Two WISER sessions next week offering tips on how to keep up-to-date:
WISER Social Sciences: Getting information to come to you.
Tuesday, 4 November (4) 12.30 - 1.30 OUCS, Banbury Road
Make your own current awareness service. Discover ways of using electronic bibliographic resources to keep up with the literature in your field by creating personal research / interest profiles.
Katherine Melling and Judy Reading
Book here!
WISER Humanities: Keeping up-to-date.
Friday, 7 November (4) 12.30 - 1.30 OUCS, Banbury Road
Make your own current awareness service. Discover ways of using electronic bibliographic resources to keep up with the literature in your field by creating personal research / interest profiles.
Kate Petherbridge and Judy Reading
Book here!
There are also leaflets on keeping up-to-date available in the library, with the other electronic resources guides by the microfilm readers.
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
WISER sessions this week
WISER Humanities: OxLIP+ Electronic Resources.
Friday, 31 October (3) OUCS 12.30 – 1.30
OxLIP+ is a new interface to Oxford University’s extensive collection of databases, electronic reference works, e-journals and e-books http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk. Cross-searching of multiple sources is now possible in a variety of ways. This session will give you an introduction to effective searching and the range of resources which are available.
Kerry Webb and Judy Reading
Book here! Booking essential – please cancel your place if you are unable to attend.
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Barton Gellman at the RAI
UPDATE: Due to the popularity of this event, registration has now closed.
Barton Gellman, Pulitzer prize winner and a distinguished journalist on The Washington Post, will be speaking at the Rothermere American Institute at lunch on Tuesday, 28th October at 12.30pm.
Mr. Gellman's subject is that of his recently published book: Dick Cheney's Vice-Presidency.
A sandwich lunch will be provided for the first thirty people who confirm their attendance.
Confirmation to enquiries@rai.ox.ac.uk
Barton Gellman, Pulitzer prize winner and a distinguished journalist on The Washington Post, will be speaking at the Rothermere American Institute at lunch on Tuesday, 28th October at 12.30pm.
Mr. Gellman's subject is that of his recently published book: Dick Cheney's Vice-Presidency.
A sandwich lunch will be provided for the first thirty people who confirm their attendance.
Confirmation to enquiries@rai.ox.ac.uk
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
SOLO and OxLIP+ guides
If you're feeling bewildered, confused or just curious about the new search interfaces for the library catalogue and electronic resources, help is now available. Guides to SOLO, OxLIP+ and OU e-journals can be picked up in the library, or downloaded from the OULS guides webpage. And as ever, if you need any on-the-spot help, please feel free to ask us!
New books in the library - September
Slightly later than usual due to a technological glitch, the list of new books received in the library during September is now available on our website and LibraryThing page.
Monday, 6 October 2008
WISER sessions this term
The WISER (Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources) programme for Michaelmas Term is now up on the OULS website (sessions for Humanities and Social Sciences). There are also special sessions running this term on the new search interfaces for the catalogue and electronic resources, SOLO and OxLIP+. Sessions are free and run at lunchtimes at OUCS.
Friday, 3 October 2008
Opening hours for term
From Monday (6th October) the library will revert to term-time opening hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-7pm.
