Online Resources and IT Accessing online resources Learning to use online resources The Law...

Online Resources and IT

Accessing online resources

Learning to use online resources

The Law Library web site

Journals/Law Reports look up tool

All information is in the handout “Essential IT Information” including all the URLs

Accessing online resources

Access via the Law Library web site @ http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/databases legal resources only

or

Access via Oxlip @ http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip all subjects including law Oxlip.pif

Passwords

Some databases are free – you will never be asked for a password

Some databases will not ask you for a password when you within the Oxford network… but will need one from outside (more on these later)

Some databases will always ask you for a password. This is normally an ‘Athens ID’

Athens IDs

A personal username and password used to access many databases

Needed for: HeinOnline, Justis, Lawtel, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Westlaw

Get it @ https://register.oucs.ox.ac.uk Must have activated your Oxford single sign on

(webmail) account log in using your Oxford single sign on

username and password Use the same address to reset your password if

you forget it

Get Athens password and remote access password

Reset forgotten passwords

Some passwords are supplied on screen… [OXLIP. P.WORD]

When you link to the database you will be given a password on screen

Other passwords

Casetrack (UK transcripts) Personal Lawtel (for alerting service) Request by e-mail to

law.library@bodley.ox.ac.uk Give you University card number Name of the database in the subject line

(e.g. Casetrack, Lawtel)

Passwords

Passwords are supplied for academic use only

NEVER lend your password to anyone else

Accessing resources from off campus

Your Athens ID will give you access to many databases from outside Oxford … but not everything and not Oxford only web pages

To access everything use the ‘Virtual Private Network’ or the ‘OUCS dial up service’

Using Athens off campus

Athens web site @ http://www.athens.ac.uk and choose “My Athens” followed by “Resources”

or

Look for log on options within databases for “EDUSERV ATHENS”, “Athens users log in here”

Toolbar – allows you to log in to Athens and select resources from your toolbar

List of online resources

OUCS VPN Service Oxford University Computing Service - Virtual

Private Network Full access to everything as if you are on campus Also used to access wireless network You will need

Remote access username and password VPN software Both available from https://register.oucs.ox.ac.uk

Once installed connect to databases as usual More information@

http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/eresources_and_guides/databases/ external#vpn

Reset forgotten passwords

Get remote access password

Get software: VPN (for access from outside and wireless access)

OUCS dial up service

Similar to VPN service but uses your telephone line

Full access as if you are on campus Only suitable for people living in the

Oxford area due to phone line costs Slow connection speed More information @

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/dialup/

Learning to use online resources and other library resources

Training

Programme @ http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/services/classes

Induction programme http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/pginduction

Drop in sessions Weeks 3-8:Weds 2.30-4.30

Self taught tutorials

Postgraduate induction Intro to Common Law Resources

Introduction to the UK legal system for students from civil law jurisdictions

Computing & online services for postgraduate law students Run by the computing service and introduces OUCS

facilities and services Westlaw

Finding materials from the UK, USA and beyond Getting Started

Introduction to online resources including: finding online journals, indexing services, current awareness, introduction to Endnote, intro to new technologies

Missed Everything For students who do not arrive until next week!

Library Tours

Postgraduate Induction

To book places http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/

postgraduate/induction.shtml Choose “Book for Library and IT

induction sessions” Only book one place for each session

Self Paced Tutorials

Self paced tutorials @ http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/e-resources_and_guides/training/database_guides

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Other Training Opportunities

Look out for future sessions on…. Library web site Postgraduate mailing lists

Other enquiries angela.carritt@law.ox.ac.uk & sandra.meredith@law.ox.ac.uk

The Bodleian Law Library web site

OLIS – the Library catalogue

Legal Databases

Services for postgraduates

Guides to jurisdictions & subjects and study / database guides

Class timetable

Library News

Inter Library loans – if we don’t have the book or journal you need

Database showing where to find law journals and law reports