WISER Science: Oxlip : Oxford Libraries Information Platform

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WISER ScienceOxlip Oxford Libraries
Information Platform

• Juliet Ralph and
• Isabel McMann
• Radcliffe Science Library

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OxLIP (Oxford Libraries Information Platform)
provides access to Oxfords subscription
databases and other online information
sources http//oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk OXLIP
databases are listed A-Z by title and also
organised by subject - especially useful for
finding e-resources on your subject if you dont
know where to start.
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Whats on OxLIP ?

• Bibliographic databases (e.g. Scopus, Web of
  Science)
• Use these for your literature search
• Articles from key journals in a subject are
  catalogued by indexing/abstracting services
• The records are electronically searchable
• Results usually include an Abstract
• Plus links to electronic full text or library
  catalogue

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What else is on OxLIP ?

• Wide range of subscription resources
• Reference works (e.g. Handbook of Statistics)?
• Full-text databases (e.g. JSTOR, ScienceDirect)
• E-book packages (e.g. Oxford Reference Online,
  Credo)?
• Indexes to Theses (Dissertations Abstracts, Index
  to Theses)?
• Conference papers (Papers First / Proceedings
  First)?
• Official papers and grey literature (e.g. UKOP)
• Statistical information (e.g. OECD data)?

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What else is on OxLIP ?

• Plus some free but scholarly resources
• Library catalogues (COPAC, British Library,
  WorldCat)??
• Current awareness services (ZETOC)??
• Web resources and mailing lists (Intute)?

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Whats NOT on OxLIP?

• Individual books and journals which are listed
  on SOLO

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OxLIP Oxford Libraries Information Platform

• New platform, new functions
• More ways to discover relevant resources by
  subject
• Cross-searching across databases
• Personalised options on the My Research tab
• Remote access via Oxford Single Sign-On

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Use the default Find Database to search for a
specific resource (eg Scopus) by title or A-Z
search.
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Click on the name to go through to the native
interface of the database
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Legend

• More information is available on each database
  including search hints
• If you add a resource to your clipboard you can
  keep sets of favourites and create sets to
  cross-search
• This icon means you can search it
  within OxLIP (i.e. not through its native
  interface). It also means the resource is
  cross-searchable - click on CrossSearch to search
  several databases at once.

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Find Database - By Subject

• Subject groupings have been created by subject
  librarians in order to highlight key resources
  a guide to whats available at oxford. Usually
  broken down into resource types.
• Intended to help you get started and raise
  awareness of resources that may otherwise get
  overlooked.

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Find Database by Subject lets you browse through
resources selected by subject librarians. Click
on GO to see the titles under each sub-category
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Find Database Other options

• Search the Titles and Descriptions of resources
• Title
• Database vendor/publisher (eg Ovid, ISI)
• Subject
• Any word
• Type (full text, images, maps, catalogues etc)

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CrossSearch

• Search across several databases at the same time
• Select a maximum of 5
• Log in to get the full range of options
• e.g. adding resources to the clipboard

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CrossSearch steps

• Choose
• CrossSearch
• Search type Subjects
• Subject eg Medical Sciences
• Sub-category eg Bibliographic databases
• Select the databases available for
  cross-searching by clicking in box
• Enter your keywords in search box
• Click on Go

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CrossSearch Results

• The Combined Results list includes the first
  results fetched from the databases that were
  searched and returned results. They are displayed
  in order of relevance.
• To view the combined results from the searched
  databases, click combined results.
• CrossSearch Results can be displayed in three
  views Table View, Brief View and Full View. You
  can toggle between the different views.
• You can view the results of a specific database
  by clicking results by databases and then
  clicking the View or Jump link of any of the
  databases in the displayed list. To close this
  window, click Back.

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My Research

• E-Shelf
• Email results to yourself, or send to RefWorks or
  EndNote
• And if you Log In you get extra options
• Save references permanently
• History
• Save searches and set up alerts
• My Databases
• Create sets of favourite resources

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Log In (using your Oxford Single Sign-On)
for off-campus access to subscription resources.
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Further help

• Ask in any Library and we will be pleased to help
• Contact your subject librarian - see
  www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects/librarians
• Online help and guides are available - see
  www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/guides or in libraries
• Why not sign up for more WISER sessions?
• See www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/information_skills
• Please respond to the request for feedback which
  will be emailed to you we value your input!