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Bodleian Libraries: Resources for Academic Success

Discover the extensive resources and services offered by the Bodleian Libraries for academic success. Access e-journals, e-books, databases, and more. Connect to library services and learn how to improve your search skills.

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Bodleian Libraries: Resources for Academic Success

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  1. Your Library Service: Resources for Academic Success Jo Gardner, Bodleian Social Science LibrarianJohn Southall, Bodleian Data Librarian and Subject Consultant

  2. The Bodleian Libraries offer: • 29 libraries including • Central Bodleian reading rooms, Social Science, Law, Anthropology, Education, Business, Philosophy & Theology, Latin American Studies, Radcliffe Science, etc. • www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries • 80,000 e-journals • 850,000 e-books • 1,000 databases • More than 12 million print volumes • 1,000 items added daily to the collections • 3,800 study spaces • 600 computers and wireless network

  3. Legal Deposit College Libraries

  4. Connecting to Library services • Single Sign On • Bodleian-Libraries

  5. Single Sign On Issued to you by University IT Services For logging onto SOLO(library catalogue) For accessingonline resources off-campus

  6. Bodleian-Libraries Your username is the 7-digit number on your University Card. Your default password is your DOB (e.g. 01JAN1990). For accessing Bodleian Libraries PCs Bodleian-Libraries wifiPCAS [Print, Copy and Scan]

  7. The Bodleian Social Science Library (SSL) Opening hours in Term (Weeks 0-9) Mon – Fri 09:00 – 22:00 Saturday10:00 - 18:00 Sunday11:00 – 19:00 www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ssl

  8. SSL Services and Help - Lending (up to 30 books, normal loans 7 days, short loans 2 days, up to 7 renewals, fines 20p or £1 a day ) - Self-Issue machines - Bodleian stack requests - Enquiry services & friendly staff - Graduate study rooms - Study carrels - Book discussion rooms - Computers and wireless - Printing, copying & scanning - Borrow equipment (Nooks, laptop locks, ethernet cables etc.) - Buy stationery - Free spiral binding - Subject Consultant appointments - Training courses SSL Services - Lending and enquiry services - Bodleian stack requests - Study carrels - Discussion rooms - 400 study spaces - Computers and wireless - Printing, copying & scanning - Subject Consultant appointments - Efficient and friendly staff

  9. Search for Books and E-books Journals and E-journals Grey literature Digital collections Request SSL books out on loan Books in ‘Closed Stack’ Manage your account Renewals View fines Save and export references http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  10. Common search problems • I’ve searched SOLO but I can’t find any relevant publications • I get too many ‘hits’ when I search online • I need to find different kinds of information (journal articles, newspaper articles, data) and I don’t know where to start

  11. Beyond SOLO • Reference ‘chasing’ • You know relevant books and papers already • Ask people • Recommendations are a good start • Not comprehensive • Google / Google Scholar • Arguably the largest ‘database’ • Secret recipe search syntax – hard to replicate • The Systematic Approach a) Plan your search, list your search words b) Identify relevant databases and websites c) Manage your references Stay focused, keep a search log

  12. Plan your search: Create a question Search question: Main concepts Do improved skills in information literacy increase the academic achievement of research students?

  13. Plan your search: Keywords and synonyms

  14. Plan your search: Commands OR BROADENSSEARCH Information skills or search skills AND Information skills andacademic success NARROWSSEARCH

  15. Plan your search: More commands Truncation and wildcards e.g. feminis*, wom?n Search for a phrase by using quote marks e.g. “graduate students” Parentheses e.g. (academic OR educational) AND achievement Limit to particular fields e.g. title, abstract, keywords Apply search filters e.g. date, format

  16. Research Question: Search string • Search 1: information literacy “information literacy” OR “information skills” OR “search* skills” OR “bibliographic instruction” OR “user educat*” • Search 2: academic achievement academic AND (achiev* OR success* OR assess* OR result* OR standard*) • Search 3: university students “university student*” OR undergraduate* OR postgraduate* OR graduate* • Final Search: Search 1 AND Search 2 AND Search 3

  17. Research Question: Applied to a database ASSIA

  18. Find relevant databases http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

  19. Find relevant sources for Internet Studies http://ox.libguides.com

  20. Find relevant sources for data www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/data

  21. Choosing your reference manager Choosing your reference manager What is important to your workflow? Exporting/importing references from databases Cost Integration with word processors PDF management Cross-platform support (Mac, Windows, mobile) Online storage/syncing Sharing and social networking £

  22. Further information Choosing your reference manager Reference management Libguide http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/reference-management Bodleian Libraries RefWorks pages http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/finding-resources/refworks Bodleian Libraries EndNote pages http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sers/resources/endnote

  23. http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/workshops Workshops for postgraduates & researchers Topics covered: • Finding scholarly materials • Reference management (Endnote, RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley) • Measuring research impact • Copyright and intellectual property • Open access publishing • Managing research data

  24. Further training http://researchtraining.socsci.ox.ac.uk

  25. Any questions? jo.gardner@bodleian.ox.ac.uk john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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