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Unlocking the LawBodfor BCL/MJurs
Elizabeth WellsBodleian Law Library
MT 2010
Library PCs:
Need OLIS username & password
What’s my OLIS ID? Above barcode on
your University Card is a Number
OLIS Password• Default = dob • 01jan2000
IDEALLY change it!How? Via Patron
Functions on OLIS1234567
Back to Basics Searching the catalogue for books &
e-books (not chapters) and journals (titles not abbreviations nor articles)
SOLO http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk OLIS http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
ASR Automated Stack Request
Search for title Vagueness in law
If happy to read e-bookClick here
SIMPLE TITLE SEARCH ON SOLO HOMEPAGE
Need to click on“Open source in a new
window” To read it
E-books at home
If outside OU network,
Sign in with your Oxford Single Sign On/Webauth/Herald
Username & Password
FINDING OLD STYLE BOOKS
New search
If you leave choice to
“That contain my query words”
Simple search operatorsSOLO assumes AND Eg cats dogs = cats AND dogs
USE OR to search on alternatives simultaneously e.g. cats OR felines.
Use NOT to exclude a term e.g. cats NOT dogs.
Use brackets to clarify complicated searches e.g. Iceland (history OR culture).
Truncation = an asterisk e.g. America* to search for America, American, Americans etc.
Use ? as a wildcard within a word e.g. wom?n for women OR woman.
SOLO: Advanced search
Pro Solo
Log in with Oxford Single Sign On user name and password to get off campus access to online/electronic resources eg
Log in with OSSO to get e-shelf
SOLO’s E-shelf
Should be able to save searches too
USE e-shelf as an aide memoire
NOT as bibliography compiler
Can Change
Con SOLO
Very recently updated …… Time delay – slower to update than
OLIS “Journal articles (beta)” AVOID Be sure to sort results by “Date –
Newest”
Introducing ASR
On SOLO search for book with title
Rancor and reconciliation
Find out its Locations
Drop down Reading Room
Options Law Main
Deskis LAW BOD
Optimistic timeframe
OLIS
(Oxford Libraries Information System)
Union catalogue Accessible from anywhere in the
world at www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
Two interfaces: the same data
Why use OLIS? Older – more stable Real time updates Automated Stack Request To change OLIS ID
When not to use OLIS? When trying toAccess e-books off campus
Patron function to change OLIS password
USING OLIS TO SEARCH THE CATALOGUE
Use drop down menu for Author, Title, Subject searches
Closest match will be in bold
If there is an e-version it will
be below
Click here to see which libraries
have it but not exact
shelf marks
Law LibraryMeans
LawBod
To get shelfmark click on title/author link
Click Author’s name to search catalogue for all books where he’s sole author, joint author or editor
Click on a subject to search all the catalogue
If the first word of the title is a definite or indefinite article (the, a, an, le, el, il, or der etc) SKIP it!
Drop down options include ISBN and ISSN
http://ox.libguides.com/law-home
Plenty of help
Online help links
Explanatory leaflets available in the Main Reading Room
Ask a Librarian – that’s why we’re here!