WISER Humanities: OxLIP+ Electronic resources What is Oxlip+ What does it cover? What does it do? What are its limitations? How to use Oxlip+ to find databases and e-journals A few very brief search tips How to use Oxlip+ to Cross Search databases? How to manipulate articles and database in My Research? How does Oxlip+ relate to other key Library tools? Angela Carritt

Oxlip+ : a portal to online resources Thanks for the Word Cloud to /. /

What does it cover? Online resources / databases –Collections of full text articles, papers, e-journals... –Indexing / Abstracting / Tables of Contents services – collections of references –Library catalogues Individual e-Journals

What does it do? Allows you to find databases / e-journals by searching and browsing Provides access to all online resources / e-journals from off campus Some online resources can be searched simultaneously from within Oxlip+ MyResearch offers storage / personalisation

Limitations Oxlip+ is one portal among many Mainly subscription resources Other portals / search engines Good quality (mainly free) web resources –British –Many others….

Using Oxlip+ to find and access Online Resources

Logging in Log in When you are off campus To use “My Research” Don’t forget to log off and to close you internet browser when you are using a public computer

Oxlip+ has four main options Find database (e.g. collections of articles, datasets etc) Find e-Journal: Find individual journals by journal title CrossSearch – allows you to search some databases simultaneously from within Oxlip+ My Research – your personal storage area on Oxlip+.

Find database Search by title or browse the A-Z of titles. Only really suitable if you know the name of the database you wish to use already! Browse databases by subject Search database by vendor/publisher or by searching for keywords (“any word”) in the database description

Find Database: Browsing subjects A-Z of subjects Pick a subject or type of resource Pick a sub-category Click “Go”

Find Database: Browsing subjects To see a little more information about all the resources choose “Detailed view” To connect to a database click on the title Click on “i” to see full information including coverage information, search tips, tutorials and guides etc

Find Database: More browsing Icons – if you see an icon use the “Legend” on the right to find out what it means Magnifier – shows that the resource can be searched from within Oxlip+ (and CrossSearched) Next page

Note on language dictionaries Bilingual –Oxford reference online (via Oxlip+) (French, German, Spanish, Italian) – Monolingual French –Centre nationel de ressources textuelles et German –

Brief detour to the MLA… Keywords searches journal article titles and subjects (not author names).

Brief detour to the MLA…

List of libraries holding the item including Oxford Direct link to look up the item in the Oxford Catalogue (OLIS) Check for online version. You will see the icon in many databases

Finding databases by title Enter full words from the database title Browse the A-Z

Find Database: Other options “Any word” – searches titles and descriptions of databases. i.e. searches the information in i

Find e-Journal

Find e-Journal: by title

Follow the link

Find e-Journal: choosing a database List of databases that hold the journal.Choose the database with the “best” date range e.g. Date range for Chadwcyk… No need to fill in the boxes. Click Go to connect Options for finding a print copy. Choose OLIS for Oxford libraries.

Find e-Journal: “Starts”, “Contains”, “Exact” When looking for a title that includes very common words choose “Exact”

Find e-journal: other search options XXX The other search options within “Find e-Journal” are unreliable

Search tips Check “help”, “tips”, “examples” What are the keywords for your subject? –Are there any synonyms? –Are there any alternative spellings? –Which words are likely to be used in article titles / abstracts? –If you get too many results – can you refine your search? –If you get too few results – what are the broader terms?

Use Connectors / Boolean logic SpainCivil War Spain AND “Civil War” returns articles including both words ConflictWar War OR Conflict returns articles including one word or the other or both Civil WarSpain Civil War Not Spain returns articles including the phrase “Civil War” but only if the word Spain isn’t included “ ” searches for an exact phrase e.g. “United States” “Spanish Civil War” “War and Peace”

Truncation/Stemming & wild cards Alternative word endings e.g. child* = child, children, childish etc Wild cards for alternative spelling e.g. Brown? = Brown, Browne Notation varies – check help for details

ADVANCED FEATURES: CROSS SEARCH

CrossSearch Pros Quick Easy Google like Cons Not all resources can be cross searched Fewer search options = less control over your search Oxlip+ only displays a proportion of the results its finds Allows you to search SOME databases from the Oxlip+ Up to 5 databases can be searched at once

CrossSearch 1. Choose between browsing Subjects or My Databases (your own favourites created in MyResearch) 3. Choose up to 5 databases. Only databases with a tick box can be cross searched 4. Enter your search terms 2.Choose a subject and sub category

Re-sort by Author / Title / Date See more information using Detailed View or Full View. You can or save items from full view Refine your search by choosing Topics, Dates, Authors, Subjects Shopping basket saves the item to MyResearch checks for full text using OU eJournals. FT indicates that full text is definitely available. See more results Results

View and rerun previous searches, save searches and set up alerts Saving CrossSearches

MY RESEARCH

My Research Your personal area on Oxlip+ Need to log in to use most features MyArticles: store & export articles from CrossSearch MyDatabases: store your favourite databases and create sets to use in CrossSearch Re-run your saved cross-searches and set up alerts

My Articles selected articles or save them to your computer (flash drive/disk etc) Delete item Save to a folder in Oxlip+ Delete folder Advanced folder options: move items between folders, rename etc

History To run a saved “CrossSearch” click on the search Set up an alert for a “saved CrossSearch”. Oxlip+ will regularly re-run the search and send you any new results by .

My Databases Allows you to save and organise your favourite databases from Find Databases into Sets (like folders) Sets which include cross searchable databases can be searched using CrossSearch

1. My Databases: Use to choose your favourite Find Databases databases Click + to add a database to My Databases If you want to CrossSearch your chosen databases, only choose databases with the magnifying glass. This shows that that the database can be cross searched

2. My Databases: Organise your databases into Sets The databases that you have chosen appear on the Clipboard Click to save the databases to a set (folder) Give your set a name List of sets

3. My Databases & CrossSearch: cross search your sets Choose MyDatabases Choose the appropriate set Add search terms

How does Oxlip+ relate to other OULS tools?

OLIS: The Library Catalogue Books / E-books Journals Official & Government Papers Pamphlets Reports Papers…. OU e-Journals A-Z of online journals Oxlip+ -A-Z of databases Subject list of databases Options to Cross Search and manipulate databases ORA (Oxford Research Archive) Repository of research papers written by Ox Uni members includes OU e-Journals A-Z of online journals includes OU e-Journals A-Z of online journals SOLO Books / E-books Journals / E-journals Official & Government Papers Pamphlets Reports Papers…. Oxlip+ A-Z of databases ORA research papers written by Ox Uni members SOLO Includes: OU e-Journals A-Z of online journals includes OU e-Journals A-Z of online journals