Bodleian Social Science Library

Michaelmas, 2011

Post-induction session for Anthropologists

Finding key information resourcesSarah Rhodes Forced Migration, African and Commonwealth Subject Consultant

sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Aim and objectives

Aim: Unlocking key research resources

Objectives:

Searching

Access Storing

results

Stringcreation

Oxford’s your

So what do you need?

Using SOLO to find things

Limit search to a particular library and/or format

Sign in to save results

Check location and availability

Type in your search terms and click on ‘Search’

http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Saving to your e-shelf

Finding journal titles: SOLO or e-journals?

http://ejournals.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Finding full-text journal articles

Creating your search string

Tips: Identify keywords

Consider synonyms, alternative spellings, broader and narrower terms

Apply truncation (usually *) for alternative word endings and plurals

Use wildcards (usually ?) to replace single characters

Define relationships with Boolean logic:

‘and’ for both terms

‘or’ for either

‘not’ to exclude a term

Research question or topic:Visual depictions of Nuer initiation ceremonies

Search 1:Visual

Search 2:Nuer

Search 3:Initiation ceremonies

Photogr* OR Film* Nuer* Init* OR ceremon* OR cult*

Final search string:#1 AND #2 AND #3

Which database to use and why?

Use for journal articles abstracts and indexes; full-text results; newspapers; grey literature; e-books data and statistics; and citations.

OxLIP+ has a subject sub-set for anthropology.

IBSS via CSA Illumina (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - Proquest), Anthropology Plus hosted by First Search, AnthroSource and Swetswise

Accessing databases: OxLIP+

http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

LibGuides:http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

http://ox.libguides.com/oxford-anthropology

Tables of Contents: keeping up-to-date

TOC services provide access to the most recent tables of contents.

ZETOC gives access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of current journals and conference proceedings from 1993 to date, and is updated on a daily basis. Access via OxLip+

ticTOCs - scholarly journal TOC service for over 12,000 titles from over 430 publishers (www.tictocs.ac.uk)

Reference managers available

What do they do?

gather and import references from different sources and databases (incl. catalogues and websites such as e-shelf and OxLIP+);

edit, sort, annotate and share references;

create reference and bibliographic lists in different formats and styles;

integrate with word processing applications to produce automatically formatted bibliographies.

RefWorks vs EndNote

Compare features: Web Desktop RefWorks

Save references + + +

Organize & edit references + + +

Unlimited Storage capacity (number of references) 10,000 + +

Import from many databases and OPACs + + +

Cite & format papers with bibliographies + + +

Create & save advanced searches + +

Customize views & displays + +

Edit reference import filters & output styles + +

Work online, on any computer + +

Cite tables, figures, & equations + +

Work Offline (anytime/anywhere) +Write N Cite available offline:

Full access online

Local Personal Files and Documents + +

High Performance Desktop Environment +  

Reference management: Refworks

University supports &

Refworks is free for Oxford University members (whereas EndNote costs £80 from OUCS).

You can access your personal account from any computer connected to the web.

http://www.refworks.com/refworks