WISER Finding stuff: Articles Kerry Webb, Deputy Librarian, English Faculty Library Isabel McMann, Academic Liaison Services, Radcliffe Science Library & Angela Carritt, Bodleian Libraries’ User Education Coordinator

Structure of the session Finding known journal titles and articles using SOLO and OxLIP+ Researching specific topics using journal indexes Practical step by step exercises

Searching for journals on SOLO SOLO, OLIS and OU e-Journals provide links to e-Journals SOLO and OLIS also provide location details for print journals Search by journal title –Not article title, not author, not topic –Avoid abbreviations if possible On your results page choose the database with the “best” coverage for your needs

Journal Articles (Beta) on SOLO 6 month trial of an external database Cross-disciplinary resource comprising citations to about 400 million articles but not all subjects are covered comprehensively Not all of these are available to Oxford scholars via our subscription based e-resources Where available links to OxLIP+ are provided Primo Central is not exhaustive and you will need to use the databases on OxLIP+ for a more specialist subject search

Oxford e-Journals provides… - Full text access to thousands of journal articles - Ability to browse recent issues of journals by subject area - Choice of downloading, ing or printing articles - Access from any computer linked to the Oxford network It is accessible via OxLIP+:

Why use Oxford e-journals? Lists every full text electronic journal subscribed to by the University Provides valuable information about electronic coverage Available 24/7 wherever you can access a computer connected to the Oxford network Don’t have to wait for Automatic Stack Requests for periodical parts available electronically Multi user access, don’t have to wait for journals to be re- shelved in order to use them Links directly to OLIS for complete Oxford holdings information

Full text options From here select an option according to the coverage you require (e.g – 2001) By Title Provides a hyperlink to the various full text subscriptions within Oxford journal

By Subject Will provide a list of all e-journals within your subject area subscribed to by the University

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 Oxford eJournals Some indexes allow you to export citations to bibliographic software, e.g. RefWorks You can , print or download your search results They are not repositories for full text journal articles, but can provide links to the articles indexed

Which indexes to use? Either search OxLIP+ by title, if known by subject area or by keyword using the ‘other options’ tab

Example demonstration Web of Knowledge, hosted by Ebsco Available via

Points to remember Oxford eJournals is the fastest way to access electronic journal resources if you know the title you are looking for It is important to remember that e-journals might not have the same coverage as our print collections, and some recent issues will have a delayed electronic release date Journal indexes are valuable research tools for searching for journal articles and book chapters on specific research topics To access electronic resources from home, you will need to use your Oxford Single Sign On. For details go to:

Online guide to ejournals:

Any questions? Exercises available: Web of Science (All Subjects) Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Social Sciences and Sciences) MLA (Modern Languages and Literature) Radcliffe Science Library tutorials: Find an index for your subject using Oxlip+ and try out some searches

Thank you for coming to this session If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us: Kerry Webb, Deputy Librarian, English Faculty Library Angela Carritt User Education Coordinator, Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford