1. WISER: Key tools for finding Oxford resources
Gillian Beattie
25 January 2010

2. SOLO Sign in using SSO username and password to:
Access electronic resources (e-journals and e-books) off-campus
Save records to your e-shelf
Save searches and set up alerts
Assign tags to items

3. Searching on SOLO ‘OLIS & other catalogues’
Books and journals catalogued in OLIS
Articles, papers, and theses in ORA (Oxford University’s research archive)
Simply enter search terms in the box and click on go
‘Articles & databases sampler’
Cross-search selected databases in a particular subject area
Enter search terms in the box, choose a subject from the drop-down menu, and click on go

4. Working with search results
Sort by relevance or date
Refine results using the options in the menu on the right
Different versions/editions of the same work are usually grouped together
Click on the blue title link to see more information about an item
Click on ‘check library holdings’ to find out where print copies are available
Click on ‘online access/get it’ to link through to full text of electronic copies

5. Saving results and setting up alerts
To add items to e-shelf, simply click to tick the box
Click on the e-shelf link to see what you have added to it
Choose results to , print, or export
‘This session’s queries’ shows all the searches you have run in this sitting – click on the one you want to save or set up as an alert, then click ‘save query’, and enter the details as prompted

6. Articles & database sampler
Articles & databases sampler – a quick demo…
Click on the link to see what databases you are cross-searching
In your search results, click on ‘may be full text’ to check for full text availability

7. OxLIP+ Gateway to hundreds of online resources:
Bibliographic databases
Full text resources, including OU e-journals
Data and statistics
Websites

8. Signing in to OxLIP+
Sign in using SSO to access resources when working off-campus
Use My Research to save results and set up alerts for searches run within OxLIP+, and to save lists of your favourite resources for cross-searching

9. Finding resources in OxLIP+
To browse resources for your subject area, click the subject tab and select from the drop-down menu
To find resources on a particular topic, choose ‘other options’ and search in the ‘any word’ field
If you know the resource you want to use, search for it in the Title tab

10. Finding resources in OxLIP+
Click on the blue ‘I’ to find out more about a resource – publisher, coverage, etc.
Click on + sign to add the resource to your clipboard (it will then appear under ‘My databases’ in ‘My research’)
The magnifying glass means that you can search the database in OxLIP+ itself
To enter the resource itself, click on the title link

11. Searching in OxLIP+
Some resources let you search in OxLIP+ itself – look for the magnifying glass symbol
Cross-search – up to five databases at a time, from particular subject areas or using your own customised set.

12. My research Saved results Save search and set up alert
Make set of databases and show how it appears in list of options for cross-searching.

13. Further help
For further assistance using the resources available via OxLIP+, your subject librarians are here to help: