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WISER Science: Finding Books and Journals

WISER Science: Finding Books and Journals. Juliet Ralph Radcliffe Science Library. BIGGEST university library service in UK. 600+ staff 10 million volumes 40 Libraries 40,000+ E-journals. Beyond OULS. Another 60+ libraries in colleges and departments All listed at

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WISER Science: Finding Books and Journals

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  1. WISER Science:Finding Books and Journals Juliet Ralph Radcliffe Science Library

  2. BIGGEST university library service in UK • 600+ staff • 10 million volumes • 40 Libraries • 40,000+ E-journals

  3. Beyond OULS • Another 60+ libraries in colleges and departments • All listed at • http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/

  4. Research Libraries • Bodleian Library • Radcliffe Science Library • Sackler Library (Art History, Classics & Archaeology) • Social Science Library • Taylor Institution (Modern Languages & Literature)

  5. “Legal deposit” system • Bodleian Library is entitled to a free copy of every book and journal published in the UK • Since 1610 • Science intake at Radcliffe Science Library • Not for loan

  6. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

  7. The library catalogue • OLIS (Oxford Libraries Information System ) • Locate printed Books and Journals • You can reserve books on loan to others, make stack requests, check your library record and renew your books • www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis

  8. http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/

  9. Your OLIS patron record • Enter your barcode number (on University Card) • and your OLIS password • …which is your date of birth, in this format • 17sep1985

  10. Searching for a specific book or journal • Browse the index, e.g. All Titles, All Authors, Journal title Or • Search for keywords, e.g. Strongman in All Authors AND emotion in All Titles

  11. Subject searching • Search for Keywords in title, e.g. facial expression OR • Use Subject Headings “LC Subjects” (Library of Congress) as Browse or Keyword search Retrieves books on that subject even if they don’t have your keyword in the title

  12. What about e-books? • Some are listed on OLIS • …soon all e-books (and e-journals) will be added • If not on OLIS, check Oxlip

  13. A small selection • Methods in Enzymology • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00766879 • Current protocols in… • Cell biology • http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471143031/home • Human genetics • http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471142904/home • Immunology • http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471142737/home • Molecular biology • http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471142720/home • Protein science • http://mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780471140863/home

  14. E-Reference sources • Encyclopedia of Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Cancer • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences • Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology • Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics • Oxford Reference Online • …to name but a few

  15. Electronic Journals • All listed on “Oxford e-Journals” • Current titles from all major publishers • Growing numbers of backfiles (archives) • Some links from OLIS, but not complete yet

  16. http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az

  17. You may get a choice of links, such as: • Publisher – for latest issues (last 5-10 years) • Provider, e.g. Highwire – 10 yrs full text freely available, but not the last 12 months. • JSTOR UK – for the archive. • Choose Browse this journal to get list of back issues • JSTOR is an archive of key scholarly journals, spanning many disciplines. Some date back to the 1600s.

  18. Remote access • Register for an ATHENS personal account at • www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens • If Athens access not available: • Connect your own computer to the Virtual Private Network (VPN) via OUCS • www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/remote

  19. Where are they listed again? • Printed books and journals • OLIS library catalogue • Electronic journals • Oxford e-Journals • And coming soon to OLIS • E-books: being added to OLIS, but for now you may need to try • Oxlip • E-journals and e-books • Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and Reference works

  20. If we haven’t got it • Inter-Library Loans / Document Supply service • £3.75 per request • Journal articles delivered by email • Radcliffe Science Library • 01865 272824 • ill.rsl@ouls.ox.ac.uk

  21. Other library catalogues • COPAC: the UK’s main research libraries • http://copac.ac.uk/ • WorldCat: libraries worldwide http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSPrefs?entityjsdetect=:javascript=true:screensize=large:sessionid=fsapp2-41609-f7ixfhpy-r9jno7:entitypagenum=1:0 • Or access via Oxlip!

  22. Here to help • Queries about electronic journals and databases, including access problems eresources@ouls.ox.ac.uk • Radcliffe Science Library enquiries.rsl@ouls.ox.ac.uk • juliet.ralph@ouls.ox.ac.uk

  23. Next week • WISER Science • Wednesday 24 October, 12.30-1.30pm • Introduction to e-resources ...see you there!

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