RefWorks for Humanities course, Wednesday 2 March

Next week Bodleian Libraries will be running a RefWorks for Humanities workshop.

RefWorks for Humanities
Wednesday 2 March 2.00-5.00
RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work, automatically generate bibliographies and easily switch between citation styles. This introduction is open to all, but the section on importing references will focus on Humanities example.   
Presenters:  Kate Petherbridge and Shona McLean.
Book your place.
For more information see the BodWiser blog

Not a current member of Oxford University? - If you are not a current member of Oxford university, you can book your places by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk quoting your Bodleian Libraries card number.

 Why not join our WISER mailing list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk, follow  us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser or visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com.

Disruption to stack requests at the VHL

We've come in this morning to find that our printer has died over the weekend.  This is the printer that produces the slips for stack requests here at the VHL, so if you have requested any books since Saturday morning we may not know about it!  If you do want to request books from the VHL stack, then the only way to do so until the printer is fixed is to come into the library and fill out a manual request slip; alternatively feel free to send us an email or give us a ring if you want to request books ahead of time.   We hope that the printer will be fixed soon, but please bear with us for now!

Stack requests from elsewhere in the Bodleian Libraries will not be affected by this and should arrive here as normal.

UPDATE: All fixed, so you can put stack requests in via OLIS in the normal way once more.

New sites saved on our delicious page

New York State Census: Digital Collections: New York State ...

Digitised versions of the published census reports for New York State from 1807-1925.

Virginia Memory: Digital Collections

Portal to the digital collections of the Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: CW150 Legacy Project

The Civil War 150 Legacy Project: Document Digitization and Access is a multi-year initiative to locate, digitize and provide world-wide access to the private documentary heritage of the American Civil War era located throughout Virginia. Materials may include letters, memoirs, pension materials, military passes, discharge papers, diaries, hand-drawn maps, and selected memorabilia and other Civil War era manuscripts.

Volunteer Voices - The Cultural Heritage of Tennessee

Volunteer Voices is Tennessee's statewide digitization program involving the state's archives, libraries, repositories, historic homes and museums. Its goals are to develop digital collections that document Tennessee's history and culture; facilitate use of these collections in K-16 classrooms and by the general public; and offer training opportunities for personnel to learn digitization standards and best practices. Researchers can search the database by keyword, or browse by broad topic (e.g., "Trade, Business, and Industry), era, county, or institution.

NewspaperCat: The Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers

The Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers (NewspaperCat) is a tool that facilitates the discovery of online digitized historical newspaper content from newspapers published in the United States and the Caribbean. NewspaperCat currently links to over 1000 full-text newspaper titles with a goal to include links to as many US and Caribbean newspapers with archival digital content as possible.. Plans are to expand the Catalog as newly digitized newspaper titles are located.

Early California Population Project

The Early California Population Project (ECPP) provides public access to all the information contained in California's historic mission registers, records that are of unique and vital importance to the study of California, the American Southwest, and colonial America. Within the baptism, marriage, and burial records of each of the California missions sits an extraordinary wealth of unique information on the Indians, soldiers, and settlers of Alta California from 1769 - 1850.

http://delicious.com/vhllib

Reminder: Archives Unbound trial - one week left!

Our trial to selected collections from Archives Unbound has just one week left to run, and will end next Friday, 25th February.

Archives Unbound offers access to topically-focussed archives of digitised historical documents. The following selections are being trialled:
1. East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963
2. The Economy and War in the Third Reich, 1933-1944
3. Witchcraft in Europe and America
4. Federal Response to Radicalism in the 1960s
5. Federal Surveillance of African Americans, 1920-1984
6. Overland Journeys: Travels in the West, 1800-1880

Please send your feedback for 1-3 to Isabel Holowaty (isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk) and for 3-6 to Jane Rawson (jane.rawson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

Access is via OxLIP+, but you will need a password to get through to the resource. In OxLIP+, search for Archives Unbound as a title. Then click on the Weblearn link which is provided in the Legend box on the right-hand side.

