WISER coming up: Finding stuff, ereaders, citation ranking and US history sources

There's lots going on for WISER next week, including a session specifically on sources for US history. The week starts by looking at e-books with a "Finding Stuff" session on finding e-books for your research and study, followed by a look at e-book readers including the new iPad. Later in the week, "The Black Art of Citation Ranking" looks at measuring research impact using citations and measuring your h-index and the final session of the week introduces key sources for the study of US history. Please book your places.


WISER: Finding stuff - books, journals on SOLO
A general introduction to finding books and journal titles in Oxford libraries using SOLO.
Presenters: Angela Carritt.
Date: Monday 7 June 1.30 - 2.30.
Booking: University members - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZWA. Non University members please book by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk


WISER: Finding stuff - e-books
An overview of what is currently available and how to access them from the point of view of the student, the researcher and the academic considering using e-books to resource their courses.
Presenters: Hilla Wait and Juliet Ralph.
Date: Monday 7 June 2.30 -3.30.
Booking: University members - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZC4 . Non University members please book by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

WISER: E-book Readers - pros and cons
How useful are e-book readers in academic work? Can they be used for accessing library materials? What are the features to look out for when considering purchase? Can they be used with pdf’s? These and similar questions will be considered with particular reference to the Amazon Kindle, Sony Touch and iPad e-readers.
Presenter: Roger Mills.
Date: Monday 7 June 3.45 - 4.45.
Booking: University members - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZE11 . Non University members please book by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

WISER: Bibliometrics - the black art of citation rankings
Mystified by metrics? Anxious about impact factors? Happy with your h-index? The forthcoming Research Excellence Framework is likely to place increased emphasis on the use of these measures. This session covers how they work, how they are interpreted and how to make them work for you!
Presenter: Roger Mills.
Date: Thursday 10 June 12.30 - 1.30 .
Booking: University members - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZD14 . Non University members please book by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

WISER: Sources for US History
This session will introduce key information sources for the study of colonial America and US history up to 1990. Starting with useful finding tools to locate relevant material, examples of source materials will then be shown. These include archival, microform, printed and online collections as well as useful web portals and audiovisual collections.
Presenter: Isabel Holowaty.
Date: Friday 11 June 12.30 -1.30 .
Booking: University members - http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZE9 . Non University members please book by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk


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