Monday 4 February 2008

WISER sessions coming up

WISER Social Sciences: Online resources for International Relations.
Monday 11th February (week 5), 12.30 - 1.30, Social Science Library IT Room.
An overview of full-text, bibliographic, archive, and data sources for international relations including: World Political Science Abstracts, Columbia International Affairs Online, Digital National Security Archive, e-books, e-journals, and international relations data resources.
Mark Janes.
No need to book.

WISER Humanities: Historical newspapers print and e-collections.
Thursday, 14 February (week 5), 12.30 - 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.
A one hour course which will give an overview of historical newspaper collections in Oxford including online full-text resources and finding aids.
Mat Andrews.
Book at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZF8

WISER General: Finding quality information on the internet.
Friday, 15 February (week 5), 12.30 - 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.
This session will help you to develop effective web searching techniques for use with a variety of search engines and web directories. It will also look briefly at strategies for evaluating resources and give some guidance on how to cite electronic resources.
Angela Carritt and Penny Schenk.
Book at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZWF

Full programme at: http://sers018.sers.ox.ac.uk/services/training/wiser
All enquiries to: usered@ouls.ox.ac.uk

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