WISER Humanities:OxLIP+ Electronic Resources

Judy Reading and

Kerry WebbOxford University Library Services

http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk

OxLIP+: Oxford Libraries Information Platform

Provides access to:• peer-reviewed and subscription based

research resources• bibliographic tools, e.g. LION or Arts and Humanities Citation Index,

available to help you search for articles in your research area• Online reference works and much more.Offers:• cross-search across selected databases• saved searches and email alerts

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

In this session:

• An introduction to OxLIP+

• An overview of available electronic resources

OxLIP+ (Oxford University e-Resources)

• Linked from SOLO or direct at www.oxlip-plus.ox.ac.uk

• Portal to our electronic resources• Allows resources (ie databases etc) to be

searched for by title or subject• Allows cross-searching of selected databases

for articles or other individual resources• Enables easy remote access to most

resources by signing-in with Oxford SSO

Use the default Find Database to search for a specific resource (eg AHCI) by title or A-Z search.

Click on the name of the resource to go through to

the native interface

Find Database by Subject lets you browse through resources selected by subject librarians. Click on GO to see the titles under each sub-category

You can see what type of resource eg

Full text or Abstracts/indexes

Legend

• More information is available on each database including search hints

• If you add a resource to your clipboard you can keep sets of favourites and create sets to cross-search

• This icon means you can search the resource from within OxLIP – click on the icon to do so. It also means the resource is cross-searchable - click on CrossSearch to search several databases at once.

You can Log In using your Oxford Single Sign-On to save information.

Use this option for off-campus access to e-resources

Break for hands-on

OxLIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) is a gateway to hundreds of electronic resources

http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk

catalogues abstracting & indexing servicesreference works full-text resourcesstatistical resources official publicationselectronic journals quality web resourcescurrent awareness services citation indexesindexes to theses and conference papers

OXLIP databases are arranged A-Z by title and also organised by subject

Full text and primary resources: a few examples

• Bible in English – 21 versions of the Bible• BibleWorks – over 65 versions of the Bible, including the Vulgate, KJV, NRSV,

Geneva etc.• Past Masters – English full-text of important authors, includes Aquinas,

Augustine, Berkley, Burnley, Calvin, Coleridge, Descartes, Hegel, Hume, Luther, Nietzche etc. etc.

• British History Online – core printed primary and secondary sources for medieval and modern history

• LION – Literature Online – provides access to an extensive range of English literature covering poetry, prose and plays. Also has additional links and information i.e. bibliographies and links to web sites etc.

Cambridge Companions Online

• Full text copies of all the titles in the Cambridge Companions series

• Covers literature, philosophy, religion, classics and cultural studies

• Fully searchable by book title and by chapter topic• Downloadable pdf versions of each individual chapter for

easy referencing• Individual titles can be found via SOLO, or

you can search the entire series via OxLIP+

Cambridge Companions Online

Search by keyword in the simple search screen

Browse by chapter title or by book title for the article/essay you require

What is a journal index?– A database which contains information about individual articles in

journals, and often indexes book chapters from edited collections as well as book reviews in journals

– Indexes are fully searchable by author, title, journal title and, more importantly, by subject area

– Indexes are valuable research tools when combined with links to full-text if available through OU e-journals

– References may include abstracts

– Some indexes allow you to export citations to bibliographic software

– You can email, print or download your search results

– They are not repositories for full text journal articles, but can provide links to the articles indexed

Secondary sources • Journal and citation indexes, e.g.

Historical Abstracts, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, MLA Bibliography

• Criticism and Reference works e.g. LION Criticism, Oxford Bible Commentary, Blackwells Reference Online, Oxford Art Online

Some examples of journal indexes

• British Humanities Index• Arts and Humanities Citation Index• Philosophers Index• Historical Abstracts• ATLA Religion• MLA Bibliography

MLA Bibliography

Available via OxLIP+ – listed within the ‘English’ and ‘Modern Languages’ subject sub-sets

Provides searchable indexed records from over 4,000 journals covering literature, linguistics, language and folklore

Coverage from 1926 to the present

Links directly into the OLIS catalogue and Oxford eJournals (where applicable)

It is not a database of full text articles

Select the Advanced Search option from this first screen

For better results go straight to the Advanced Search option

MLA Advanced Search Screen

Limit your results to Oxford holdings by ticking this box

Remember to enter the authors you are researching as ‘Keyword’ searches

Can limit results by date of publication, document type, language etc.

MLA Search Results screen

The title of the article provides a link to further details

Multiple records can be selected from the list to either email, print or export to bibliographic software, e.g. RefWorks

Using the full record of an indexed article

Provides direct link to the OLIS record for journal / book cited (Remember to make a note of the volume and issue before following the OLIS link)

Direct links to the article are provided, if available via Oxford e-journals

Email, print or export the record using these buttons

Use keyword descriptors to refine / run further searches for similar articles

Will search Oxford University eJournals for the article and provide direct links where available

What else?

• Catalogues (OLIS, COPAC, British Library, Worldcat)• Oxford University e-Journals• E-book packages (e.g. Taylor and Francis, Oxford Scholarship

Online)• Current awareness services (ZETOC)• Official papers and grey literature (e.g. UKOP) • Statistical information (under specific subjects eg Sociology)• Reference sources (eg Blackwell Reference Online)• Theses (Dissertations Abstracts, Index to Theses)• Conference papers (Papers First / Proceedings First)• Web resources and mailing lists (Intute)

More features of OxLIP+

CrossSearch enables you to search across several databases at the same time

My Research enables you to create sets of favourite resources, save references, save searches and set up alerts.

CrossSearch steps

Choose: • CrossSearch • Search type: Subject• Subject: eg English• Sub-category: eg Bibliographic databases• Select the databases available for cross-searching by

clicking in box • Enter your keywords in search box• Click on Go

My Research

• Save references

• Save searches and set up alerts

• Push to Refworks or Endnote or email results to yourself

• Create sets of favourite resources

Further help• Ask in any Library and we will be pleased to help• Contact your subject librarian see

www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects/librarians• Online help and guides are available see

www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/guides or from individual libraries• Why not sign up for more WISER sessions? See www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/wiser

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