Finding books beyond the Bodleian Law Library Margaret
Finding books beyond the Bodleian Law Library Margaret Watson Reader and faculty Services Librarian margaret. watson@ouls. ox. ac. uk 3 November 2005
Finding books beyond the Bodleian Automated stack requests (ASR) COPAC Worldcat FLAG Inter-library loans
Automated Stack Request OLIS (catalogue) function Accessible worldwide Use to order books from other OULS libraries
What can I order? Books and serials from … Bodleian Bookstack 'BOD Bookstack' Nuneham Courtney 'BOD Nuneham' RSL Stack 'RSL Stack' Rhodes House Stack 'RHO Stack' Vere Harmsworth Stack 'VHL Stack'
Are there any restrictions? Only 8 books at a time to the Law Library Fragile items may only be read in certain reading rooms Time limit: one month (renewable)
What do I need to use ASR? Access to OLIS Your University card number Your password = your date of birth e. g. 15 JUN 1945
COPAC Free access via Ox. LIP Over 20 million records Merged catalogues of 27 UK and Irish institutions, including the British Library
World. Cat Over 40 million records Accessible via Ox. LIP Athens required outside Oxford
FLAG Foreign Law Guide Free internet database Lists UK university libraries’ holdings of foreign legal materials
Inter-library Loans For material not available in Oxford Supplied as books or photocopies Subsidised charges: £ 3 (UK)
Summary: how to access material from … elsewhere in Oxford: ASR (via OLIS) elsewhere in the UK: COPAC (via Ox. LIP) elsewhere in the world: World. CAT (via Ox. LIP) collections of foreign law: FLAG (via Ox. LIP) Use Inter-library Loan to request items
Useful web addresses Bodleian Law Library http: //www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/law OLIS http: //www. lib. ox. ac. uk/olis/ Copac http: //copac. uk/ World. Cat (via Ox. LIP) http: //www. bodley. ox. ac. uk/oxlip/ FLAG (Foreign Law Guide) http: //ials. sas. ac. uk/library/flag. htm
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