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Thesis Fair for 2nd year History Undergraduates

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Thesis Fair 2011

Thursday 19 May, 14:00-16:00 – Exam Schools

The Fair aims to help 2nd year History Undergraduates:

  • explore what source materials and information resources (archival, print and electronic) are available in Oxford libraries;
  • meet local experts for further discussion;
  • learn about useful tips and tools;
  • browse among stalls to learn about Oxford’s rich collections as well as attend brief talks;
  • find information at your own pace and together with local experts jointly explore information resources and finding tools.

Timetable of talks:

Top 10 Tips from a Student survivor @ 14:30

The stalls will include medieval and early modern sources, modern political papers, US History, collections in the HFL and college libraries & archives, and many more. There will also be stalls on how to make the most of IT and web tools.

Come and along and get some ideas for your dissertation!

For details of further useful courses this term, including the Information Skills Minimum Kit and RefWorks, please see our Undergraduate Training page.

Trinity Term Information Skills Programme

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The programme of Information Skills courses for this term is now available to view on our website.

The programme includes courses on:

  • RefWorks
  • WISER sessions on
    • Manuscripts
    • Sources for African studies
    • Online resources for historians 
    • US history sources
    • Sources for Medievalists 
  • Sessions from ProQuest on
    • Early English Books Online (EEBO)
    • Historical Newspapers
    • House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

For full details and to book places please go to http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/history/services/training/PGtraining

Information Skills training schedule – Trinity Term 2010

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Illustrated London News Historical Archive: demonstration

Thursday 29 April, 12:30-13:30, Lecture Theatre, History Faculty – All welcome

ARTstor: digital images for History of Science and Medicine

Wednesday 5 May, 11:00-13:00, RSL Training Room – Booking required

WISER: Getting Information to come to you

Thursday 6 May 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Finding Stuff: Theses and Dissertations

Monday 10 May 11:30-12:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Manuscripts

Thursday 13 May 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

Thesis Fair [for 2nd yr UGs]

Thursday 13 May, 14:00-16:00, Exam Schools

WISER: Technology Tools: Reference Management

Friday 14 May 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Information Sources for African Studies

Monday 24 May 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Maps and Mapping

Thursday 27 May 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Online Resources for Historians

Thursday 3 June, 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

Information Skills Minimum Kit [for 2nd yr UGs only]

Thursday 10 or 17 June, 14:00-16:00, IT Room, History Faculty – Booking required

WISER: Bibliometrics – the black art of citation rankings

Thursday 10 June 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Information Sources for US History

Friday 11 June, 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

WISER: Sources for Medievalists

Monday 14 June, 12:30-13:30, OUCS – Booking required

History information skill training – Hilary Term

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Herewith a timetable of information skills training courses open to staff and students of the History Faculty of Oxford.  Descriptions of the courses are available online.

*New* ProQuest Colonial State Papers: Demonstration

Tuesday 23 February (week 6), 12:45-13:30, Lecture Theatre, History Faculty

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Demonstration

Wednesday 24 February (week 6), 12:45-13:30, Lecture Theatre, History Faculty

ProQuest House of Commons Parliamentary Papers: Demonstration

Thursday 25 February (week 6), 12:45-13:30, IT Room, History Faculty – BOOK HERE

*New* US Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994: demonstration

Wednesday 3 March (week 7), 14:15-15:45, Large Seminar Room, Rothermere American Institute, South Parks Road

Secrets of SOLO

Wednesday 8th Week (10th March), 14:00-15:00, IT Room, History Faculty, George Street

RefWorks introduction [for history graduates only]

Wednesday 8th Week (10th March), 15:00-16:00, IT Room, History Faculty, George Street – BOOK HERE