Tag Archives: Online resources

EU Treaties: consolidated texts

Today, consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are published in the Official Journal OJ C83, 30/03/10, along with the declarations annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Lisbon and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The text includes… Read More »

New databases: Introducing i-law and other databases

By Angela Carritt We now have a subscription to i-law which includes law reports and journals in the fields of insurance, intellectual property and construction law. Particular gems include the Lloyd’s Law Reports and Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Quarterly (a title which has been on our wish list for a while). To access i-Law follow… Read More »

New URL for Westlaw

By Angela Carritt Westlaw has a new URL (http://tinyurl.com/3sbzfq).  Please update your favourites and bookmarks or follow links from Oxlip+ or the Law Library web site.   When you follow the link you will be prompted to find University of Oxford in an A-Z of institutions (under U) and to enter your Oxford single sign on. This new… Read More »

Welcome to Oxlip+

By Angela Carritt OULS has a fantastic new gateway to online resources, Oxlip+ Some of you may have already used the new service to access databases from off campus (for more information see the earlier post on remote access)    However, Oxlip+ has much to offer beyond easy remote access: Finding databases When you access Oxlip+ you will automatically start… Read More »

Accessing databases off campus: Use the new Oxlip+ service as an alternative to VPN

By Angela Carritt The Library Service now has a brand new way of accessing online resources: Oxlip+    This new service will allow you to access all legal databases (including Westlaw and Lexis) from off campus without using the VPN.  All you will need is your Oxford single sign on (webmail) username and password. Please note –… Read More »

WISER: Finding quality information on the internet; Information Sources for History of Science and Medicine

Coming up next week … WISER: Finding quality information on the internet, Wednesday 11th June 2008 (week 8), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road. This session will help you to develop effective web searching techniques for use with a variety of search engines and web directories and will introduce strategies for evaluating web resources. Angela… Read More »

WISER: Google Project; Resources for research in French language and literature

Coming up next week … WISER: Google Project, Wednesday 4th June 2008 (week 7), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.  The Library Services are working with Google to attempt the mass digitization of our entire holdings of out-of-copyright C19th material. This presentation will set our experiences and the outputs of the project in the context… Read More »

WISER: Maps and mapping – online resources and digital mapping; Digitizing the Bodleian John Johnson collection

Coming up next week … WISER: Maps and mapping – online resources and digital mapping Wednesday, 7th May 2008 (week 3), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road. Many areas of research use spatial data and digital mapping is an ideal way to present it.  This presentation will cover both web based resources (online map collections… Read More »

WISER workshops 2008: electronic resources (week 1)

The WISER programme for Trinity 2008 is now available at http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/wiser.   WISER (Workshops in Information Skills and Electronic Resources) is an initiative from the Oxford University Library Services designed to help you make the most of our electronic and other resources.  We hope you will find our Trinity programme interesting and varied.  All sessions are… Read More »