Accessing OU Resources: SOLO, Oxlip+, ejournals and Libguides

Kate Jackson

Human Rights 2012

What resources?

• Books (SOLO)• Databases (SOLO, Oxlip+, Library website,

Libguide)• Journal articles (SOLO, Ejournals, Library

website, Libguide)• Guides and further help (Library website,

Libguide)

SOLO

• Search Oxford Libraries Online @ http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

• Contains– Books (both hard copy and online)– Journals (both by title and by article information)– Databases

• Added functionality to help with reference management and e-bookshelf

• Has a live help chat box

Put in your search terms in the main box. Here it is the author and words from the title but you can search by subject

You can refine your search by using the drop down boxes.

Find the work you are looking for on the list – if there are multiple editions you need to choose “view all 2 versions” to see the editions

Click on Locations underneath and look for Law Library or Bodleian Law Library to find out where it is in the Bodleian Law Library the Call

Number will tell you the class mark but if you are not sure then ask a member of staff.

If a book is online then you can narrow it down by clicking on “show only online resources” and then clicking on view versions on the right

You know it is available electronically if you see the View Online link which should take you through to the online version

Oxlip+

• Oxford Libraries Information Platform @ http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

• Database of databases• Use this if SOLO is bringing up too many

results and you know it is a database• Contains databases across all subject areas• Can log in to access remotely the same way as

SOLO

If you are away from Oxford then you can log in in the top right using your Oxford Single Sign On

Type in the name of the database in the title box or words from the title. You can also using the A-Z letters but be aware that there are 1,000s of databases listed. Do not use the subject option as this is not that good for Human Rights.

You will then get a list of the database (or just one if the terms used were uncommon) click on the link to take you through to the database. You may get asked for your single sign on again.

Oxford Ejournals

• Electronic journals @ http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk (under the Find a journal tab)

• Use this if SOLO is bringing up too many results and you know it is a journal and want it electronically

• Available remotely• Search by journal title• Lists all databases/websites where the journal is

available

Make sure you choose the Find e-journal tab

Put in the title of the journal or words from the title. Click on the link and it will bring up another box. This lists which database (s) the journal is on and the date range. A journal may be available in more than one database

Libguides

• Set of guides produced by experienced OU staff

• Covers many subject areas• Human Rights guide available @

http://ox.libguides.com/law-humanrights

The front page is a general starting point to Human Rights. The tabs across the top go into more detail.

There is a tab specifically for you at the end. This will have information about accessing resources remotely and some of the presentations seen today

Current Awareness

• Lots of tools available• Different databases and journals have ways of

setting up alerts that email new results to you• Another more efficient way is to use a RSS feed

reader and then subscribe to RSS feeds• RSS feeds can be update to webpages, news,

journal table of contents• Can learn more about how to do this in an

individual session