1. WISER Science: Oxlip+ : Oxford Libraries Information Platform
Juliet Ralph and
Isabel McMann
Radcliffe Science Library
Welcome to this session, on Oxlip+. We’ll be showing you what is it and what are the key features.

2. OXLIP databases are listed A-Z by title and also organised by subject
OxLIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) provides access to Oxford’s subscription databases and other online information sources
OXLIP databases are listed A-Z by title
and also organised by subject
- especially useful for finding e-resources on your subject if you don’t know where to start.
What is oxlip? The platform for our subscription databases and other e-resources. All of these are also listed on SOLO so you could go direct to a specific resource/database if you know which one you want.
However you should use Oxlip to find resources by subject – if you are new to a subject and want to know where to start. There is so much info out there many students have trouble identifying relevant resources.
Wiser Social Sciences: Politics & International Relations

3. What’s on OxLIP+ ?
Bibliographic databases (e.g. Scopus, Web of Science)
Use these for your literature search
Articles from key journals in a subject are catalogued by indexing/abstracting services
The records are electronically searchable
Results usually include an Abstract
Plus links to electronic full text or library catalogue
Bibliographic databases are also known as Abstracts&Indexes.
We subscribe to all the major bibliographic databases for each subject taught or researched at oxford. If you’re doing a literature search these are the right tools for the job. In terms of Content and Functionality they are much better than Google or Google Scholar.

4. What else is on OxLIP+ ? Wide range of subscription resources:
Reference works (e.g. Handbook of Statistics)‏
Full-text databases (e.g. JSTOR, ScienceDirect)
E-book packages (e.g. Oxford Reference Online, Credo)‏
Indexes to Theses (Dissertations Abstracts, Index to Theses)‏
Conference papers (Papers First / Proceedings First)‏
Official papers and grey literature (e.g. UKOP)
Statistical information (e.g. OECD data)‏
Many other types of resource on oxlip, all useful for your research.

5. What else is on OxLIP+ ? Plus some free but scholarly resources:
Library catalogues (COPAC, British Library, WorldCat)‏‏
Current awareness services (ZETOC)‏‏
Web resources and mailing lists (Intute)‏
What’s NOT on oxlip? Individual books and journals – which are listed on SOLO.

6. What’s NOT on OxLIP+?
Individual books and journals – which are listed on SOLO

7. OxLIP+: Oxford Libraries Information Platform
New platform, new functions
More ways to discover relevant resources by subject
Cross-searching across databases
Personalised options on the My Research tab
Remote access via Oxford Single Sign-On
We have a new platform for our databases, which allows lots of new options. (Our previous system simply listed resources by title and subject. )
Especially useful for finding resources on your subject if you don’t know where to start.

8. Explain the opening screen – blue tabs plus links to SOLO etc..
Demo: search for Science citation index.
Explain what’s on screen – results list plus resource type and icons.
Use the default Find Database to search for a specific resource (eg Scopus) by title or A-Z search.

9. Click on the name to go through to the “native interface” of the database

10. Legend
More information is available on each database including search hints
If you add a resource to your clipboard you can keep sets of favourites and create sets to cross-search
This icon means you can search it within OxLIP+ (i.e. not through its native interface). It also means the resource is cross-searchable - click on CrossSearch to search several databases at once.
The Legend offers various options
Info = what does the database cover (which subjects, how many journals, how frequently updated etc)
After explaining this screen, Click through in live demo to front page of WoS.

11. Find Database - By Subject
Subject groupings have been created by subject librarians in order to highlight key resources – a guide to what’s available at oxford. Usually broken down into resource types.
Intended to help you get started and raise awareness of resources that may otherwise get overlooked.
These 2 options allow you to discover what’s available on a particular subject.

12. Find Database by Subject lets you browse through resources selected by subject librarians. Click on GO to see the titles under each sub-category
Demo: subject tab – general resources at top then subjects below. Choose chemistry subject .
Subject groupings have been created by subject librarians in order to highlight key resources – a guide to what’s available at oxford. Usually broken down into resource types.
Intended to help you get started and raise awareness of resources that may otherwise get overlooked.

