WISER: Keeping up to date

Two WISER sessions next week offering tips on how to keep up-to-date:

WISER Social Sciences: Getting information to come to you.
Tuesday, 4 November (4) 12.30 – 1.30 OUCS, Banbury Road
Make your own current awareness service. Discover ways of using electronic bibliographic resources to keep up with the literature in your field by creating personal research / interest profiles.
Katherine Melling and Judy Reading
Book here!

WISER Humanities: Keeping up-to-date.
Friday, 7 November (4) 12.30 – 1.30 OUCS, Banbury Road
Make your own current awareness service. Discover ways of using electronic bibliographic resources to keep up with the literature in your field by creating personal research / interest profiles.
Kate Petherbridge and Judy Reading
Book here!

There are also leaflets on keeping up-to-date available in the library, with the other electronic resources guides by the microfilm readers.

WISER sessions this week

WISER Humanities: OxLIP+ Electronic Resources.

Friday, 31 October (3) OUCS 12.30 – 1.30

OxLIP+ is a new interface to Oxford University’s extensive collection of databases, electronic reference works, e-journals and e-books http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk. Cross-searching of multiple sources is now possible in a variety of ways. This session will give you an introduction to effective searching and the range of resources which are available.

Kerry Webb and Judy Reading

Book here! Booking essential – please cancel your place if you are unable to attend.

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZC11

Barton Gellman at the RAI

UPDATE: Due to the popularity of this event, registration has now closed.

Barton Gellman, Pulitzer prize winner and a distinguished journalist on The Washington Post, will be speaking at the Rothermere American Institute at lunch on Tuesday, 28th October at 12.30pm.

Mr. Gellman’s subject is that of his recently published book: Dick Cheney’s Vice-Presidency.

A sandwich lunch will be provided for the first thirty people who confirm their attendance.

Confirmation to enquiries@rai.ox.ac.uk