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  legal resources only or  Access via Oxlip  all subjects including law

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  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 to  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 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  Once installed connect to databases as usual  More 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

Learning to use online resources and other library resources

Training  classes  Induction programme  Drop in sessions  Weeks 3-8:Weds  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  postgraduate/induction.shtml  Choose “Book for Library and IT induction sessions”  Only book one place for each session

Self Paced Tutorials  Self paced e-resources_and_guides/training/ database_guides  Turn off your pop up blocker

Other Training Opportunities  Look out for future sessions on….  Library web site  Postgraduate mailing lists  Other enquiries  & 

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