WISER Social Sciences: SOLO (Search Oxford Libraries Online)

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WISER Social SciencesSOLO (Search Oxford
Libraries Online)

• Angela Carritt
• User Education Coordinator

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What is SOLO? What does it cover?
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SOLO

• OLIS The Library Catalogue
• Books / E-books
• Journals
• Official Government Papers
• Pamphlets
• Reports
• Papers.

• OU e-Journals
• A-Z of online journals

• ORA (Oxford Research Archive)
• Repository of research papers written by Ox Uni
  members

• Includes
• OU e-Journals
• A-Z of online journals

• includes
• OU e-Journals
• A-Z of online journals

• SOLO
• Books / E-books
• Journals / E-journals
• Official Government Papers
• Pamphlets
• Reports
• Papers.
• Oxlip A-Z of databases
• ORA research papers written by Ox Uni members

• Oxlip
• -A-Z of databases
• Subject list of databases
• Options to Cross Search and manipulate databases

• includes
• OU e-Journals
• A-Z of online journals

• includes
• OU e-Journals
• A-Z of online journals

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Whats where?

• OLIS for books/e-books, journals etc e-journals
  (http//www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/)
• Oxlip for databases e-journals
  (http//oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• OU e-Journals just for e-journals!
  (http//ejournals.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• ORA for research papers by University members
  (http//ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)
• SOLO All of the above but less functionality
  (http//solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/)

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SOLO homepage
OLIS and other collections Searches for books,
journals, e-books, e-journals, papers etc plus
papers in the Oxford Research Archive
Articles Databases sampler Runs a basic Google
style search over a small pre-selected set of
online resources. Of limited use to researchers.
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Searching SOLOOLIS Other Collections
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What can I search for?

• What can I search for? / What should I put in the
  box?
• Titles (of books, journals, publications). Note
  search for journal titles NOT article titles
• Authors
• Subject keywords

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Simple search by title / author
To search for a specific title enter the most
significant words from the title / author. SOLO
will find items including all the words you have
entered
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More information getting the book
For more info click on the title
To find out where the book is or to order/reserve
it click
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Getting it!
SFX to check for online version (for journals)
To request a copy from the stacks
Libraries which hold the item
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Stack requests
University card barcode number
If you dont know your password ask at your
library
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Narrowing down
If youre looking for a common title narrow down
your search using the drop down boxes
Only look for words in the title, author, subject
etc
Limit to a particular library or to online only
Only return items which include the exact phrase
you entered.
Limit your search to books, journals,
audio-visual
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Connecting to online resources
To connect to full text
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Connecting to online resources
Most journals are available from more than one
database or supplier. Choose which one to use
by looking at the date coverage and then click
Go. Filling in the year, vol, issue boxes is
optional!
Date coverage for Chadwyck
Date coverage for HeinOnline
Date coverage for JSTOR
Date coverage for Project Muse (No end date
ongoing)
Date coverage for Swetswise (No end date
ongoing)
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More searches look out for different versions!
Look out for different versions. Different
versions include different/newer editions and
versions in different formats (e.g. online).
These versions are hidden. To see them click
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Re-sorting results
By default results are sorted by relevance. To
see the most recent items first choose
Date-newest.
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Refining your search by topic, author, date
Narrow down your results by choosing a topic,
library, creation date or author. Once you have
chosen one topic you will be able to narrow your
results further
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Refining your results cancelling refinements
Cancel refinements
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Finding more results
When you have found an item which is good for
your research look at the subjects listed. To
see other items sharing the same subject click on
the link
You will also find suggestions to find similar
items at the bottom right corner of every search
screen
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Searching for e-resources
You can search SOLO for eresources by title. Only
suitable if you already know the name of the
eresource
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SOLO Further Functions
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Sign in to SOLO to add items to an e-Shelf, set
alerts, access subscription resources, tag and
review items
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Adding items to your e-shelf
Add to your eshelf
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Using your e-shelf
Email / Print etc
Send to Endnote on the web
Organise items into folders
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Setting up e-mail alerts and RSS feeds
Receive updates about new items which meet your
search criteria by email
Receive updates about new items which meet your
search criteria in your RSS feed reader
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Tagging
Add your own tags (topics) to this item
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Tagging
Enter tags
Choose from your existing tags
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Searching with tags
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SOLO Articles Database sampler
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Sampler searching Health warning

• Cons / Health Warning
• Only searches about 30 of online resources ( may
  not included key databases for your subject)
• Slow
• Little control over your search terms

• Pros
• Searches several online resources simultaneously
• Returns one list of results
• Easy to use

• For serious research
• Find out which are the best online resources for
  your research (Oxlip / Librarians)
• Connect to each online resource separately and
  search using its own interface

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Searching the Articles Databases sampler
This search wont work unless you select a
subject collection
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Articles and databases sampler Results
Results look similar to searching OLIS other
collections but here we are looking at articles
and other resources from online resources such as
the Social Science Citation Index
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OLIS The Oxford Libraries Information Systems

• www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis
• Guides _at_ www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/documentation

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SOLO v OLIS

• SOLO
• Searches more (OLIS ORA Online resources by
  title)
• E-shelf
• Alerts / RSS
• Facets make it easy to narrow down your search
• Includes links to Tables of Contents, Book
  jackets etc

• OLIS
• Offers patron functions (stack requests, renew
  / reserve books)
• Browse options for titles, authors, subject
  heading etc
• More search options search a wider range of
  fields
• More precise searching