WISER Science An Overview of Eresources Juliet Ralph
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WISER Science An Overview of E-resources Juliet Ralph, Radcliffe Science Library October 2007
Ox. LIP Oxford Libraries Information Platform …let’s take a guided tour for Science & Medicine – Key headings – Key resources Especially those we have bought or subscribed to! – There’s a complete A-Z list of all resources on the Title List tab – They are also listed under relevant headings on the main Subject List screen
http: //www. bodley. ox. ac. uk/oxlip
Library Catalogues and Library Information OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford Libraries to find books & journals World-Wide Library Catalogues Latest Database Acquisitions and Trials e. g. “Henry Stewart” Talks Online lectures in biomedical science http: //hstalks. com/access
All Subjects Dictionaries, Encyclopædias and Reference Works Electronic Journals and E-books General Bibliographic Tools and Publishing Aids Newspapers Official Papers (inc. sources of statistics) OXAM - Oxford Examination Papers Online World Wide Web and the Internet
Dictionaries, Encyclopædias and Reference Works Major reference sources such as Oxford English Dictionary Encylopaedia Britannica Online Oxford Reference Online – quick reference collection, including English and bilingual dictionaries, English grammar & thesaurus, plus subject dictionaries
Plus some specialised ones Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Encyclopedia of Cancer Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics Images. MD (medical images) Knovel Critical Tables (chemistry)
General Bibliographic Tools and Publishing Aids British Standards Online – Technical specifications – Current, historic and draft standards – Requires an Athens account even within the Oxford domain Index to Theses – List of theses (with abstracts) accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716 Dissertations & Theses (Pro. Quest) – doctoral dissertations and master's theses, worldwide, from 1861
Sciences Biological Sciences Earth & Environmental Sciences History of Science Medical Sciences Physical & Mathematical Sciences Under these headings are listed relevant databases, reference works and e-books, and internet sites
Bibliographic Databases Key tool for literature searching – find journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, etc in your subject. Different interfaces but all do a similar job: To list Citations + Abstracts + links to full text if Oxford has access, using
Key subject databases Biological Sciences – BIOSIS (biology & biochemistry) – CAB Abstracts (agriculture & forestry) – Zoological Record Earth & Environmental Sciences – Geo. Base (geography) – Geo. Ref (geology) History of Science – Historical Abstracts
Medical Sciences – Medline (medicine) Freely available via Pub. Med Also via Ovid Web Gateway – AMED (complementary medicine) – Embase (pharmacology) – Global Health – Psyc. INFO (psychology) – SPORTDiscus (sports medicine)
Physical & Mathematical Sciences Chemistry – Chemical Abstracts (via Sci. Finder Scholar) Engineering – Compendex Materials – METADEX - Materials Research Database (via CSA) Maths – Math. Sci. Net
Physical & Mathematical Sciences INSPEC For Physics, Engineering, Computing , Applied Maths, Astronomy … ØCoverage includes pure and applied physics, electronics, electrical engineering, communications, computer science, control engineering, information technology and manufacturing, mechanical and production engineering Ø Indexes approx 4200 journals, 1000 conferences, books, reports, dissertations Ø Coverage from 1969 onwards
Multidisciplinary databases Web of Knowledge Ø Web of Science ØArts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975ØScience Citation Index Expanded, 1945ØSocial Science Citation Index, 1956 -
Science & Medicine SCOPUS Ø Contains 4 of those specialist databases: Ø Compendex 1970Ø Embase 1970Ø Geobase 1980Ø Medline 1966Ø Plus these datasets: Fluidex 1974 - ; World Textile Index 1970 - ; Biobase 1994Ø 15000 journals in total Ø Also websites and patents Ø Produced by Elsevier
Databases v Search engines Contents indexed by specialists Subject headings Limits Allow you to: View search history Combine searches Mark & sort results Print/save/email & Export results Save searches Set up alerts Free text searching only No limiting functions None of these!
Getting your hands on the Full Text Ø If there’s no link from the database… Ø Check the Oxford e-journals list http: //sfx 7. exlibrisgroup. com/oxford/ az Ø Check the Library Catalogue (for books and printed journals) http: //www. lib. ox. ac. uk/olis/
What if it’s not available in Oxford? Some authors allow unlimited access to their work and if you type the title of the paper into Google you may be able to access a downloadable copy of the paper. Contact the author(s) and ask them to send you a reprint of their paper. Alternatively, use our Inter-Library Loan/Document Supply service!
Managing your references Several packages available: 1. End. Note Either buy a licence from OUCS at http: //www. oucs. ox. ac. uk/shop/ Or register for a free (to you) web-based account www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/eresources/endnote 2. Ref. Works Also free (to you) and web-based Create an account at www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/eresources/refworks
Accessing Ox. LIP resources Direct access from Oxford University network Remote access – Register for a personal Athens account – www. oucs. ox. ac. uk/athens/ – If database does not use Athens, install the Virtual Private Network on your pc for access to the University network – www. oucs. ox. ac. uk/network/remote/
Here to help Queries about e-journals and databases, including access problems eresources@ouls. ox. ac. uk Radcliffe Science Library enquiries. rsl@ouls. ox. ac. uk http: //www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/rsl/
Or contact your Subject Librarian Bio- & environmental sciences: roger. mills@ouls. ox. ac. uk Life sciences & medicine: juliet. ralph@ouls. ox. ac. uk Physical sciences: ljilja. ristic@ouls. ox. ac. uk Health Care Libraries: linda. atkinson@hcl. ox. ac. uk Complete list at www. ouls. ox. ac. uk/collections/librarians
Over to you Try the databases: tutorial for one of these – INSPEC (physical sciences) – Medline (medicine) – SCOPUS (all science & medicine) – Psyc. INFO (psychology) Go to http: //www. bodley. ox. ac. uk/oxlip/ Select database from the Title List And look for
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