Unlocking the LawBod for BCL/MJurs

1. Unlocking the LawBodfor BCL/MJurs Elizabeth Wells Bodleian Law Library MT 2010

2. Library PCs: Need OLIS username & password

3. Above barcode on your University Card is a Number OLIS Password Default = dob 01jan2000 IDEALLY change it! How? Via Patron Functions on OLIS What’s my OLIS ID? 1234567

4. Back to Basics Searching the catalogue for books & e-books (not chapters) and journals (titles not abbreviations nor articles) SOLO http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk OLIS http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/ ASR Automated Stack Request

6. SIMPLE TITLE SEARCH ON SOLO HOMEPAGE Search for title Vagueness in law If happy to read e-book Click here

7. Need to click on “Open source in a new window” To read it

8. E-books at home If outside OU network, Sign in with your Oxford Single Sign On/Webauth/Herald Username & Password

10. FINDING OLD STYLE BOOKS

12. New search If you leave choice to “That contain my query words”

13. Simple search operators SOLO assumes AND Eg cats dogs = cats AND dogs • USE OR to search on alternatives simultaneously e.g. cats OR felines. •  Use NOT to exclude a term e.g. cats NOT dogs. • Use brackets to clarify complicated searches e.g. Iceland (history OR culture). • Truncation = an asterisk e.g. America* to search for America, American, Americans etc. • Use ? as a wildcard within a word e.g. wom?n for women OR woman.

14. SOLO: Advanced search

15. Pro Solo • Log in with Oxford Single Sign On user name and password to get off campus access to online/electronic resources eg • Log in with OSSO to get e-shelf

16. SOLO’s E-shelf

18. Should be able to save searches too

19. USE e-shelf as an aide memoire NOT as bibliography compiler Can Change

20. Con SOLO Very recently updated …… Time delay – slower to update than OLIS “Journal articles (beta)” AVOID Be sure to sort results by “Date –Newest”

21. Introducing ASR • On SOLO search for book with title • Rancor and reconciliation • Find out its Locations

25. Drop down Reading Room Options Law Main Desk is LAW BOD

26. Optimistic timeframe

27. OLIS (Oxford Libraries Information System) Union catalogue Accessible from anywhere in the world at www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/ Two interfaces: the same data

28. Why use OLIS? • Older – more stable • Real time updates • Automated Stack Request • To change OLIS ID When not to use OLIS? When trying to Access e-books off campus

33. Patron function to change OLIS password

34. USING OLIS TO SEARCH THE CATALOGUE

35. Use drop down menu for Author, Title, Subject searches

37. Closest match will be in bold If there is an e-version it will be below

38. To get shelfmark click on title/author link Click here to see which libraries have it but not exact shelf marks Law Library Means LawBod

39. Click Author’s name to search catalogue for all books where he’s sole author, joint author or editor Click on a subject to search all the catalogue

40. If the first word of the title is a definite or indefinite article (the, a, an, le, el, il, or der etc) SKIP it!

42. Drop down options include ISBN and ISSN

46. http://ox.libguides.com/law-home

47. Plenty of help Online help links Explanatory leaflets available in the Main Reading Room Ask a Librarian – that’s why we’re here!