1. Roger Mills Bio- & Environmental Sciences Librarian
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2. WHY AM I HERE?
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3. 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!
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4. 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
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5. Easy to get buried
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6. 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.
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7. Drooping?
Getting the Right Perspective
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8. Watching paint dry
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9. Information Skills Any time: WISER:
Help available in any library – don’t be afraid to ask
WISER:
Regular weekly lunchtime courses open to all
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10. Oxford
Big 
Bad
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Scary
X X
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11. Scary places
Don’t feel out of place - Ask a librarian!
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12. 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
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13. Information Services in Bio- & Environmental Sciences
Biology
Environment
Forestry
Geography
Ornithology
Plant Sciences
Taxonomy
Zoology
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14. ISBES web
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15. Staff Bio- & Environmental Sciences Team (BEST)
Cover Geography, Plant Sciences and Zoology Libraries
Closely co-ordinated with Radcliffe Science Library
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16. Staff list screenshot
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17. 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)
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18. University Museum
Radcliffe Science Library
Plant Sciences
OUCE
Hooke
Zoology
New Bodleian
Bodleian
Geography
Social Science >> Library
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19. 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
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20. Registration
University card is library card – present on first visit to register as a borrower
No registration needed for RSL or Bodleian
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21. Borrowing Available from most libraries
Generally one-week loan period, renewable online
Some variation between libraries
Fines for late return
Do respond to notices!
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22. 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
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23. 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 
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24. Inter-Library Loans Available for material not held in Oxford
Basic charge £3
Articles delivered electronically
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25. Automated Information Retrieval
“Behold - an efficient information retrieval system with on-line access to stored detail....”
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26. OULS web
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27. OUCS web
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28. OU web
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29. The Key to Survival Always carry your University Card
Password = d.o.b. in format 30MAY2003 (no spaces)
You can change it
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30. 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
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31. No Smoking
Anywhere in the building
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32. Liquid [and other] Refreshment
Only in Common Rooms please
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33. Libraries are Quiet Places
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34. Sound City Please keep personal stereos personal
Turn off mobile phones
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35. You Are Not Alone
Think of other users
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36. Respond to Messages
All reasonable excuses accepted
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37. Opening Hours Mon-Fri: Bodleian, RSL, SSL 0900-2200 in term
Weekends: see announcements
Hooke: , Sat in term
Geography:
Plant Sciences:
Zoology:
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38. 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
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39. Not dry yet
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40. Computers save time
System not working?
Ask why!
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41. 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
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42. 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
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43. OUCS
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44. WebLearn powered by Bodington
Oxford’s VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
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45. Login
Use your Oxford [=Herald ( )] username and password (activate your account first)
Guest login will not let you access all course materials
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56. 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:
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57. The Oxford library catalogue http://library.ox.ac.uk
OLIS
The Oxford library catalogue
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59. 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.
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61. 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

62. Web v. Telnet Telnet Web Fully functional stack requests
Specify library
Web
results
Live hyperlinks to e-journals
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63. 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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65. TDNet - e-journal interface http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/
Electronic Journals
TDNet - e-journal interface
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69. OxLIP - Oxford Library Information Platform
Other databases
OxLIP - Oxford Library Information Platform
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74. When in doubt…
Ask a Librarian
They don’t bite! Really…
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75. Dry at last!
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76. That’s all folks!
with apologies to Edward Lear
Enjoy!
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