Electronic Resources for Mathematics and Statistics June 2009 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Session overview Electronic resources at Oxford How to find them Key databases Chance to practise Visit the RSL subject web pages at RSL: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/mathematics http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/training/statistics 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Search Oxford Libraries Online Accessing Oxford’s collections: SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ OLIS - Union Catalogue of Oxford’s Libraries ORA – Oxford Research Archive 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Electronic resources at Oxford An extensive collection of electronic databases, e-journals, e-books, standards online, conference proceedings … Oxlip+ - Oxford University e-resources http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ MetaLib search engine provides access to all Oxford’s resources Enables searching by Title or browsing by Subject Provides a CrossSearch option to search multiple sources My Resources space. 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Accessing Oxlip+ Subject specific database Multidisciplinary databases General and reference: dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks … E-books Links to Internet Gateways Conference Proceedings Dissertations Standards Direct access on the network. For remote access use your SSO login. 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Finding e-journals Oxford University e-journals http://sfx7.exlibrisgroup.com/oxford/az Includes extensive collection of e-journals Covers all subjects Searchable by title, subject, citation… Includes back files and archives of journals Link from databases using 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Databases for Statistics Published research International coverage Subject specific material Includes thousands of scientific journals Peer reviewed publications Provide abstracts An electronic equivalent of abstracts and indexes Subject specific MathSciNet INSPEC CSA Technology Research Multi disciplinary SCOPUS Web of Knowledge 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Subject Specific Databases MathSciNet Mathematical Reviews database Coverage since 1940 Includes topical reviews, journal articles, conference proceedings, books, etc. Published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Subject specific databases INSPEC For Physics, Engineering, Computing , Applied Maths … Comprehensive database covering physics, computing, electrical and electronic engineering Indexes approx 4200 journals, 1000 conferences, books, reports, dissertations Coverage from 1969 – to date/Updated weekly Published by the IET Available from Engineering Village Access this database from Oxlip+ 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Multidisciplinary databases Web of Science with Conference Proceedings Science Citation Index Expanded, 1970- Journal Citation Reports (journal ranking) Databases cover about 4000 journals and are updated weekly Produced by ISI/Thomson 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Search techniques Search tips: Use wildcard and truncation (?, *) Boolean operators: AND to narrow down a search OR to broaden a search (synonyms) NOT to exclude some terms Search tips: Use wildcard and truncation (?, *) Include alternative terms Include different spelling Use controlled vocabulary 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

More electronic resources E-books on Oxlip+: Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics Handbook of mathematical functions Handbook of Statistics Lecture Notes in Mathematics Lecture Notes in Computer Science Oxford Scholarship Online More electronic books can be found on SOLO. 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Internet gateways for mathematics ArXiv.org provides open access to 526,400 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics http://xxx.soton.ac.uk/ Intute– Mathematics/Statistics and probability http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/ Office of National Statistics (UK statistics online) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ Eurostats – European Commission statistics http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/ National Centre for Bioinformatics Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Societies and professional organisations AMS – American Mathematical Society http://www.ams.org/ London Mathematical Society http://www.lms.ac.uk/ RSS – Royal Statistical Society http://www.rss.org.uk/ EMIS – European Mathematical Information Service http://www.maths.soton.ac.uk/EMIS/ Intute– Mathematics/Statistics and probability http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/ 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Reference management To keep and organise your references use RefWorks, EndNote, EndNote Web, BibTex http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources Export your search results into reference management software Save the results using an appropriate file format E-mail or Print results and than enter into the software Keep up-to-date by setting up database alerts Update your search regularly 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

The Copyright Law Photocopying, printing and downloading from books and journals: one book chapter one journal article Up to 5% 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Avoiding plagiarism To avoid plagiarism, you must give credit whenever you use: another person’s idea, opinion, or theory; any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings—any pieces of information—that are not common knowledge; quotations of another person’s actual spoken or written words; or a paraphrase of another person’s spoken or written words. (These guidelines were taken from the Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, Indiana University website) 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800

Contacts Ljilja Ristic MSc Chem PGDipLIS MCLIP Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant The Radcliffe Science Library Tel.(01865) 272816 ljilja.ristic@bodley.ox.ac.uk Or consult staff in the Radcliffe Science Library. 16/01/2019 Radcliffe Science Library, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QP, Tel.(01865) 272800