Welcome to the Social Science Library

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Welcome to the Social Science Library

• Undergraduate Induction 2008

Gillian Pritchard gillian.pritchard_at_ssl.ox.ac.uk
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Outline

• Introduction to the SSL
• Finding books and journals on your reading lists
• Other collections you may find useful
• Library tour

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Opening Hours

• During Term
• Monday Friday 08.45am 10.00pm
• Saturday 10.00am 06.00pm
• Sunday 12.00pm 06.00pm

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The All Important Bod Card!

• Register at main reception for library swipe
  access
• Use to check out and renew books, (30 at any one
  time, normal loans 1 week, short loans 2
  days)
• Use to make reservations, place requests from
  the Bodleian
• Use to get wireless access
• Password
• Date of Birth 20th January 1968
• 20JAN1968

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IT

• We have
• 55 Computers with access to
• electronic resources, MS Office
• Networked printers
• Scanners
• Photocopiers
• Buy your photocopy/print card at desk and top up
  as you need
• - 7p per photocopied side or double-sided
  printed sheet
• Use your laptops here (wireless available in
  most of the library)

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Finding Books and Journals
http//solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk
Type in your search terms here
Click on go to perform the search
You can limit your search to the SSL here
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Sample Reading List

• King, Gary Keohane, Robert and Verba, Sidney
  (1994) Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton
  University Press.
• Jackman, R. W. and Miller, R. A. (1996) A
  Renaissance of Political Culture? American
  Journal of Political Science 40/3.

http//solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk
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Shelfmark Arrangement

• Organised by subject for easy browsing
• Library of Congress
• Range of shelfmarks written on shelf ends

http//www.ssl.ox.ac.uk/subjectbrowsingguide.html
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Borrowing
You can borrow 30 books at a time normal loans
1 week short loans 2 days email reminder when
books are due
All books without these stickers are normal loans

• Confined Can be
• cannot borrowed
• be borrowed for
• two days

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Item In Use

• Use for books you are reading in the library
• Fill in details and leave in place of book
• Enables readers and staff to track books

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Sample Reading List

• King, Gary Keohane, Robert and Verba, Sidney
  (1994) Designing Social Inquiry. Princeton
  University Press.
• Jackman, R. W. and Miller, R. A. (1996) A
  Renaissance of Political Culture? American
  Journal of Political Science 40/3.

http//solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk
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Other Places to Try
Information about Oxford libraries e.g. location
and opening hours
Links directly to OLIS, the Oxford union
catalogue. Click here to view your borrowing
record, renew books etc
The best place to find subject databases and
e-resources
Search for e-journals and link through to
full-text
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Accessing your patron recordwww.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis
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• Thank you!
• Enjoy
• Oxford