13. Find Database – Other options
Search the Titles and Descriptions of resources
Title
Database vendor/publisher (eg Ovid, ISI)
Subject
Any word
Type (full text, images, maps, catalogues etc)
This is a new option. May be useful if you’re doing cross disciplinary research and there’s no existing Subject set, or if want to search by vendor or resource type.
Demo: go to Other options tab.
Explain the different options.
Select subject Biological sciences, and “Type” full text.

14. CrossSearch Search across several databases at the same time
Select a maximum of 5
Log in to get the full range of options
e.g. adding resources to the clipboard
So far we’ve searched specific resources one at a time. However a new feature of Oxlip+ is the ability to cross search across multiple databases. Very useful in saving time and removes need to learn several native interfaces.
Max 5 databases otherwise too slow.
Need to log in to get the full range of options, but can do many things without.

15. CrossSearch steps Choose: CrossSearch Search type: Subjects
Subject: eg Medical Sciences
Sub-category: eg Bibliographic databases
Select the databases available for cross-searching by clicking in box
Enter your keywords in search box
Click on Go
Demo: select Sub Category Medical sciences
We want to cross search BNI and Cinahl (2 databases for nursing, but from different providers) – tick their boxes. Then search for Handwashing, in Title.
Explain search process and view of results.
View results by database.
Explain icons : Basket, and FT icons. Add some records to basket.
Explain Previous Searches.
CrossSearch Results
CrossSearch Results enable you to view results from the searched databases. You can view the results of a specific database by clicking results by databases and then clicking the View or Jump link of any of the databases in the displayed list. To close this window, click Back. To view the combined results from the searched databases, click combined results. Click results by databases to view results from a single database or view all the combined results by clicking the View link in the Combined Results row. CrossSearch Results can be displayed in three views: Table View, Brief View and Full View. You can toggle between the different views. The Combined Results list includes the first results fetched from the databases that were searched and returned results. The results are displayed in the order of their relevance to the term(s) you entered. In the single database Results list, sorting is only enabled if the database itself supports it. When sorting is available, you can sort the results by selecting an option in the Sort by field, such as: Author, Title or Year. In the Combined Results, the Clusters and Facets panel provides additional options for accessing and filtering the results according to a variety of criteria. It enables an at-a-glance view of the results according to their Topic, Date, Author and Journal Title. Clustering is only performed on merged lists. When you click the View link in the Combined Results row, the results of clustering and facets are displayed in the right panel, as described in Clusters and Facets.

16. CrossSearch Results
The Combined Results list includes the first results fetched from the databases that were searched and returned results. They are displayed in order of relevance.
To view the combined results from the searched databases, click combined results.
CrossSearch Results can be displayed in three views: Table View, Brief View and Full View. You can toggle between the different views.
You can view the results of a specific database by clicking results by databases and then clicking the View or Jump link of any of the databases in the displayed list. To close this window, click Back.

17. My Research E-Shelf And if you Log In you get extra options
results to yourself, or send to RefWorks or EndNote
And if you Log In you get extra options
Save references permanently
History
Save searches and set up alerts
My Databases
Create sets of favourite resources
This tab is another new one for oxlip and could be useful to help you manage your results and searches. You can do these things from within most databases but this tab allows you to do it across all the resources on oxlip.
Demo: Click on MyResearch tab, to view basket records (e-Shelf). You can now choose to save or these results - select the records you are interested in and click Selected
Click Send to results to yourself. If you choose Save, you can save results in a number of different formats, including as a reading list or for export to EndNote, RefWorks or ProCite.
Log in.
Now we get extra options, in addition to eShelf : - My Databases - History (to set up alerts) - Preferences

18. Log In (using your Oxford Single Sign-On) for
off-campus access to subscription resources.
You also need to Log In to get remote access (outside the oxford university network) , to databases / e-journals / e-books

19. Further help Ask in any Library and we will be pleased to help
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