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Courses on finding and using images next week

The following sessions are open to members of Oxford University.  History of medicine students and academics are likely to be particularly interested in these courses, given the wealth of relevant images out there, from pictures taken by missionaries to early engravings of the human body.

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning

Tuesday 20 November, 14:00-16:00
The course examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University – ARTstor and Bridgeman Education – geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered.
Booking at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TIMS

Digital images: Sourcing, adapting and safe keeping

Tuesday 13 November, 09:15-12:15
Digital images are a valuable part of your research, sometimes critically so. This three hour session will introduce you to some of the key issues that you need to be aware of when sourcing, adapting and using digital images. Although the focus is the use of images in an academic context, the ideas covered are equally relevant to your personal image collections.
Booking at: http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TIMY

(c) Bridgeman Eduction. Results page for a search on Leprosy

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Library unstaffed Wed 24 Oct

The Wellcome Unit Library will be unstaffed on Wednesday 24 October.

This is because library staff will be at the Information Fair for Oxford Univesity postgraduate History students.  All history graduate students are encouraged to drop in on this fair, which is conceived as a gateway to the university’s information resources.

Information Fair for Historians
2.30-4.30pm, Wednesday 24 October
North Writing Schools, Exam Schools, High Street, Oxford

Oxford is fortunate in having rich library and archival holdings and electronic resources. Historians can discover more about the resources available and how to access them at the Fair.  Stalls include:

  • History of Science and Medicine
  • US History Sources
  • Indian History Sources
  • Modern Political Papers
  • Maps for Historians

Related Links

Contact the Library | Opening Hours | Information Fair | Bodleian History Faculty Library

WISER Sessions in Week 6

There are some really handy sessions for historians coming up next week, including one on Online Resources for Historians.

All members of the University and Bodleian Library Readers may attend WISER workshops. Some individual workshops are designed for particular groups (for example researchers or postgraduates). Check the individual class descriptions for more details.

Bodleian Libraries will be running the following workshops in Week 6.

WISER: Finding Stuff – Books etc on SOLO [Wednesday 30 May 14.00 – 14.45] – An introduction to SOLO for finding books, journal titles and other materials in Oxford libraries. The session will cover effective search techniques, placing hold requests for items in the stacks, reservations and using the SOLO eshelf and saved searches. >Book your place online

WISER: Finding Stuff – Journal Articles [Wednesday 30 May 14.45 – 16.00] – This session will focus on finding journal articles for your research using a wide range of databases as well as developing effective search strategies. There will be plenty of time for participants to try out their own searches using databases for their subject. >Book your place online

WISER: Finding stuff – Conferences [Wednesday 30 May 16.00 – 17.00] – Conference papers can be difficult to find but they are valuable because they describe cutting-edge research. This session will enable you to find out about forthcoming conferences and also to locate the published papers of proceedings which have taken place. >Book your place online

WISER: Online Sources for Historians [Friday 1 June 14.00 – 15.15] – A general introduction to the vast range of electronic resources which are available for all historical periods for British and West European history including bibliographical databases, biographical and reference research aids, e-books and ejournals, web portals and collections of online primary source materials. >Book your place online

WISER: Sources for US History [Friday 1 June 15.30 – 17.00] – An introduction to key information sources for the study of colonial America & US history. Starting with finding tools to locate material, examples of source materials will then be shown including archival, microform, printed/online collections & useful web portals & audiovisual collections. >Book your place online. >Book your place online

More Bodleian Libraries workshops – Check http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/workshops for the full WISER programme and for details of other training opportunities offered by Bodleian Libraries. Why not follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser , visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com or join our mailling list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk

Not a member of Oxford University? – If you are not a current member of Oxford University but would like to attend a workshop please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Please quote your Bodleian readers card barcode number.

If you have any questions please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Information skills courses for historians this term

The following information skills courses may be of interest to historians. For more details on any of these courses please see the HFL training page or the WISER programme.

RefWorks for Humanities

Wednesday 18 May 14:00-17:00, OUCS – Book Here

Presenters: Valerie Lawrence and Shona McLean

WISER: Manuscripts

Wednesday 25 May 15:30-17:00, OUCS – Book Here

Presenters: Mike Webb

WISER: Information Sources for African Studies

Tuesday 31 May 10:45-12:00, OUCS – Book Here

Presenter: Sarah Rhodes and Lucy McCann

WISER: Online Resources for Historians

Wednesday 1 June 09:30-10:45, OUCS – Book Here

Presenter Isabel Holowaty

WISER: Sources for US History

Wednesday 8 June 15:30-17:00, OUCS – Book Here

Presenter: Jane Rawson

WISER: Sources for Medievalists

Wednesday 15 June 13:45-15:15, OUCS – Book Here 

Presenters:  Charlotte Goodall, Isabel Holowaty, Susan Usher, Hilla Wait

Early modern history: Discover Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Friday 17 June (week 7), 14:15-15:30, IT Room, History Faculty – Book Here

Presenter: Rebecca Price (ProQuest)

Read all about it!: Making the most of online Historical Newspapers

Monday 20 June (week 8), 14:00-15:15, IT Room, History Faculty – Book Here

Presenter: Rebecca Price (ProQuest)

Modern historians: Find your way through House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

Monday 20 June (week 8), 15:30-16:45, IT Room, History Faculty – Book Here

Presenter: Rebecca Price (ProQuest)