Oxlip+

What is Oxlip+? A tool for finding & linking to databases – Online collections of (scholarly) materials – Includes full text / indexes / range of formats – Resources which the University pays for + free Primarily used to find databases e.g. – Do we have Scopus?... How do I connect to it? – What biology databases do we have? – Do we have any databases on American history? – Which databases include statistics? Once you’re found a database you’ll generally make your keyword search using the databases own search facility rather than Oxlip+

OXLIP+: LOGGING IN For full functionality you must log in to Oxlip+ (especially important if you are off campus)

Logging in For full functionality “Log in” Gives you full “password free” access even if you are off campus Allows you to save your favourite databases

Logging in Enter your Oxford single sign on username and password. same as your Oxford webmail

Logging in Click!

Logging in - complete You are now logged in If you are using a public computer you should log out before you leave the computer. If you remain logged in others will be able to access your details (including )

OXLIP+ : FINDING DATABASES Finding databases by title and keywords and browsing by subject

Finding Databases Find by title (by entering the database name or browsing the A-Z). Find databases by entering keywords, database name, publisher... Browse by subject “Find Database” options

Find databases : by name e.g. Finding Scopus

Finding databases: results Connect to database. Information about the database Add to quick sets – adds the databases to your favourites under “My Research”

The information screen

Finding databases by browsing To browse databases by subject choose “subject”

Finding databases by browsing Subject specific resources Multi-disciplinary resources

Choose a subject Choose a sub category (or ALL for all databases) Choose “Go”

Green arrow - Database requires “thin client software”. Follow the link to load the software. NOTE – you will only need to do this once. Browsing results Icons alerts you that there is something you need to know about the database (e.g. special software, password, registration). Check the “Legend” on the right for more info Next page of databases Table view = A-Z of titles

Browsing results Brief view = A-Z of titles with brief description

The legend Special username / password required. Follow the link to Weblearn (you will be prompted for your SSO) to collect the password Yellow flag shows that you will need to log in using your Oxford single sign on – even if you have already logged into Oxlip+ Padlock displays when you are of campus to show that you need to “log in” to Oxlip+ before you can access databases. Registration required Software required (follow the link to download/install)

Find database: by keywords or other options Enter keywords Pick resource type (e.g. Full text, journal, web site etc) Find databases by vendor (publisher), subject, keywords (any words) and/or type. “Any word” searches the title, description and keywords assigned to each database (not the databases itself)

A quick look at Web of Science Includes: Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Arts and Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Sciences)

Web of Science - allows you to limit your search to one or more of: Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Arts and Humanities Citation Index Conference Proceedings Citation Index (Sciences) Searches the whole of Web of Knowledge

To restrict your search to one or more index

To search by subject choose “Topic” from the drop down. Other options include Author, Title, publication, etc Enter your search terms using connectors between them: OR – one term or the other (synonyms) AND – both terms SAME – both terms in the same sentence “ “ - phrase Restrict your search to Social Sciences Searching

Sort by date, times cited etc Title links to more information including keywords, abstract, bibliography and citing articles Checks to see if full text is available online Bibliographic details – you will need these to find the full article in print. Number of articles which have cited this article Refine options: Narrow your results by entering more keywords or by choosing results from a particular subject etc Your results: sorting, refining, viewing

To print, or save items check the boxes and then use “Print”, “ ”, “Add to marked list” options. Add to marked list option is good if you want to make several searches and collect up references as you go. At the end choose “Marked list” and then print / etc. Printing and ing your results

Viewing more information: abstract, cited by, references

Refine options: Narrow your results by entering more keywords or by choosing results from a particular subject etc Your results: sorting, refining, viewing

1. Click “Find Oxford” to locate full text 2. The dialogue shows it is available from two databases (HeinOnline and JSTOR) 3. Following the link from “Find it at Oxford” takes you to the correct database but not to the article. Find the article by choosing the correct vol and page number 4. Full text Finding full text

OXLIP+: CROSS SEARCH

CrossSearch: What is it? Allows you to run a keyword search in up to 5 databases without leaving Oxlip+ How does it work? You choose up to five databases You enter your search terms into Oxlip+ Oxlip+ passes your search terms to your chosen databases The databases send the results back to Oxlip+ You browse and view the results

Cross Search Pros You can search without leaving Oxlip+ You can search up to 5 databases at once Oxlip+ gives you one list of results and removes duplicates Cons Most databases can not be cross searched Oxlip+ search options are more limited than using the databases’ own interface

CrossSearch CrossSearch automatically opens the “new databases” folder on Oxlip+. To change this choose a subject from the “drop down menu”

Choose up to 5 databases by checking the search boxes. Databases without tick boxes can not be cross searched. Enter search terms

BEWARE - Cross search results are generally not as good as results from the “native interface” (i.e. results gained by searching each databases own interface) Link to full text if available Options for narrowing your search Add to your personal “eshelf” within Oxlip+

OXLIP+ “MY RESEARCH”

My Research – personal storage area Selected records from “CrossSearch” session Favourite databases. Databases can be stored here as favourites. Create “quick sets” of your favourite databases that you can then search using “Cross Search”. Search history (from CrossSearch)

My Research : My databases My databases – shows databases you’ve added to Quicksets Databases can be organised into folders