1. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Katherine Melling OULS Subject Consultant (French & Italian) katherine.melling@ouls.ox.ac.uk WISER Humanities: Library and Information Resources for Italian Literature

2. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Aim of the session To provide an overview of Oxford’s library resources for the study of Italian literature and how to make the most of them How collections are organised Books and journals Manuscripts and special collections Databases and e-journals Web resources

3. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Italian Literature in OULS Oxford University Library Services Italian Literature Resources Research Collections Taylorian Bodleian Periodicals, monographs, manuscripts, bibliographies, legal deposit material, antiquarian material, etc. Teaching Collections Modern Languages Faculty Library Multiple copies of texts and important criticism, reading list material, short-loan photocopies, film adaptations, etc. Electronic Resources OxLip WWW Bibliographic databases, e-journals, reference works, digitization projects, scholarly websites, etc.

4. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Finding books and journals To find an exact book or journal, search in OLIS by author or titleOLIS To research a topic more generally, search by subject: e.g. sw=dante virgil Extended subject searching: When you have found a record with a subject heading that matches your interest enter “E” for “Extend search”. This will display all the relevant books and journals.

5. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources E-journals Some journals are available electronically Can be accessed anytime, anywhere, searched and printed E-access doesn’t match print E-access usually highlighted in OLIS, e.g. Modern Languages Notes TDNet is a full list of e-journals and links to them TDNet e.g. Italian Studies

6. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Databases Use bibliographic databases to find books outside Oxford, as well as book chapters and journal articles Printed – in handout Online: MLA Bibliography AHCI FRANCIS Iter Bibliography Available through OxLip; you need an Athens password for remote access

7. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Dissertations and theses Dissertations completed in Oxford on OLIS To find UK and US dissertations search Index to Theses and Dissertations AbsractsIndex to Theses To find Italian dissertations, use printed Bibliografia – tesi di dottorato, or search the Biblioteca nazionale catalogue Biblioteca nazionale catalogue

8. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Italian antiquarian books OLIS Printed catalogues Hand Press Book database Oxford University Libraries c.44,500 records, from Oxford Libraries, including the Bodleian, Taylorian, Ashmolean, and Colleges Attend WISER session in 8 th week for more information!

9. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Manuscripts Bodleian Online Catalogues of Western Manuscripts Card catalogues Taylorian Card catalogue Modern manuscripts Early Manuscripts at Oxford University Project Early Manuscripts at Oxford University

10. WISER: Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources Web resources Search engines Google Gateways Humbul Voice of the Shuttle

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