Roger Mills Bio- & Environmental Sciences Librarian 16/11/2018

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You’re here to read So we got a few books in 11 million to be precise Plus several thousand electronic resources It cost us a bit £20million p.a. Why do we bother? Because you’re worth it! 16/11/2018

By the way Our books, lined up side by side, would stretch from here to Calais through the Channel Tunnel Cambridge’s would only stretch from here to Cambridge But the British Library’s would stretch from here to Edinburgh 16/11/2018

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So today We’ll look at how you can find what you want quickly and easily despite the huge size of the system In 2 weeks’ time you’ll have a practical session to look at some of the databases and search techniques in more detail. 16/11/2018

Drooping? Getting the Right Perspective 16/11/2018

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Information Skills Any time: WISER: Help available in any library – don’t be afraid to ask WISER: Regular weekly lunchtime courses open to all 16/11/2018

Oxford Big  Bad ? ? Scary X X 16/11/2018

Scary places Don’t feel out of place - Ask a librarian! 16/11/2018

OULS Managed by subject areas Hub Libraries: Science and Medicine (RSL) Social Science (SSL) Humanities (Bodleian > RI) Satellite Libraries (S&M): Geography & the Environment Plant Sciences Zoology 16/11/2018

Information Services in Bio- & Environmental Sciences Biology Environment Forestry Geography Ornithology Plant Sciences Taxonomy Zoology 16/11/2018

ISBES web www.plantlib.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

Staff Bio- & Environmental Sciences Team (BEST) Cover Geography, Plant Sciences and Zoology Libraries Closely co-ordinated with Radcliffe Science Library 16/11/2018

Staff list screenshot 16/11/2018

Other Libraries Map Room (New Bodleian) Social Science Library (Manor Road) Radcliffe Science Library (reference only) Hooke Library (adjacent to RSL) Hope Library (University Museum) 16/11/2018

University Museum Radcliffe Science Library Plant Sciences OUCE Hooke Zoology New Bodleian Bodleian Geography Social Science >> Library 16/11/2018

Upcoming changes New library catalogue software (OLIS) Increased spending on electronic resources (ELISO) Digital library (Google) Depository (8.5m volumes in high-density automated store) RSL to become lending library LC classification university-wide Satellite libraries incorporated in hubs Geography > RSL 2007 16/11/2018

Registration University card is library card – present on first visit to register as a borrower No registration needed for RSL or Bodleian 16/11/2018

Borrowing Available from most libraries Generally one-week loan period, renewable online Some variation between libraries Fines for late return Do respond to e-mail notices! 16/11/2018

Photocopying, scanning & printing Charge 5p/A4 sheet Use OULS copycards Take care not to use departmental or college card Copyright regulations 70 years after author’s death Legal limits: One article per periodical issue 5% of total work Policed by Copyright Licensing Agency 16/11/2018

All your own work Plagiarism: 1. The action or practice of plagiarizing; the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one's own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another. Extract from OED 13/10/04  16/11/2018

Inter-Library Loans Available for material not held in Oxford Basic charge £3 Articles delivered electronically 16/11/2018

Automated Information Retrieval “Behold - an efficient information retrieval system with on-line access to stored detail....” 16/11/2018

OULS web www.ouls.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

OUCS web www.oucs.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

OU web www.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

The Key to Survival Always carry your University Card Password = d.o.b. in format 30MAY2003 (no spaces) You can change it 16/11/2018

Don’t write in library books! Or tear pages out... Rules and Regulations Don’t write in library books! Or tear pages out... Observe borrowing rules 16/11/2018

No Smoking Anywhere in the building 16/11/2018

Liquid [and other] Refreshment Only in Common Rooms please 16/11/2018

Libraries are Quiet Places 16/11/2018

Sound City Please keep personal stereos personal Turn off mobile phones 16/11/2018

You Are Not Alone Think of other users 16/11/2018

Respond to Messages All reasonable excuses accepted 16/11/2018

Opening Hours Mon-Fri: Bodleian, RSL, SSL 0900-2200 in term Weekends: see announcements Hooke: 0900-1730, Sat 9-12.30 in term Geography: 0900-1730 Plant Sciences: 0900-1730 Zoology: 0830-1700 16/11/2018

Coverage All reading list material Reference and lending copies of reading list books Bodleian & Radcliffe Science Library: reference only Social Science Library: reference and lending Hooke Library: multiple loan copies Geography: lending copies of most texts Plant Sciences: reference and lending copies of key texts Zoology: generally no multiple copies 16/11/2018

Not dry yet 16/11/2018

Computers save time System not working? Ask why! 16/11/2018

Finding Out Computer information: Course information: OUCS WebLearn Where printed books and journals are: OLIS (the library catalogue) Accessing electronic journals TDNet Other databases: OxLIP 16/11/2018

Computer use OUCS welcometoit.ox.ac.uk Registration on-line E-mail Herald: Activate your account asap Training & Documentation Hardware and software at educational discounts 16/11/2018

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WebLearn powered by Bodington Oxford’s VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) http://www.weblearn.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

Login Use your Oxford [=Herald (e-mail)] username and password (activate your account first) Guest login will not let you access all course materials 16/11/2018

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Books v. Periodicals Maynard Smith J. (1998). Evolutionary Genetics. (2nd Edition). Oxford University Press. Ridley M. (1996). Evolution (2nd Edition). Blackwell Science Inc. [Chapters 11-13]. Bell, G (1997). Selection: The Mechanism of Evolution. Chapman & Hall Craig A. Stockwell, Andrew P. Hendry and Michael T. Kinnison (2003) Contemporary evolution meets conservation biology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 1: 94-101. 16/11/2018

The Oxford library catalogue http://library.ox.ac.uk OLIS The Oxford library catalogue http://library.ox.ac.uk 16/11/2018

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Searching for Books on OLIS It is usually better to use combinations of keywords to find items. Remember that keywords do not have to be in the same order as they occur on the book Try to choose the least common title keywords to cut down searching time. 16/11/2018

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Searching for Journals on OLIS If the reference is correct the journal title should be highlighted by italics or underlining. Choose ‘journal title’ search option (j= or jw= on telnet) to speed searching; if you don’t find it, change to title search (t= or tw=) in case item not catalogued as a journal

Web v. Telnet Telnet Web Fully functional stack requests Specify library Web E-mail results Live hyperlinks to e-journals 16/11/2018

OPAC Parameters ON telnet OLIS you can restrict your search to the holdings of the Library of your choice. If have large set of records- select OPAC parms. Then change options. The library’s three letter code will restrict to the one of your choice. Remember to reset parameters

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TDNet - e-journal interface http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ Electronic Journals TDNet - e-journal interface http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ 16/11/2018

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OxLIP - Oxford Library Information Platform Other databases OxLIP - Oxford Library Information Platform http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/ 16/11/2018

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When in doubt… Ask a Librarian They don’t bite! Really… 16/11/2018

Dry at last! 16/11/2018

That’s all folks! with apologies to Edward Lear Enjoy! 16/11/2018