The specialist software on the Data Area PCs in the Social Science Library will be unavailable until Friday 9 December. This is due to upgrades to our reader pcs.
The following software will be unavailable:
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Please note that due to server moves by our service provider, there will be no access to ejournals or ejournal articles via OU ejournals or SOLO during the following time periods:
However, most e-journals will still be available via their websites (through Google Scholar or searching databases directly) if accessed via the University network or VPN during the downtime.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
This Wednesday there will be a special session on Advanced Research Computing highlighting software of use for Social Scientists. The session will introduce the Advanced Research Computing service and highlight using STATA for social scientists.
Location: Lecture theatre, Manor Road Building, OX1 3UQ
Time: Wednesday 23rd November 2016 – Week 7 – 2pm to 3pm
The session is free buut your place must be booked online. Booking details here.
The Bodleian Libraries subscribe to a wide range of electronic resources for the University. We’ve recently started trialling two new media resources which add to our collection of resources. University members have access to films, documentaries, TV programmes and other selected broadcasts through our media resources.
New resources on trial
Bodleian Libraries are trialling the following resources, with a view to setting up a subscription if there is enough interest. Take a look and please send any feedback to helen.scott@bodleian.ox.ac.uk by 31 October 2016:
Our new resources also include:
This complements two other online news resources provided by Bodleian Libraries:
The Data Dialogue: When Research Crosses Border is a conference that will be held in the University of Oxford on September 29th from 9.30-17.00. The event is run in collaboration with UCL and concerns researchers and research managers experiences of collecting information in foreign territories. Issues to do with differing legal and ethical frameworks, collaborating on projects, managing data and common pressures on social science, and other, research will be discussed.
The event will be hosted in Jesus College and is completely free to attend. Those interested in attending should book through Eventbrite.
More information including the programme of events is available on the Science & Engineering South website.
WebLearn will be unavailable between 7am-1pm Tuesday 6th September. There is essential maintenance taking place at this time. All eReadings, reading lists and other services will be avilable after this time.
The University is currently in the process of upgrading its network infrastructure as part of the Oxford Network Evolution (TONE) project (https://projects.it.ox.ac.uk/tone/).
On Monday 8 August, the Manor Road Building, including the Bodleian Social Science Library and all Departments in the building, will be migrated to the new service, resulting in a short period of network downtime.
There will be no network connection in the whole of the Manor Road Building between 10.30am and 11.45am on Monday 8 August 2016. This includes both Reader PC workstations and wireless (Eduroam/Bodleian-Libraries) internet connections.
Please ensure you save any work prior to this time and avoid planning critical work during this period. Although some local network services may be available during this period, it is best to assume this will not be the case.
Speak to a member of the Social Science Library or Manor Road Building IT Staff for further information or if you have any other questions.
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It has been one week since the people of the UK voted to leave the European Union. The changes to come will have long reaching effects economically, politically and socially. Research began before the vote and has continued after with a range of resources available to social scientists to study “Brexit”.
Event
The Blavatnik School of Government is hosting a public event Brexit Britain: what now?. There will be a debate from a panel of experts Professor Anne Davies, Lord Wood of Anfield and Dr. Emily Jones. The event will take place in the Blavatnik School of Government on Thursday 30 June at 6pm. It is free to attend but registration is required.
Data
Dr. Kathryn Simpson, University of Manchester, has been consulted throughout the referendum campaign for here expertise in comparative European politics, political behaviour and public opinion. She has discussed the need and demand for reliable quality data to examine all sides of the EU referendum, and its consequences, in her latest blog post Making sense of Brexit – the data you need to analyse.
Many of these data are available through the UK Data Service and include:
For the latest data news check out the Bodleian Data Library.
Newspapers
The Bodleian Libraries subscribes to a range of newspapers that are covering “Brexit” including The Economist (also available in print at the SSL), The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal. News databases like Factiva will also be useful.
Other resources
The SSL has recently blogged about our range of resources on the EU, migration and democracy. Check out our previous blog post for more information.
The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000, is now available until 31 May 2016. You can access it via SOLO.
This is a fully searchable digital archive of what was once the world’s largest selling newspaper. You can search across 1 million pages of the newspaper’s backfile from its first issue to the end of 2000, including issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961. The newspaper was aimed at a wealthy, educated readership. It is commonly associated with traditional Toryism, despite its more ‘liberal’ beginnings, especially in regard to foreign policy. The paper published widely on foreign affairs and foreign cultures.
Please send feedback to jo.gardner@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Bodleian libraries will be trialling a new eResource until 1 July 2016: the UN i-Library.
The United Nations iLibrary includes publications, journals and series comprising facts and expertise on international peace and security, human rights, economic and social development, climate change, international law, governance, public health, and statistics. In future releases, the platform will also provide access to other resources such as working papers series and statistical databases.
Content can be searched by year from 2007, although some pre-2007 publications are available. The i-Library gives access to all United Nations sales publications dating from 2013. The content of the United Nations iLibrary will be regularly updated with approximately 500 new titles published every year on the key topics reflecting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations.
As this is a trial, feedback on any aspect of the service such as content or usability would be greatly appreciated, so we can decide whether to keep it. You can e-mail feedback to would be greatly feedback to hannah.chandler@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
If you are using a library PC you can access the library directly on http://www.un-ilibrary.org.Outside the University network, go via the link provided at OxLIP+ http://oxlip-plus.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or SOLO http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:OXFORDOXF05287.