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WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
with Kerry Webb, Deputy Librarian, English Faculty Library
and Eric Howard,
OULS User Education Assistant Coordinator
Contact details: [email protected]@ouls.ox.ac.uk
WISER Humanities:Full-text electronic journals
WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources
Why use journals?
a valuable research resource book publication is a long process published in parts which come out several times a year contain articles on specific topics, including the most
recent research in your subject area
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Aims of the Session
To introduce you to the main electronic journal resources available to you for the Humanities
To demonstrate how to navigate through some of these To answer any questions you may have and give you the
opportunity to try these resources for yourself
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TD Net
Why use TDNet? Lists in one place every electronic journal subscribed
to by the University (over 40,000 titles to date) Lists valuable information about coverage Allows you to choose your preferred format / supplier
when available Provides access to journals even when the library is
closed http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/
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TD Net – the quick link option
Type in the name of your journal in the search box
Follow the link to OxLIP and select the ‘Electronic Journals and E-books’ option
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Journal specific information
Shows online coverage
Shows list of online publishers
Indicates that we have both text and electronic holdings of this journal
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Browsing for journal titles
Browse the alphabetical list by selecting the appropriate letter and grouping from the ‘Jump to page’ pop up box
Select the first letter of the journal title
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Journal indexes for the Humanities
What is a journal index? A database which contains information about individual articles in
journals, and often indexes book chapters from edited collections as well as book reviews in journals
Indexes are fully searchable by author, title, journal title and, more importantly, by subject area
Indexes are valuable research tools when combined with TDNet Some indexes allow you to export citations to bibliographic
software You can email, print or download your search results
They are not repositories for full text journal articles, but can provide links to the articles indexed
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Index for English: MLA Bibliography
Provides searchable indexed records from over 4,000 journals covering literature, linguistics, language and folklore
Coverage from 1963 to the present Links directly into the OLIS catalogue A guide is available from the English Faculty Library website
http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/english/library_guides
Other useful indexes for English Web of Knowledge: Arts & Humanities Index Linguistics Abstracts Online
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Index for Theology: ATLA Religion
Includes index citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR).
Focuses on Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues
Contains article citations from 650 journals, essay citations from 14,000 multi-author works, and book review citations
Has direct links to over 70 journals in full text Indexes back to 1949, with selected records going back to 1818
Other useful indexes for Theology Philosophers Index International Medieval Bibliography
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Indexes for Philosophy: Philosophers Index Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of
philosophy and related fields Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political
philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic Also includes material on the philosophy of law, religion, science,
history, education, and language Coverage from 1940 to the present Links directly to TDNet where a link is present
Other useful indexes for Philosophy PsychInfo for Philosophy of Mind Web of Knowledge or OCLC for the Philosophy of Science
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Indexes for History: Historical Abstracts Provides searchable indexed records from over 1,700 journals
covering world history from 1450 to the present Index coverage from 1954 to the present Links directly to articles on TDNet, if we have a subscription Also includes a targeted selection of social science and humanities
journals, of special interest to researchers and students of history Can search the combined databases: Historical Abstracts and
America: History and Life covering the United States and Canada
Other useful indexes for History Royal Historical Society Bibliography International Medieval Bibliography
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To summarise
TDNet is the fastest way to access electronic journal resources if you know the title you are looking for
Journal indexes are valuable research tools for searching for journal articles and book chapters on specific research topics
It is important to remember that e-journals might not have the same coverage as our print collections, and some recent issues will have a delayed electronic release date
You will need an ATHENS password to access some of these resources from outside the University network. For further details go to: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/
To access electronic resources from home, VPN software is your best option. For details go to: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/oucs-service/
A quick guide to accessing electronic resources from outside the Oxford network can be downloaded from: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/remote_access
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Humanities Subject Librarians
Kate Alderson-Smith, Theology Librarian Charlotte Goodall, Classics Librarian Isabel Holowaty, History Librarian Jill Hughes, German, Yiddish Librarian Vanya Murray, French and Film Studies Librarian Johanneke Sytsema, Linguistics Librarian Sue Usher, English Librarian Hilla Wait, Philosophy Librarian
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Thank you for attending today
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