WISER Social Sciences: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online) Angela Carritt User Education Coordinator

What is SOLO? What does it cover?

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

What’s where? OLIS for books/e-books, journals etc + e- journals ( Oxlip+ for databases + e-journals ( OU e-Journals just for e-journals! ( ORA for research papers by University members ( SOLO: All of the above but less functionality (

SOLO homepage OLIS and other collections Searches for books, journals, e-books, e-journals, papers etc plus papers in the Oxford Research Archive Articles & Databases sampler Runs a basic “Google style” search over a small pre-selected set of online resources. Of limited use to researchers.

Searching SOLO: OLIS & Other Collections

What can I search for? / What should I put in the box? Titles (of books, journals, publications…). Note search for journal titles NOT article titles Authors Subject keywords What can I search for?

Simple search by title / author To search for a specific title enter the most significant words from the title / author. SOLO will find items including all the words you have entered

To find out where the book is or to order/reserve it click For more info click on the title More information & “getting” the book

SFX: to check for online version (for journals) Libraries which hold the item To request a copy from the stacks Getting it!

University card barcode number Stack requests If you don’t know your password ask at your library

Narrowing down… If you’re looking for a common title narrow down your search using the drop down boxes Limit your search to books, journals, audio-visual… Only return items which include the exact phrase you entered. Only look for words in the title, author, subject etc Limit to a particular library or to online only

Connecting to online resources To connect to full text

Connecting to online resources Date coverage for Chadwyck Most journals are available from more than one database or supplier. Choose which one to use by looking at the date coverage and then click “Go”. Filling in the year, vol, issue boxes is optional! Date coverage for HeinOnline Date coverage for JSTOR Date coverage for Project Muse (No end date = ongoing) Date coverage for Swetswise (No end date = ongoing)

More searches: look out for different versions! Look out for different “versions”. Different versions include different/newer editions and versions in different formats (e.g. online). These “versions” are hidden. To see them click

Re-sorting results By default results are sorted by relevance. To see the most recent items first choose “Date- newest”.

Refining your search by topic, author, date… Narrow down your results by choosing a topic, library, creation date or author. Once you have chosen one topic you will be able to narrow your results further

Refining your results: cancelling refinements Cancel refinements

Finding more results When you have found an item which is good for your research look at the “subjects” listed. To see other items sharing the same subject click on the link You will also find suggestions to find similar items at the bottom right corner of every search screen

You can search SOLO for eresources by title. Only suitable if you already know the name of the eresource Searching for e-resources

SOLO: Further Functions

Sign in to SOLO to add items to an e-Shelf, set alerts, access subscription resources, tag and review items

Adding items to your e-shelf Add to your eshelf

Using your e-shelf Send to Endnote on the web / Print etc Organise items into folders

Setting up alerts and RSS feeds Receive updates about new items which meet your search criteria in your RSS feed reader Receive updates about new items which meet your search criteria by

Tagging Add your own tags (topics) to this item

Tagging Enter tags Choose from your existing tags

Searching with tags

SOLO: Articles & Database sampler

Sampler searching… Health warning Pros Searches several online resources simultaneously Returns one list of results Easy to use Cons / Health Warning Only searches about 30% of online resources ( may not included key databases for your subject) Slow Little control over your search terms For serious research Find out which are the best online resources for your research (Oxlip+ / Librarians) Connect to each online resource separately and search using its own interface

This search won’t work unless you select a subject collection Searching the Articles & Databases sampler

Results look similar to searching OLIS & other collections but here we are looking at articles and other resources from online resources such as the Social Science Citation Index Articles and databases sampler: Results

OLIS: The Oxford Libraries Information Systems

SOLO v OLIS SOLO Searches more (OLIS + ORA + Online resources by title) E-shelf Alerts / RSS Facets make it easy to narrow down your search Includes links to Tables of Contents, Book jackets etc OLIS Offers “patron functions” (stack requests, renew / reserve books) Browse options for titles, authors, subject heading etc More search options – search a wider range of fields More precise searching