It's the beginning of another term, which means a new round of WISER training sessions on electronic resources: the programme for Trinity Term is available here.
The sessions are free to attend, but you do need to book a place in advance, either through the OUCS booking system or (if you do not have a blue University card) by emailing usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
New URLs for key resources
As part of this change, key resources such as SOLO now have new URLs (details below). Although the old ones will continue to work for a while, it is recommended that you update your bookmarks now.
- SOLO: http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- OxLIP+: http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- OU eJournals: http://ejournals.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. (Remember that you can also access OU eJournals by going to OxLIP+ and selecting the 'Find e-Journal' tab.)
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
World Book Day at the Bodleian
The exhibition will take place in the Divinity School on Thursday 4th March, 10am to 5pm (last entry 4.30pm). Admission is free.
(More information about World Book Day is available here.)
New database for theology: Religious and Theological Abstracts
Religious and Theological Abstracts (accessible via OxLIP+) provides bibliographical details and abstracts of articles from over 400 international journals relating to theology and world religions, with coverage going back to 1948. You may find it a useful alternative to ATLA (also on OxLIP+) - but bear in mind that identical searches run on the two databases will probably return different sets of results. (ATLA's coverage also extends back some sixty years, but it indexes around 600 titles. In addition, ATLA allows you to link directly to the full text of articles that are available electronically, which RTA does not.)
Why not give them both a try and see which you prefer? If you have any questions about using them, please let me know!
Why not give them both a try and see which you prefer? If you have any questions about using them, please let me know!
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Resources for education on Delicious
I have added the Education Library to our network on Delicious - simply go to our Delicious page and click on 'Network' to see their links. Alternatively you can visit their page directly here.
If you use a feed reader and would like to be automatically updated when new bookmarks are added, an RSS feed is available at the bottom of the Delicious page.
If you use a feed reader and would like to be automatically updated when new bookmarks are added, an RSS feed is available at the bottom of the Delicious page.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Survey on OLIS and SOLO
Do you use OLIS and/or SOLO? A former colleague of mine is conducting an online survey on attitudes to OLIS and SOLO as part of her MSc dissertation, and would be grateful for responses from users of these services. The survey should take no longer than fifteen minutes to complete, and your answers will be completely anonymous.
The survey is available here.
The survey is available here.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Reference management courses
OUCS is running a course on RefWorks on Wednesday 17th February from 2.00-5.00pm.
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 introductory course is open to all, but the section on importing references will focus on Humanities examples.
For further information and to book a place, visit the OUCS website. Please note that you will need to use your Oxford SSO username and password to book, and also that a course book (price £6.00) must be purchased when you attend the course.
Alternatively, there is a WISER session on reference management on Thursday 25th February from 2.30-4.30pm, which gives an introductory overview of various reference management tools including RefWorks, EndNote and Zotero. This course also takes place at OUCS; it is free of charge, but you still need to book a place.
Refworks and EndNote Web are both available free of charge to University members (i.e. blue card holders); you just need to complete a simple registration process to start using them. See the links at the bottom of this page for further information about these services.
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 introductory course is open to all, but the section on importing references will focus on Humanities examples.
For further information and to book a place, visit the OUCS website. Please note that you will need to use your Oxford SSO username and password to book, and also that a course book (price £6.00) must be purchased when you attend the course.
Alternatively, there is a WISER session on reference management on Thursday 25th February from 2.30-4.30pm, which gives an introductory overview of various reference management tools including RefWorks, EndNote and Zotero. This course also takes place at OUCS; it is free of charge, but you still need to book a place.
Refworks and EndNote Web are both available free of charge to University members (i.e. blue card holders); you just need to complete a simple registration process to start using them. See the links at the bottom of this page for further information about these services.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
WISER sessions this term
WISER (Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Research) sessions coming up this term include:
WISER Technology Tools: Getting Organised on the Web
This session will look at some tools that can help you organise yourself on the web, including social bookmarking services like delicious.com, bibliophile sites like LibraryThing and My WorldCat, and customised start pages.
Presenters: Jane Rawson and Emma Cragg
Date: Fri 12 Feb 12.30-1.30. Book a place.
