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General and reference resources for science

General and reference resources for science. Ljilja Ristic MScChem PGDipLIS MCLIP Physical Science Librarian Subject Consultant The Radcliffe Science Library. Oxford University E-resources. Oxlip – Oxford Library Information Platform http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

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General and reference resources for science

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  1. General and reference resources for science Ljilja Ristic MScChem PGDipLIS MCLIP Physical Science Librarian Subject Consultant The Radcliffe Science Library

  2. Oxford University E-resources • Oxlip – Oxford Library Information Platform http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/ • General & reference resources All subjects • Subject specific resources – Sciences

  3. Dictionaries, newspapers … • Blackwell Reference Online • Oxford English Dictionary • Oxford Reference Online • Oxford Scholarship Online • CREDO • Newspapers

  4. Bibliographies … • Book Reviews Digest • British National Bibliography • Dictionary of National Biography • Encyclopaedia Britannica • Global Books in Print • Who’s Who • World of Learning

  5. All subjects Dictionaries Encyclopaedias Meta searching Cross referencing Blackwell Reference Online

  6. Hundreds of reference books from major publishers (e.g. dictionaries) Cross-referencing/ browsing by subject Science section Technology section Visual maps CREDO reference

  7. Over 100 Reference books English dictionaries Subject dictionaries Dictionary of Quotations Dictionary of Weight, Measures and Units Dictionary of Scientists Oxford Reference Online

  8. Handbooks and e-books • Oxford Scholarship Online • Handbook of Statistics • Handbooks in Economics Series • Handbook of Mathematical Functions • CUP e-books • Taylor & Frances e-books (300 titles mainly humanities)

  9. Subject encyclopaedias and reference e-books • Encyclopaedia of Materials Science • Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Physics • Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences • Science and Engineering Encyclopediawww.diracdelta.co.uk/

  10. Monographic series and e-books • Lecture Notes in Computer Science • Lecture Notes in Mathematics • Lecture Notes in Physics (print only) • Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry • Treatise on Geochemistry Access via Oxford University e-journals http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az

  11. E-books Oxford Scholarship Online • E-books in Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion (links to OLIS) • NCBI Bookshelf (Biomedical books) Freely available collection of e-books • Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry

  12. Standards and critical tables • British Standards Online • IEEE standards • International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technol. • Knovel Critical Tables • Smithsonian Physical Tables

  13. Dissertations and Proceedings • Dissertations and Theses online (US) • Index to Theses (UK) • Oxford e-Theses (ORA) • ISTP – Index to Scientific and Technical Proceedings (ISI) • Proceedings - FirstSearch (BL proc.) • CSA – Conference Papers index • NASA Technical Reports server (NTRS)

  14. Reference management software • RefWorks • EndNoteWeb • BibTex – freely available on the Internet

  15. Some Internet resources • Intute (Internet resources for science) • Energy Citations Database (ECD) – DoE • NIST Physical Reference Data • NTIS – National Technical Information Service • ScienceResearch

  16. Contacts Ljilja Ristic MScChem PGLIS MCLIP Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant Tel.(01865)272816 risticl@bodley.ox.ac.uk Radcliffe Science Library http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/rsl/ RSL Enquiry desk enquiries.rsl@ouls.ox.ac.uk Tel.(01865)272800

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