WISER coming up: Finding stuff, Getting information to come to you, Languages and Maps

Next week there is a packed WISER schedule:

WISER Finding Stuff (Tuesday 22 February) is a series of four sessions designed to help you find materials for your research and learning in print and online. Attend the whole series or pick and mix the sessions you would like to attend from:

WISER Finding Stuff: Books etc on SOLO  (presented by Penny Roberts) - Tuesday 22 Feb 9.15-10.15.  Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZWA
WISER Finding Stuff: Articles (presented by Kerry Webb) - Tuesday 22 Feb 10.15-11.15. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW3
WISER Finding Stuff: Theses and Dissertations (presented by Jayne Plant) - Tuesday 23 Feb 11.30-12.30. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW4
WISER Finding Stuff: Conferences (presented by Sue Bird and James Shaw) - Tuesday 23 Feb 12.30-1.30 http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW5

You can find more information about WISER Finding stuff on the BodWiser blog at http://tinyurl.com/64cg2wg.

WISER Getting information to come to you (Thursday 24 February 9.15-10.45)  -  This session will show you how to set up alerts to journals, databases and websites, so that you receive notifications when new content is added. Participants will have the opportunity to set up feed readers and/or email notifications during the session.  More information at http://tinyurl.com/6dazcwt.   Presenters: Jane Rawson and Penny Schenk.   Booking @  http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZD20

WISER: Learning a Modern Language (Thursday 24 February 11.00-12.15) - This session will help you find valuable resources for learning modern languages and make use of the language you are learning in your searches.  We will: find tools for non-latin writing systems, search non-English search engines, and use resources offered by Oxford and from referential sites  Presenter: Lucile Deslignères. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZD17

WISER Maps and Mapping (Friday 25 February 12.30-1.30) - Many areas of research use spatial data and digital mapping is an ideal way to present it.  This presentation will cover both web based resources (online map collections etc) and the digital mapping facilities available in the Bodleian.   Presenter:  Debbie Hall.  This is a repeat of the 11 Feb session. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZF7

Not a current member of Oxford University? - If you are not a current member of Oxford university, you can book your WISER places by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk quoting your Bodleian Libraries card number.

Why not join our WISER mailing list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk, follow  us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser  or visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com?

WISER coming up: Ebooks and maps

Next week Bodleian Libraries will be running the following WISER workshops:

WISER: E-Books
Wednesday 16 February 2.00-3.00
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.
Presenter: Hilla Wait
To book your place: Current members of the University - please book at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZC4. Non University members - please email usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk quoting your Bodleian Libraries card number

WISER: E-Book Readers
Wednesday 16 February 3.00-4.00
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?  These and similar questions will be considered with particular reference to the i-Pad, the Amazon Kindle and Sony Touch e-readers and smartphones.
Presenter: Hilla Wait
To book your place:  Current members of the University -  please book at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZE11 .  Non University members - please email usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk  (quoting your Bodleian Libraries card number

WISER Maps and Mapping
For those who did not manage to book a place on the session scheduled for 11 February which booked up very quickly, we will be running a repeat on Friday 25 February. Please book your place at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZF7 (or email usered:@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)

Why not join our WISER mailing list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk, follow  us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser or visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com?

Printing from library PCs - downtime Friday 4th February 9-10am

Printing from library PCs will be suspended on Friday morning between 9 and 10am while an update is installed. If you wish to print, you will still be able to do so using PrinterOn (go to http://printeron.bodleian.ox.ac.uk, upload your files and follow the steps through - detailed instructions can be found in the library or online here: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/72279/PrinterOn-How-to-Guide.pdf)

WISER coming up: Maps and mapping

WISER Maps and Mapping 
Many areas of research use spatial data and digital mapping is an ideal way to present it.  This presentation will cover both web based resources (online map collections etc) and the digital mapping facilities available in the Bodleian. 
Presenter:  Debbie Hall 
To book your place:
Current members of the University - please book at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZF7  
Non University members - please email usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Why not join our WISER mailing list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser.

New books for January

 

The list of new books received in the library during January is now available on our website and LibraryThing page.