Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

November’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Jo Gardner, Bodleian Social Science Librarian and Subject Consultant for Politics and International Relations.

Jo’s choice is the Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940. It was chosen because it is a robust and significant collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender.

Overview

These archives enable researchers to draw new connections across the development of LGBTQ culture and activism in twentieth century US and Canada and beyond.

Where can you access the resource

These archives are available to access via SOLO in two parts:

Part I

Part II

A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access these resources remotely, as they are restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

September’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Andy Kernot, Subject Consultant for Geography, Social Policy & Intervention, Public Policy, and Internet Studies.

Andy’s choice is the Cochrane Library. It was chosen because it provides access to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) which is the leading resource for systematic reviews in health care and is a useful resource for students of Social Policy.

Overview

The CDSR includes Cochrane Reviews (systematic reviews) and protocols for Cochrane Reviews as well as editorials and supplements. A Cochrane Review is a systematic review that attempts to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a specific research question. Researchers conducting systematic reviews use explicit, systematic methods that are selected with a view aimed at minimizing bias, to produce more reliable findings to inform decision-making. Cochrane Reviews may be updated to reflect the findings of new evidence when it becomes available because the results of new studies can change the conclusions of a review. Cochrane Reviews are therefore valuable sources of information for those receiving and providing care, as well as for decision-makers and researchers.

Where can you access the resource

The Cochrane Library is available to access via SOLO.

A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required this database remotely, as it is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

August’s Resource of the Month has been selected by John Southall, Bodleian Data Librarian and Subject Consultant for Economics and Sociology.

John’s choice is FitchRatings PRO which provides financial data on banks, insurance firms, corporates and sovereigns. It includes the world’s leading bank fundamental data set, and ratings and research covering the fixed-income universe.

Overview

Fitch Ratings Inc. is one of three leading American credit rating agencies (the other two being Moody’s and Standard & Poor). FitchRatings Pro (formerly part of a product called Fitch Connect) is a platform that includes:

• Standardised financial data on over 33,000 private and public banks across 200 countries, along with up to 30 years of history
• Annual and interim financial data for the largest 3,200 banks
• Economic data and 3-year forecasts on 110 sovereigns
• Accurate and timely financials on thousands of institutions globally

Where can you access the resource

FitchRatings PRO is available to access via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, as it is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

After logging into SOLO with your SSO, this resource requires you to log in with your SSO again at the homepage. From the login screen choose the SSO tab. Enter UniversityofOxford into the Organization ID box, then click Continue.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

July’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Sarah Rhodes, Subject Consultant for African Studies.

Sarah’s chocie is Oxford Bibliographies. It was selected as an excellent starting point and authoritative research guide for students and researchers, directing them to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. It combines the features of an annotated bibliography (with links through to SOLO and Oxford holdings) and a high-level encyclopedia. Each bibliography, written and reviewed by academic experts is focussed on current scholarship, with original commentary and annotations.

Where can you access the resource

Oxford Bibliographies is available to access via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, so is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

Each month we choose an electronic resource which we feel will be of interest to you.

Our Resource of the Month for June is East View’s Universal Database of Russian Central Newspapers. Use this database to read up-to-date issues of the Russian Federation’s leading newspapers. It also offers an electronic archive of these newspapers, going back to the late 1990s or 2000s.

Resource Overview

East View’s Russian Central Newspapers keeps you up-to-date with the Russian Federation’s news agenda. You can download scans of around 40 of Russia’s leading news and arts newspapers, from Argumenty i Fakty (Arguments and facts) to Stroitel’naia Gazeta (Construction Newspaper). Many of these publications contain Russian government propaganda – however the collection includes opposition newspapers, such as Novaia Gazeta (New Newspaper).

Where can you access the resource

This resource can be accessed via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access the titles remotely, as they are restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

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Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

May’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Jo Gardner, Bodleian Social Science Librarian and Subject Consultant for Politics and International Relations.

Jo’s choice is the BBC Monitoring. It was chosen because it is committed to the BBC’s editorial values and guidelines; it aims to cover the world’s media accurately, impartially and with clear sourcing.

Resource Overview

BBC Monitoring tracks, translates, summarises and analyses local media sources around the world. Its stated specialisms include: Russia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Disinformation.

Where can you access the journal collection

This archive is available to access via SOLO. Note that the resource requires you to log in with your Oxford Single-Sign-On (SSO) again at the homepage. This resource also requires you to register before use.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

April’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Helen Worrell, Subject Consultant for Anthropology.

Helen’s choice is the Berghan Open Anthropology Collection.

Berghahn are a well-known publisher of anthropological and ethnographic content. The University of Oxford and Bodleian Libraries are now a top tier supporter of Berghahn Open Access journals. This means Oxford-affiliated authors are guaranteed publication of their articles Open Access, without any charges. Open Access articles are free at the point of access, thus increasing impact of academic research and widening exposure of academic outputs to reach global audiences.

Where can you access the journal collection

The journal titles are indexed individually in SOLO, but not as a collection. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access the titles remotely, as they are restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

To see a full list of the titles included, go to the Berghahn Open Anthro webpage.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

March’s Resource of the Month has been selected by Andy Kernot, Subject Consultant for Geography, Social Policy & Intervention, Public Policy, and Internet Studies.

Andy’s choice is CAB Abstracts. It was chosen because it is one of the less well known databases that is more specialised but has particular relevance to geography as well as other subject areas.

Overview

CAB Abstracts is a bibliographic database compiled by CABI. It covers the significant research and development literature in the fields of agriculture, forestry, human health and nutrition, animal health, and the management and conservation of natural resources. Over three million records have been added to the database since its computerization in 1973 and it searches over 1200 academic journals.

Where can you access the resource

CAB Abstracts is hosted on the OVID platform and can be accessed through SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, as it is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.

Each month, one of our Subject Librarians chooses an electronic resource which they feel will be of interest to you.

February’s Resource of the Month has been selected by John Southall, Bodleian Data Librarian and Subject Consultant for Economics and Sociology.

John’s choice is Sociology Collection. It was chosen as it has extensive historical coverage and provides regularly updated indexing of core sociological journals based upon the “Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms.”

Overview

The Sociology Collection is provided by Proquest; an information database platform vendor specialising in full text, abstracts and indexes.

It provides a single entry point to ‘Sociological Abstracts’, ‘Sociology Database’ and ‘Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts’ (ASSIA). Each database may be searched together or individually and offers coverage of the international literature in sociology and social services. It provides abstracts, indexing and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers, including full-text from hundreds of leading sociology journals.

Where can you access the resource

Sociology Collection is available to access via SOLO. A Single-Sign-On (SSO) is required to access this database, as it is restricted to Oxford University students and staff members.