WISER Science:Oxlip+ : Oxford Libraries Information Platform

Juliet Ralph and Isabel McMann

Radcliffe Science Library

OxLIP+ (Oxford Libraries Information Platform) provides access to Oxford’s subscription databases and other online information sources

http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk

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’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

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)

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

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

Use the default Find Database to search for a specific resource (eg Scopus) by title or A-Z search.

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

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.

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.

Find Database by Subject lets you browse through resources selected by subject librarians. Click on GO to see the titles under each sub-category

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)

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

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

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.

My Research

• E-Shelf– Email 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

Log In (using your Oxford Single Sign-On) for

off-campus access to subscription resources.

Further help• Ask in any Library and we will be pleased to help• Contact your subject librarian - see

www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/libraries/subjects/librarians• Online help and guides are available - see

www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/guides or in libraries• Why not sign up for more WISER sessions? See www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/information_skills

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