Category Archives: Classes and training

Lawtel lessons

Would you like to know more about Lawtel?   If so, please register for a free online Lawtel lesson. What are Lawtel Lessons? Lawtel Lessons are online WebEx hosted training sessions conducted over the telephone while you watch the demonstration online. The lessons are designed to cover a broad scope of topics to ensure you get… Read More »

Getting the most from the British Library

Sometimes even the wonderful Bodleian Library is not enough! Heretical, but true especially for those engaged in advanced research. Fortunately, Oxford students are well-placed to make use of the riches of the British Library, as rival coach companies ensure a more affordable way of getting to London than the train. On the 13 October 2008 the British Library will be… Read More »

WISER: Finding quality information on the internet; Information Sources for History of Science and Medicine

Coming up next week … WISER: Finding quality information on the internet, Wednesday 11th June 2008 (week 8), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road. This session will help you to develop effective web searching techniques for use with a variety of search engines and web directories and will introduce strategies for evaluating web resources. Angela… Read More »

WISER: Google Project; Resources for research in French language and literature

Coming up next week … WISER: Google Project, Wednesday 4th June 2008 (week 7), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.  The Library Services are working with Google to attempt the mass digitization of our entire holdings of out-of-copyright C19th material. This presentation will set our experiences and the outputs of the project in the context… Read More »

WISER: Reading lists; Information Sources for US History

WISER: Reading lists, Wednesday 28th May 2008 (week 6), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.  Providing online reading lists is an easy and quick way to help your students locate material in Oxford libraries.  This session outlines the process of doing this.  We will also explore user-friendly Web 2.0 applications, which give you the opportunity… Read More »

WISER: Ovid SP the new interface; Introduction to critical appraisal

Coming up next week … WISER: Ovid SP the new interface.  Wednesday, 21st May 2008 (week 5), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road. Medical and bio-sciences databases have recently been moved from the Ovid Gateway and WebSpirs to the new OvidSP interface.  They include Medline, PsychInfo, Embase, the British and American Nursing Indexes, Zoological Record,… Read More »

Plagiarism workshop 15th May 9.00 – 12.30 for staff or graduate students who teach

Plagiarism workshop Exeter College, Saskatechewan Room 15th May 9.00 – 12.30 am   This workshop is particularly intended for those involved in tutorial teaching.  It will be a participative event where tutors can draw on the experience of others working in the same environment.   The Junior Proctor, Dr David Harris, will be giving a short… Read More »

WISER: Bioinformatics: Sources for research in biology; Gadgets and widgets

Coming up next week … WISER: Bioinformatics: Sources for research in biology, Wednesday 14th May 2008 (week 4), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road.  The aim of this session is to introduce users to some frequently used internet based bioinformatics resources. The session will cover basic strategies for searching and retrieving DNA sequence data from… Read More »

WISER: Maps and mapping – online resources and digital mapping; Digitizing the Bodleian John Johnson collection

Coming up next week … WISER: Maps and mapping – online resources and digital mapping Wednesday, 7th May 2008 (week 3), 12.30 – 1.30, OUCS, Banbury Road. Many areas of research use spatial data and digital mapping is an ideal way to present it.  This presentation will cover both web based resources (online map collections… Read More »