(delicious.com lets you save bookmarks online instead of in your browser, which means you can access them from any computer; it also makes it easy to organise large numbers of bookmarks on lots of different topics. Well worth checking out, if you haven't already tried it! The library's delicious.com page is here.)
WISER Finding Stuff: Books
This session will focus on finding books for your research in Oxford and beyond. We will cover a number of search tools and catalogues and cover more advanced subject searching as well as basic author/title searches.The session will be mainly hands on with some demonstrations.
Presenters: Kerry Webb and Angela Carritt.
Date: Mon 15 Feb 9.15-10.15. Book a place.
WISER Finding Stuff: Journal Articles
This session will focus on finding journal articles for your research using a wide range of databases as well as developing effective search strategies. There will be plenty of time for participants to try out their own searches using databases for their subject.
Presenters: Kerry Webb and Angela Carritt
Date: Mon 15 Feb 10.15-11.15. Book a place.
A full listing of courses taking place this term is available here. All the courses are free to attend (although you still need to book a place) and take place at OUCS on Banbury Road. If you would like to have more information about a workshop, or need assistance with booking please email usered@ouls.ox.ac.uk.
WISER Technology Tools: Getting Organised on the Web
This session will look at some tools that can help you organise yourself on the web, including social bookmarking services like delicious.com, bibliophile sites like LibraryThing and My WorldCat, and customised start pages.
Presenters: Jane Rawson and Emma Cragg
Date: Fri 12 Feb 12.30-1.30. Book a place.
(delicious.com lets you save bookmarks online instead of in your browser, which means you can access them from any computer; it also makes it easy to organise large numbers of bookmarks on lots of different topics. Well worth checking out, if you haven't already tried it! The library's delicious.com page is here.)
WISER Finding Stuff: Books
This session will focus on finding books for your research in Oxford and beyond. We will cover a number of search tools and catalogues and cover more advanced subject searching as well as basic author/title searches.The session will be mainly hands on with some demonstrations.
Presenters: Kerry Webb and Angela Carritt.
Date: Mon 15 Feb 9.15-10.15. Book a place.
WISER Finding Stuff: Journal Articles
This session will focus on finding journal articles for your research using a wide range of databases as well as developing effective search strategies. There will be plenty of time for participants to try out their own searches using databases for their subject.
Presenters: Kerry Webb and Angela Carritt
Date: Mon 15 Feb 10.15-11.15. Book a place.
A full listing of courses taking place this term is available here. All the courses are free to attend (although you still need to book a place) and take place at OUCS on Banbury Road. If you would like to have more information about a workshop, or need assistance with booking please email usered@ouls.ox.ac.uk.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
'Theology and Mental Health' Lecture by Richard Harries
Lord Richard Harries of Pentregarth, formerly Bishop of Oxford, is coming to Balliol to give a lecture entitled: 'Religion and guilt - burden or blessing?'
Christianity encourages people to think of themselves as sinful. Yet some people, for the sake of their health, need to be liberated from feelings of guilt. The problem will be illustrated with particular reference to William Cowper and Samuel Johnson. Is it possible to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate forms of guilt?
Richard Harries was Bishop of Oxford from 1987-2006. On his retirement he was made a Life Peer. He is currently Gresham Professor of Divinity and an Honorary Professor of Theology at King’s College, London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Biology and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Convener: Dr Alex Popescu, Chair, ‘Theology and Mental Health’ Sub-Committee, ‘Faith Communities and Mental Health’ Reference Group, World Council of Churches.
Monday, 25 January 2010
Books on library desks
If you are using books in the library without checking them out, please reshelve them when you have finished with them so that other readers can find them. Ideally, any books that you wish to use for an extended period of time should be checked out on Heritage, so that it is clear on the catalogue that they are not available; once checked out, they should not be left out on library desks. Where this is not possible (e.g. with reference-only books), books that you wish to consult again may be left out on library desks, provided that they are accompanied by a note with your name and the date indicating that the books are still in use.
I intend to shelve on Wednesday morning any books that are out on the desks without notes, so if before then you could reshelve the items you no longer need, or check out or leave a note with those you're still using, I'd be extremely grateful!
I intend to shelve on Wednesday morning any books that are out on the desks without notes, so if before then you could reshelve the items you no longer need, or check out or leave a note with those you're still using, I'd be extremely grateful!
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