of social science and humanities journals, of special interest to researchers and students of history • Excludes the United States and Canada which are covered by America: History and Life, available via the same link on OxLIP • Other useful indexes for History • Royal Historical Society Bibliography • International Medieval Bibliography

13. Oxford ePrints • Available via OxLIP – search under the title list • Provides a cross-disciplinary digital archive for research articles written by Oxford University authors. • Accessible to all • Direct URL: http://eprints.ouls.ox.ac.uk/

14. To summarise • TDNet is the fastest way to access electronic journal resources if you know the title you are looking for • Journal indexes are valuable research tools for searching for journal articles and book chapters on specific research topics • It is important to remember that e-journals might not have the same coverage as our print collections, and some recent issues will have a delayed electronic release date • You will need an ATHENS password to access these resources from outside the University network. For further details go to: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/ • To access electronic resources from home VPN software will be your best option. For details go to: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/oucs-service/

15. Humanities Subject Librarians • Kate Alderson-Smith, Theology Librarian • Charlotte Goodall, Classics Librarian • Isabel Holowaty, History Librarian • Jill Hughes, German, Yiddish Librarian • Katherine Melling, French, Italian Librarian • Vanya Murray, Film Studies Librarian • Johanneke Sytsema, Linguistics Librarian • Sue Usher, English Librarian • Hilla Wait, Philosophy Librarian

16. And finally… Assessment form at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/courses/feedback/index.xsp Thank you for attending today