1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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+:

6. 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

7. Demonstration Finding known journal article or journal by title
Available via

8. By Title
Provides a hyperlink to the various full text subscriptions within Oxford journal
Full text options
From here select an option according to the coverage you require (e.g – 2001)
Search directly by journal title to find a known article, e.g. Shakespeare Quarterly Volume 61, Number 1, Spring 2010, pp.1-27 Shakespeare’s Sad Tale for Winter: Hamlet and the Tradition of Fireside Ghost Stories - Catherine Belsey
(N.B. Note the coverage from each journal provider in order to select the correct option)
If the article is not available electronically, then select the option to go to OLIS where print coverage of the journal in Oxford will be given.
Or browse search for journals with specified word in the title, e.g. ‘Shakespeare’

9. By Subject
Will provide a list of all e-journals within your subject area subscribed to by the University
You can also browse journal titles by subject area, e.g. Earth Sciences / Extraterrestrial geology

10. What is a journal index?
A bibliographic 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

11. Which indexes to use? Either search OxLIP+ by title, if known
by subject area
or by keyword using the ‘other options’ tab
Or you can search for articles on specific topics by searching for a database by title, or by subject area:
e.g. Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), hosted on WoK: Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

12. Demonstration Web of Knowledge, hosted by Ebsco Available via
Find database via title or subject category then select from list.
e.g. SSCI on Web of Knowledge / Web of Science
Select database – Social Science Citation Index
Topic=(gyps* OR travell*) AND Topic=(human rights)
Timespan=All Years. Databases=SSCI.
From your results, you can select the articles you find of interest by ticking the box next to each title, add them to a marked list and then /save to Endnote or Refworks or print them out.
Or, in many cases, you can go directly to the article by the ‘Find Oxford’ option from the results list

13. 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:

14. Online guide to ejournals: http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

15. 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

16. 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